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? Then there's the work Ubuntu computer, on which I do just about everything when I'm in...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
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]
Open Office To The Rescue
Blog Because I don't work with Windows much any more, the last time I loaded Vista on this laptop I didn't bother loading most of the tools and utilities that I am accustomed to using. I gave them the Lifebook S2110, running Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org...
[September 26, 2008, 12:02]
Acer: 'No UK Demand' For Linux Laptops
News The Acer Aspire 5710Z has gone on sale in Singapore pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux instead of Windows. Acer models] with Ubuntu pre-loaded are available at the factory level. Acer will not release Linux-based laptops in the UK due to a lack of demand...
[August 2, 2007, 11:40]
Acer Clarifies Position On Linux PCs
News In contrast with Acer's assertion that it does offer an Ubuntu pre-installation to retailers at the factory level, the salesperson added that Acer had shipped the laptops to Memory World "without anything; without any software loaded".
[August 2, 2007, 17:25]
More Pleasant Surprises With Ubuntu
Blog With Ubuntu, I was very skeptical when I loaded it, I honestly expected to have it running for a day or so, just to see what worked and what didn't. As I continue to test and work with Ubuntu, I have come across a few more very pleasant surprises:
[June 3, 2008, 11:01]
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. The latest Intel drivers are loaded on both XP and Vista I have a Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N router, and a laptop with an Intel 4965AGN Wireless...
[November 12, 2008, 7:35]
Can Linux Replace Windows - Maybe!
Blog I loaded Ubuntu Linux on my test laptop a couple of weeks ago more or less on a lark, thinking I would just see for myself what the current state of the Linux world is today. If you have a laptop with slots for digital camera flash cards, Ubuntu...
[July 18, 2008, 14:58]
