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Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Oh, and I am sick enough of OSX and the way it is going nowhere very slowly, sick of the insular fanatical users, that I am currently switching back to XP and/or Ubuntu. Do not hold your breath for Leopard.
[October 22, 2007, 14:37]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment "Why is Vista so slow" I would see if there is any way the manufacturer could give you the OEM install disk for Vista (not those recovery disks that basically reformat and re-image the drive, that just will re-install the junk that came with it...
[October 22, 2007, 16:59]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I am recommending Linux, specifically Ubuntu 7.10 to family and friends because we, the people that purchase new computers, should not have to pay so much money to have an operating system so advanced it.well you know the saying "so smart you are...
[October 22, 2007, 23:32]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment As we speak for the last 2 month he has been rolling everything back to XP where peopel really want and installing Ubuntu's (or orderign preinstalled ubuntu dell's) on laptops of those business users who are a it adventerous.
[October 23, 2007, 23:08]
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]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog Comment I briefly tried Ubuntu and back in the day Red hat etc.but key software I use is not available for this OS so I didn't really go to far with it. Depending on whose hype or vista bashing you listen to you may view XP as the ultimate OS and Vista...
[March 25, 2008, 8:14]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I tried Ubuntu 7.04 and it was like a rocket. I am now using Ubuntu 7.10 and will never go back to any Windows. For the record, Ubuntu detected everything on my laptop and my scanner and digital camera and webcam all run fine too without any...
[October 23, 2007, 14:30]
Mac Cheaper Than Vista I Dont Think So!!!!
Talkback I agree on the basis people are not given enough choice for OS somewhere like Pc world does not give the option for a Linux OS such as Ubuntu.However Microsoft is what people are trained on in education and 9 times out of ten the product that will...
[October 17, 2007, 16:57]
Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N And Intel 4965AGN
Blog But now I have found that it will also not connect when I am running Ubuntu, Mandriva or Fedora Linux. When I am running Windows Vista Business, it won't connect. I assumed that this was just some sort of weird Vista bug, of course.
[November 12, 2008, 7:35]
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]
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]
Monolithic OS Upgrades Are So Over
Blog I am also waiting to get my hands on Ubuntu 7.10 to see how it deals with Centrino Pro and the other new bits of technology on my particular laptop that may make for some interesting driver hunts. But if I can find all the drivers I need for Ubuntu...
[September 25, 2007, 18:26]
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]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog I could easily reboot into Ubuntu, and in fact was abot to so so, but something occurred to me. Until Microsoft truly gets that, I'll be sticking Ubuntu - or XP as a backup if I really need to run Windows.
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
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]
New Directions - Ubuntu
Blog Since I always do this sort of thing by swapping disks, and I have a disk for that laptop which I had previously loaded with Vista Home Premium (and given up on, even before I got the S6510), I could reclaim that disk for Ubuntu and my XP Pro disk...
[May 21, 2008, 16:20]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment My experience has been a bit different, in that I had no trouble getting GRUB to boot Vista, when I installed VIsta first and then Ubuntu. On the other hand, my experience has been the same as yours, in that I am perfectly happy with Ubuntu/XP dual...
[June 18, 2008, 9:27]
3G Cellular Success With Ubuntu!!!
Blog My Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 is working with Ubuntu 8.04.1 (Hardy Heron)! In fact with Swisscom the User and Password information are actually not necessary, but the Ubuntu card configuration requires them.
[September 16, 2008, 13:06]
New Ubuntu Out Tomorrow
Blog With my Desktop system on it's knees due to a corrupt partition table (my fault for trying to repartition a drive while it was running vista at the time) I am planning to format and give Ubuntu a try.
[April 28, 2008, 12:03]
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Candidate 4 (RC4) Available
Blog I have been using OOo 2.4.1 on my Linux systems, because that is what comes bundled with Ubuntu 8.04 and Mandriva 2008, and 3.0 on Vista because I had to install it myself anyway, and it has gotten to the point where I notice the difference right...
[October 12, 2008, 18:03]
