Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Before you do that (Automatix has been known to cause serious stability issues that people then go on to blame on Ubuntu), try one of the new features in Gutsy:" Ubuntu isn't perfect - in some areas, it's still lagging behind XP.
[October 24, 2007, 21:14]
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). The first thing I did of course was turn almost all visual effects...
[October 24, 2007, 6:45]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I recently bought a beautiful new Dell laptop - the XPS M1330 with all the bells and whistles - running Vista (XP was not offered as an option). I had to travel to China with my new laptop and couldn't get online at all - though my old Dell laptop...
[October 24, 2007, 17:11]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment But the clear fact is that a tablet enabled laptop running Vista is far more flexible and natural to use than even an Apple laptop. Strangely, no one has pointed out that there is one important UI area where Vista is far and away more advanced and...
[October 24, 2007, 4:58]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I won't defend Vista, but on a Sony laptop? RE: the Vista shutdown lameness, there's a whole story on that: http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.html cmon.it would probably run better on your old Compaq.
[October 24, 2007, 0:25]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment My organization has a Windows infrastructure (mail, authentication, networking), nevertheless I had a dual boot desktop with Ubuntu that happily co-existed with the environment. Then came a laptop rollout, all desktops were taken away to be...
[October 25, 2007, 5:30]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment While I agree on your take on Ubuntus ease of use, I have one major issue with it (on my Dell D420 laptop): I often close my laptop (or tells it to sleep explicitly), only to find it in a non-responsive state when I open it up again.
[October 24, 2007, 9:47]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I use Ubuntu at home to run a mail server, a webserver, SQL server, file server and printer server, and on a laptop, in fact I'm using it now and I think it's fantastic, I will never pay for a copy of Windows for home use again.
[October 22, 2007, 20:53]
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? Having used Ubuntu for the best part of a year, I'm a fan.
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
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 generally works just fine on my Santa Rosa laptop. Ubuntu is fast, and is like a fresh breeze blowing through after my weeks of gazing at Vista, waiting for something to...
[October 21, 2007, 23:26]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I am upgrading to 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon while I type (yes windows users, a whole new operating system installing WHILE I type! So, since I have been playing around with linux distros for a while but never really got the feeling that they would convince...
[October 22, 2007, 3:25]
