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Now posting from Linux! - Page 1

Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2009-12-14 19:59:20
I just installed Linux! Before I get too into it though, how do you access the files on the old operating system?

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Bent`
Date: 2009-12-14 21:20:33

I just installed Linux! Before I get too into it though, how do you access the files on the old operating system?

Try looking in /media

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Wild MissingNo. appeared
Date: 2009-12-14 22:08:29
What exactly does run on Linux? Since my computer has all sorts like Windows Live Messanger/Windows Media Player and other things.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-12-15 02:42:56

What exactly does run on Linux? Since my computer has all sorts like Windows Live Messanger/Windows Media Player and other things.
WLM And WMP are obviously not going to work on linux(Windows live messenger might run under WINE, but I doubt it)
Anything ending in .exe won't run outside of WINE. Almost everything has a alternative though.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Angrysmurf
Date: 2009-12-15 05:33:23
Hopefully I can join you later today; I'm attempting another install today while I'm at school.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Ketsuban
Date: 2009-12-15 11:51:15

Anything ending in .exe won't run outside of WINE. Almost everything has a alternative though.


Some Linux executables are .exe.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2009-12-15 12:36:49


I just installed Linux! Before I get too into it though, how do you access the files on the old operating system?

Try looking in /media
Thanks! I'll try.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Angrysmurf
Date: 2009-12-15 14:16:11
An error occurred:

Permission denied

For more information, please see the log file:
c:\users\(my name)~1\appdata\local\temp\wubi-9.10ubuntu1-rev160.log


((my name) is my windows username, which happens to be my real name)

That is the exact error code, and the same one I got yesterday. 'c:\users\(my name)~1\appdata\local\temp\wubi-9.10ubuntu1-rev160.log' takes me to a text dump, which I'm editing right now because it has my real name in it numerous times. When I'm done, I'll post it up here, too.

EDIT: It's here now. I wonder what's going wrong?

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Wild MissingNo. appeared
Date: 2009-12-15 14:58:17
I need Live messenger because it's the only messenger I have seeing as a lot of my friends use it.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Ketsuban
Date: 2009-12-15 15:13:38
Pidgin will handle MSN just fine.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Wild MissingNo. appeared
Date: 2009-12-15 18:02:03
What is Pidgin?

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-12-15 18:07:26

An error occurred:

Permission denied

For more information, please see the log file:
c:\users\(my name)~1\appdata\local\temp\wubi-9.10ubuntu1-rev160.log


((my name) is my windows username, which happens to be my real name)

That is the exact error code, and the same one I got yesterday. 'c:\users\(my name)~1\appdata\local\temp\wubi-9.10ubuntu1-rev160.log' takes me to a text dump, which I'm editing right now because it has my real name in it numerous times. When I'm done, I'll post it up here, too.

EDIT: It's here now. I wonder what's going wrong?
Right click and run it as a administrator.

What is Pidgin?
A Instant messenger that is capable of handling MSN, YIM, and a bunch of others

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2009-12-15 18:42:58


I just installed Linux! Before I get too into it though, how do you access the files on the old operating system?

Try looking in /media
Not working. Nothing there.

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Wild MissingNo. appeared
Date: 2009-12-15 18:49:14
Sure there isn't anywhere else to look?

Re: Now posting from Linux!

Posted by: Guy
Date: 2009-12-15 18:55:26
Bingo. Just found it (or at least some of it) in /host. Now, any suggested way to transfer it all to the equivalent folders of Ubuntu?