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Vista SP1 - No Go For Me At The Moment
Blog Comment I plan to update my laptop Vista installation as soon as I get a chance, and then reassess it versus Ubuntu, which does almost everything I need on my Asus V1S laptop except three things: Recognise the built-in webcam, recognise the built-in 3G...
[March 20, 2008, 11:45]
Vista SP1 - No Go For Me At The Moment
Blog Comment Also, I may well now put good old XP on my Asus alongside Ubuntu. Check out my post on my travails with Vista to see why. David, I was thinking of a neat utility called MySQL Workbench which I find handy for designing and normalising databases.
[March 20, 2008, 21:04]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Ubuntu also runs faster, looks nicer than the new Vista Aero desktop, and uses FAR fewer resources. I did however get the games that were not running correctly under Vista to work fine under the WINE Windows Emulator included with Ubuntu!
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog One of the more amusing permutations was when I first installed Vista, then copied XP into the next partition, and finally installed Ubuntu into the third partition. Ubuntu (Grub) correctly saw that there were two bootable Windows partitions on the...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment So, since I have been playing around with linux distros for a while but never really got the feeling that they would convince me to switch and never look back, I took my laptop to the test and installed ubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn).
[October 22, 2007, 3:25]
More Pleasant Surprises With Ubuntu
Blog As I continue to test and work with Ubuntu, I have come across a few more very pleasant surprises: The Citrix Presentation Server Client is definitely much more stable on Ubuntu than it is on Windows.
[June 3, 2008, 11:01]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There is one product that's worse than XP — and it's not Ubuntu, which does have its faults. Ubuntu is famed for its addiction to sudo, which is its attempt to get around the privileges paradox. No, the real stinker is Vista, a recent beta of which...
[September 1, 2006, 20:30]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I have to agree - I've been really enjoying Ubuntu since i moved over. It can be annoying to uninstall stuff from Ubuntu. It's a bit slower than XP (noticeably, but not irritatingly) at times, but given that my machine won't touch Vista, but is...
[October 24, 2007, 4:46]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Startup time of Vista, fresh start or from "Hibernation" is VERY fast (way faster than any (regular) Linux distribution, and I always know the latest Ubuntu and OpenSuSE releases). That said, I'm quite happy with Vista!
[October 24, 2007, 6:45]
That Plus...
Talkback The default setting for OS X is firewall off (I don't know why) while the default for Vista and Ubuntu is on. Ah well, it would've been nice to get one of those shiny new Macs, but no one would pay for the airfare and a nice hotel and beer for me...
[March 28, 2008, 16:23]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog No more, for two reasons: Vista, and Ubuntu 7.10 (ala Gutsy Gibbon). Ubuntu is fast, and is like a fresh breeze blowing through after my weeks of gazing at Vista, waiting for something to happen. Funnily enough my colleague Rupert Goodwins...
[October 21, 2007, 23:26]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Of those seven, three run XP, one runs Ubuntu 6.06, two are now on Ubuntu 7.10, and one is Vista. Then how come I'm so much more at home with Ubuntu than Vista? My Ubuntu boxes, I love. There, the computer has two partitions, and for historical...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Having had so much success with Ubuntu on the older "test" laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110), and not expecting to want to try Vista on the newer Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 again anytime soon, I decided to try installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron...
[June 5, 2008, 9:16]
OpenSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog As I told my brother (who is still using XP, and has sworn not to touch Vista until Hell freezes over), in many cases the average user who is accustomed to Windows XP would have no more trouble changing to Linux (openSUSE or Ubuntu) than they...
[June 20, 2008, 12:45]
Nubuntu? Schmubuntu!
Blog Comment Seriously, there are so many programs that ship with ubuntu that are far better than notepad++ with no configuration necessary (emacs for instance). This article confuses me because I have been using ubuntu for over six months now without the need...
[May 6, 2008, 9:34]
Maybe Vista Really Is Getting Better
Blog Performance is still not as good as Ubuntu or Mandriva on the same laptop, but even that still seems better than before. This laptop (Fujitsu Lifebook S6510) has the optional 1 GB of "TurboMemory", and I can guarantee you that the previous times I...
[August 8, 2008, 7:51]
A Challenge To All Linux Users In The World
Blog Comment Given the user-orientation of desktop Ubuntu and its derivatives, the server version which installs in about 20 minutes, or less depending on hardware and bandwidth, and given how drop-dead simple adding all the functionality you seek if it should...
[May 30, 2007, 4:03]
Vista 'really Good, Really' Says MS. 'Like We Care?' Says World
Blog Comment Perhaps I'll nab the next big-welly review box that comes through that's got Vista on, and give it a good thrashing for a while in daily use: I've spent most of my time this year on Ubuntu, which certainly has its own annoyances but has been...
[July 9, 2008, 14:58]
Good Reason Not To Use Vista
Talkback I tend to use Ubuntu a lot for development and like having a dual boot config on my machine. I used Vista for about 5 days before it drove me to distraction and I installed XP. This is just another good reason to ditch this load of rubbish.
[March 25, 2008, 19:36]
Gartner: Ignore Vista Until 2008
Talkback Currently I'm trying (and liking) the Debian-based (K)Ubuntu (free of charge, tons of software. See http://www.ubuntu.com/). I think that Vista will be to XP what ME was to 98SE: more eyecandy while functionality is not much increased (DRM anyone?
[November 12, 2005, 8:23]
