Can Linux Ubuntu or any other Linux OS work on a Gateway ID Series laptop?

I got my laptop wiped a couple weeks ago and linux ubantu installed.... the person who did it set my wireless up for me with no problems.. i have since moved and when I went to set my wireless up again, it will not work.. I don't know what I am doing wrong.. any help that I could get would be greatly appreciated....

if there is info you need from me please let me know. thank you

When I installed Linux Ubuntu 11.04 on my computer (that was already loaded with Win XP), I did it without any type of formatting at all......just clicked through the instructions and installed on whatever available space there was. Just wanted to get it on and start playing with it. I like it and want to continue to learn how to use, but now I'm getting some space warnings. I would like to uninstall and get back to just XP and start over and partition the HD correctly.

it says install complete but will not operate just get blank screen or black screen with loading circle in center of screen not moving as to say loading just frozen what went wrong it did the same on two different hard drives it does ask for name and password but goes no where after that

I want to do a new install on a new machine (Ubuntu) and the new pc has a 32G SSD drive. I'd like to install the OS on the SSD and leave it dedicated, while using the 1TB hard drive for file storage/general use, etc.

Is there anything special I need to do during the installation process?

I know this should probably go in the Networking area but as a "Toal Newbie" I thought it best to post it here first off.

So first of all I have to point out I don't have programming experience so please be gentle :)

Ok, so I just setup a new mini desktop (Acer Revo 3700) with Ubuntu 10.10 connected directly to my LCD tv for the purpose of mainly streaming/downloading video.

Hey All

I'm totally new to Linux so I'm looking for some advice as to what I need to do/mod to get the most from my new box and OS.

OK so in terms of my box, I have a brand new Acer Revo 3700 running:
Intel Atom D525 with NM10 chipset
2GB DDR3 800MHz memory
160GB HDD
NVIDIA ION graphics solution
WLAN: 802.11b/g/n

OS = Ubuntu 10.10

I'm using this system hooked up to my 32" LCD tv and intend to use it as a way to download and stream media from sites such as TPB.

What is the simplest way to pipe the output from commands like "find" or "ls -la" so I can readily see what I want.

For example, today I needed to find a file, somewhere on my filesystem. So I typed the following from the root directory prompt:

find . -name tjx.sys

I have a script on the desktop, called "twofinger". If I choose to "Run" it, it executes and works, enabling two-finger scrolling and right-clicking without buttons. I want it to run whenever the system is booted.

in order to get s3fs running, I first installed the required files via yum. In particular I ran:

yum install fuse

Everything worked as planed, but it installed version 2.7.x

When I went to configure s3fs, it gave me a warning that I needed fuse 2.8.4 or higher.

So I downloaded and installed from source 2.8.5 and it got installed in /usr/local/lib as expected.

ran both modprobe and ldconfig

But, when I go back to run configure on s3fs, it still thinks I've got 2.7.x installed. I ran yum erase fuse in an attempt to unload the 2.7.x version, but still no luck.