Ubuntu useless if you dont have the net?

[Draknyte1]

is Ubuntu useless if you dont have the net?

cause i just set up a pc with ubuntu and i cant do jack on it... btw the pc aint new.... but it runs ubuntu fine.... i just cant listen to mp3s or watch movies or run .exe files cause i dont have the codecs...

 

[Mechanical Man]

Yeah, linux is mostly useless without internet connection. Of course when you install it, it won't have all things you need, so you are going to search stuff on internet. If you have internet is fine, you type a command to install some components or programs, everything is done automatically. But the problem comes when you don't have internet, you need to download packages from somewhere else, but not only the thing you need, but ALL things this package is dependent from and searching for them is really annoying and even then is not guaranteed to work.

.exe are windows files, you can't run them on linux. Except if it was compiled for linux, but linux executables have no ending.

 

[Kercyn]

Ubuntu, much like any Linux distro, is pretty limited without access to the Internet. Although there are not any "classic" Windows applications, such as Internet Explorer or Windows Media Players, there are many others (and there are better) to replace them. Linux distributions have nearly every tool you need already installed (Internet browsing, image and sound editing, network applications etc etc). Codecs are a problem however, so you have to download them yourself.

As Mechanical Man told you, Unix executables have no extension and thus you can't run .exe files. If an .exe is absolutely neccessary to you and you can't find an equivalent, try virtualisation. It doesn't work for every .exe file, but...

 

[Draknyte1]

so what yous r saying is that ubuntu is useless without an active internet conection?

 

[Kercyn]

Not really, but it's lacking. Besides, if you have an active Internet connection in your other computer, you can share it with Ubuntu.

 

[Draknyte1]

but atm i dont......

 

[Kercyn]

Well, it depends on what you want to do with Ubuntu... Can you be more specific please?

 

[Draknyte1]

listen to music and watch movies..... but u gotta connect to net for codecs

 

[Kercyn]

Just download them from your connected computer and add them to Ubuntu. If Linux doesn't already have the codecs needed for your music/video is because they are protected by copyright laws and crap like that...

 

[Draknyte1]

cant find them

 

[Kercyn]

File extensions?

 

[Draknyte1]

codecs.... i can only listen to .ogg...??? i dont have any music in that format on my 320gig xtrnl hdd.... i got sound fxs from some games but thats it......

can someone find me a codec pack for ubuntu 8.10 hardy herring?

 

[Kercyn]

(( Jaunty Jackalope is out (9.04). Why don't you try it? ))
This link might help you.

 

[BlargHonk]

Where do they come out with these names >.<

Just put the ethernet cable into the jack, last time I tried Ubuntu it auto-connected soo.

You will have to do some updates probably

 

[Draknyte1]

i cant get my ubuntu pc connected to the net
but i ordered jaunty jackelope so it will arive soon...

 

[Kercyn]

Do you have an ethernet cable? It worked for me. No installation no nothing, just plug it and surf

 

[BlargHonk]

Same, I have Xubuntu on my crawler, easy enough to set up.

 

[Draknyte1]

i do have an ethernat cable but the pcs are at different houses...

 

[BlargHonk]

Ummm wut?

 

[Kercyn]

Uhm, how many houses do you have? xD
Anyway this or this might prove useful.

 

[Draknyte1]

i have 2 houses and 3 pcs but one is dead one has windows 98 and the third one is at my second house has ubuntu 8.10...

 

[BlargHonk]

If you have 2 houses and your running Win98 your either A. have divorced parents B. Is weird

I think it's a mix of A and B

 

[Draknyte1]

well its nether...
a relative lives at one and im always there.... so go figure....

 

[BlargHonk]

Soooo, your weird

 

[Kercyn]

Weird cause he spends time at his relative's house? lol

 

[BlargHonk]

Yes

Relatives are like Nunchuks

Fun for awhile, until you hit yourself in the nuts

Edit: Heyyy, it's my 222nd post