Linux help

by Panda • 28 Sep 2007, 00:14 • Journals
I'm using Ubuntu on my laptop, tried to install Wine so I could use my WiFi stick on there: Typed sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install wine and it intalled but where can I access it? I know a few distro's have it already in the apps menu.
The other thing is my laptop is quite old and has an 'nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] chip but I can't find any driver for something so shit so my screen is kinda choppy at times

I'll soon be sticking Linux on my PC when I find a hdd under my bed so I'd be able to install the GeForce 7.x drivers easier then but for the time being, does anyone have any suggestions?
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h3ll 28 Sep 2007, 01:15
updatedb
locate wine

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no idea @ other stuff :(
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w0nd3r 28 Sep 2007, 01:17
local whine? :s
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zivs 28 Sep 2007, 06:46
locate

it's like searching option! Just like with the gay dog on windows
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Penn 28 Sep 2007, 01:28
Any reason why you're using ubuntu over windows?
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Panda 28 Sep 2007, 01:32
Windows always suck and is unreliable more often than not (for me)
Linux is usually less hassle, more secure, better community, more hands on kinda feel, windows is pretty much point and click which is too boring

If I had a choice for what OS there would be, Linux or OSX [strike]Windows[/strike]
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Penn 28 Sep 2007, 01:38
So the problem you have now that you wouldnt have with windows is part of the "fun" of using linux for you?
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Panda 28 Sep 2007, 01:44
Yeah, I guess (even though it sounds weird)
I don't like things easy :<

I guess it'll take a bit of time getting used to the OS, different commands, apps, directories and what not, but I don't mind having a nose around it :>
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annajUNIOR 28 Sep 2007, 06:41
<old unfunny joke>because all windows hax are detected!</old unfunny joke>
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som1 28 Sep 2007, 01:57
well, usually "wine" would just work, and for some reason ev0l ubuntu tells you to use slocate, so sudo slocate -u if what h3ll wrote doesnt work.

oh, and you probably have to download old drivers from the nvidia website, because they dont feel like supporting older cards, unless:

just sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx, or w/e you need, editing the x config (you can google for instructions), and restarting X works, and you didnt try it yet.
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oBs 28 Sep 2007, 07:24
You access whine through the terminal. If you want some kind of GUI, open the terminal and type:
Quotewine winefile

and you should get a kind of "pathfinder" window.

As for your concerns about your graphics card, try skimming through this link and see if it helps.
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