Earlier this week I installed Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon on my PC in favor of windows. I made this decision after talking with a few friends, some current, and some past members of Penn College’s ACM. I made the switch, but I couldn’t get past the boot loader for Gutsy 64-bit. I decided to stick with 32 for the time being. I had some RAM on order though, and I hoped that the 32 bit OS would see all 4 gigs, but I was wrong. A 64-bit os was needed. I got my hands on a text-based install disc of Ubuntu 64-bit thanks to Andrew of ACM, and was able to install it fine. When it went to boot though, I ran into the same issue as before. Once GRUB did its thing, I would go to a blank screen. Odd, isn’t it? The kernel would load, and my hard drive was going nuts, but still nothing onscreen. Video drivers-right? Nope. After talking with a former PCT ACM member, Evan, we diagnosed the problem to be the splash screen after a bunch of steps. Yep. The Ubuntu logo with the little orange bar that bounces back and forth was causing a major problem. After a few quick changes to the boot options, I was up and running. Crazy stuff, eh? After that it was smooth sailing, and Ubuntu has been great.

I’d like to thank everyone thats assisted me with the move to Ubuntu, your help and time is greatly appreciated.