My Windows 7 is breaking down. Trying to abandon it, move to Linux 16.04 LTS Desktop.
Linux says it wants a username and password, but i’ve had no opportunity to set these up.
Ideas, please, anyone.
Note: i could get the BSOD at any moment.
mcgoon said:
My Windows 7 is breaking down. Trying to abandon it, move to Linux 16.04 LTS Desktop.Linux says it wants a username and password, but i’ve had no opportunity to set these up.
Ideas, please, anyone.
Note: i could get the BSOD at any moment.
You mean during the installation?
That’s where you choose the username and password
dv said:
mcgoon said:
My Windows 7 is breaking down. Trying to abandon it, move to Linux 16.04 LTS Desktop.Linux says it wants a username and password, but i’ve had no opportunity to set these up.
Ideas, please, anyone.
Note: i could get the BSOD at any moment.
You mean during the installation?
That’s where you choose the username and password
I burnt a CD from the .iso image i downloaded, and the PC boots from that straight to Ubuntu, but then it asks me for a username and password as if such things already exist. I’ve hunted around, and some sources say use ‘ubuntu’ for username, and blank password. Doesn’t work.
I’ve never had to use a username and password to boot into a live CD but a quick search suggests:
If the username “ubuntu” with an empty password doesn’t work, you may be able to add a new user to the system as follows
Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and run this command:
sudo adduser username
furious said:
I’ve never had to use a username and password to boot into a live CD but a quick search suggests:If the username “ubuntu” with an empty password doesn’t work, you may be able to add a new user to the system as follows
Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and run this command:
sudo adduser username
I found that somewhere too, furious, but when i hit Ctrl+Al+F1, i get a flood of squashfs error messages. Does that signify anything to you?
Back to basics, where did you get the image and how did you put it into disk?
Certainly seems like something ain’t right and perhaps you should try another .iso.
From another source:
Sometimes a LiveCD might ask you for a user-name or password. Just leave these blank and press enter (or allow it to time-out).
Over the years I’ve installed Linus quite a few times.
When I say quite a few it’s probably in single figures.
When I say single figures it’s probably closer to 1 than 9.
Come to think of it it’s probably less than 1.
Thanks for your valuable input…
Isn’t Linux a Russian boy with a blanket obsession
Can’t help. I’ve installed Cygwin (Linux-like environment for Windows) many times but never full Linux.
When my Windows 7 broke down I reinstalled Windows 7 from scratch and disabled all updates. I’ve had no problems since.
Cymek said:
Isn’t Linux a Russian boy with a blanket obsession
you’re thinking of Linus, a scientist who has a Vit C problem.
Hi,
I’ve been off the air for a while. I did a clean install of Windows 7 from a disk that Mrs S. remembered that she has stashed away from when she got her ‘puter. So far, i’ve got away with using her Microsoft product key, but that may only be temporary (a few days).
I think that i may have not got the whole .iso file when i downloaded Linux before, so i’m going to try it from another source.
I had to do a Windows 7 re-install so it would be stable enough to stay up for as log as it takes to download the .iso file. Before, i was getting several minutes of functioning, then it was BSOD.
> Before, i was getting several minutes of functioning, then it was BSOD.
Ooof.
I was getting crashes (of many different kinds) four or so times a day. Your situation was much worse.
mollwollfumble said:
> Before, i was getting several minutes of functioning, then it was BSOD.Ooof.
I was getting crashes (of many different kinds) four or so times a day. Your situation was much worse.
It was infuriating. Trying to download Linux, and it’d get 75% of the way through then blammo!
Anyway, clean install gets rid of so much junk. It’s like spring cleaning. It’s a a bit of a hassle, having to re-install ethernet drivers, and recreate VPN, e-mail, forum accounts etc., but it’s a fresh start. Hoping to ditch Windows altogether soon.
ok, i’ve finally done it.
Ladies and gentlemen, i am now coming to you via Linux.
Windows 7: pack yer bags, yer on the skids.
mcgoon said:
ok, i’ve finally done it.Ladies and gentlemen, i am now coming to you via Linux.
Windows 7: pack yer bags, yer on the skids.
Now you won’t be able to play Spider Solitaire.
But don’t despair:
Linux Solitaire Games at Solitaire Central
http://www.solitairecentral.com/games/LinuxSolitaire.html
mcgoon said:
ok, i’ve finally done it.Ladies and gentlemen, i am now coming to you via Linux.
Windows 7: pack yer bags, yer on the skids.
Well done!
Any initial impressions? eg. How’s the graphics, how’s the fonts, how’s the spreadsheet? How much like Windows 7 does it look? How’s the directory structure?
Depending on what you use your computer for, it is easy enough to navigate a modern linux distro…
furious said:
- Any initial impressions? eg. How’s the graphics, how’s the fonts, how’s the spreadsheet? How much like Windows 7 does it look? How’s the directory structure?
Depending on what you use your computer for, it is easy enough to navigate a modern linux distro…
I’ve only used Linux on supercomputers, and not in the past ten years. Twice failed to get x11 x-windows working.
It is a perfectly serviceable desktop environment now…
I have been pretty much windows free for a couple of months now, so far it beats win hands down- my old xp dell laptop suddenly had its wireless burst back into life (hasnt worked under xp since sp3)
I got 2 ubuntu usb sticks, one with ubuntu 16, one with linuxcnc, first is super handy when windows falls over and breaks so bad it wont run at all (saved 3 win 10 installs that went south badly), it allowed me to recover all the needed files from the hdd and reformat it so reinstall could begin again for win10
I still cant believe the number of people that dont backup their hdd esp photos legal docs etc- comeon people an external 1tb hdd is under $70
and win 10 upgrades from 7 or 8 dont always go smoothly, had a rash of friends/ friends of friends compies that died during the upgrade procedure and were told by the local computer shop they were dead, couldnt be fixed
plug in my external hdd and ubuntu flash drive, boot it up, copy whatever they want to hdd for burning to dvd at my place or just fix install before doing a clean install on freshly formated drive fixes everything
So local computer shop isnt very happy, he’s got lots of unsatisfied customers that bought new computers off him to replace their `dead’ ones, and I fix the dead one up in a few minutes with a ubuntu usb stick…..