New Posts For Thread: Help with Linuxhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linuxI have an old laptop I take racing sometimes and want it solely for internet ussage. I am told if I install just Linux it will work quicker. Does anyone know how to install it and download it from a CD?Any help appreciatedI used to have webcam problems but that's one thing that seems to have improved in the last couple of versionshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345994#430345994I used to have webcam problems but that's one thing that seems to have improved in the last couple of versionsSat, 01 May 2010 08:20:49 -0500Agree Ubuntu rules, and it's easy to install and use. Only problem I've ever had was with web cams.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345990#430345990Agree Ubuntu rules, and it's easy to install and use. Only problem I've ever had was with web cams.Sat, 01 May 2010 08:19:48 -0500I am currently converting my home grown trading software from VB and C# into java, which is quite a lot of work. I'd hoped to punt a basic C# "free to air" version out there about a year ago, then halfway through I decided to turned it into to java ahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345986#430345986I am currently converting my home grown trading software from VB and C# into java, which is quite a lot of work. I'd hoped to punt a basic C# "free to air" version out there about a year ago, then halfway through I decided to turned it into to java aFri, 30 Apr 2010 19:10:19 -0500Thanks for that - hopefully someone will write something for Linux and share it in the not too distant future :)https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345982#430345982Thanks for that - hopefully someone will write something for Linux and share it in the not too distant future :)Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:47:16 -0500Thats why you code in java.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345978#430345978Thats why you code in java.Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:50:06 -0500"I'm just starting out with Ubuntu, so far so good - easy to installQuick question, are there any one touch betting programs that work on it???"Many of these programs are badly written for even Windows or even DOS. If the writer compiles the source chttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345974#430345974"I'm just starting out with Ubuntu, so far so good - easy to installQuick question, are there any one touch betting programs that work on it???"Many of these programs are badly written for even Windows or even DOS. If the writer compiles the source cFri, 30 Apr 2010 15:47:18 -0500Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx releasedBy Benjamin Rubenstein, Just a little over a month after the first beta was released, Canonical has officially let loose the latest version of its popular Ubuntu operating system. Ubuntu 10.04, also known as Lucid Lynxhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345970#430345970Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx releasedBy Benjamin Rubenstein, Just a little over a month after the first beta was released, Canonical has officially let loose the latest version of its popular Ubuntu operating system. Ubuntu 10.04, also known as Lucid LynxFri, 30 Apr 2010 15:36:22 -0500I'm just starting out with Ubuntu, so far so good - easy to installQuick question, are there any one touch betting programs that work on it???https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345966#430345966I'm just starting out with Ubuntu, so far so good - easy to installQuick question, are there any one touch betting programs that work on it???Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:46:46 -0500Try googling "linux mint live cd download".As it's a live cd you can trial it without installing.Also you could make the laptop "dual boot" if the hard drive is bigger than 100Gb.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345962#430345962Try googling "linux mint live cd download".As it's a live cd you can trial it without installing.Also you could make the laptop "dual boot" if the hard drive is bigger than 100Gb.Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:14:31 -0500I once put a linux system on a old laptop think it only cost a £5:00 and all I did was pop the CD in and let it run. I had a option to either run windows or Linux simple.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23870498/help-with-linux?post_id=430345958#430345958I once put a linux system on a old laptop think it only cost a £5:00 and all I did was pop the CD in and let it run. I had a option to either run windows or Linux simple.Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:29:19 -0500