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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 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). I'm running Linux (OpenSuSE 10.3 in my case) in a VMware virtual...
[October 24, 2007, 6:45]
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]
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 Debian GNU/Linux Update
Blog I would then have one disk for my S6510 laptop that triple-boots XP Professional, Ubuntu and Mandriva, and another that dual-boots Vista and Debian. The first piece of good news is that it seems to understand the Mobile Intel 965 display adapter...
[August 20, 2008, 13:04]
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]
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]
Microsoft: Don't Sell PCs Without Operating Systems
Talkback If I were in charge, which I'm not, I would give the option to buy a "naked PC" along with Windows XP/Vista/etc, some of the more popular linux distros, Ubuntu and Xandros, and a "naked PC" bundled with whatever OS install disk they want, just...
[April 6, 2006, 18:44]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment It may be also possible to install the OS's in a different order and then recover the Vista boot loader, for instance, using a late Vista Beta installation disk or a borrowed retail or OEM Vista installation disk, this I have also done in order to...
[June 18, 2008, 9:26]
A Tale Of Two Vista Systems
Blog This once-cherished notebook has languished for a while, and is now awaiting a new lease of life courtesy of Ubuntu Linux. I've upgraded two systems to Windows Vista over the past few months, with vastly different results.
[August 22, 2007, 10:10]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog Comment It comes to something when my wee Eee running a much-hacked-about Ubuntu consistently beats an expensivo Sony with Vista. I have a job in mind that will need to be fine on Linux, OS X, XP and Vista, but really don't want the fun of being the...
[February 19, 2008, 14:15]
Vista - Still Running And Stable After Six Weeks
Blog This blog entry is being written on Ubuntu, by the way.jw 21/9/2008 All of the problems and struggling with Vista did have one very positive result for me - it motivated me to go back and take another look at Linux for the desktop, and specifically...
[September 21, 2008, 8:18]
Midnight On La Rambla
Blog Biggest problems are battery life and screen size - I do have a much sleeker Vaio in reserve, but I can't get the HSDPA modem to play with Vista (it took about ten minutes of rather obscure hackery to make it work with Ubuntu, which is ten minutes...
[February 10, 2008, 23:50]
Gartner: Ignore Vista Until 2008
Talkback I download the Live DVD Suse Linux 9, Live CD's from Ubuntu and Mepis and tried on my desktops and laptop and was very impressed with their compatability and ease of use. I heard about Vista requiring a monitor with HDMI (with DRM encryption) to...
[November 12, 2005, 7:44]
XP SP3 Problems
Talkback I have installed Ubuntu on my XP SP3 computer using Wubi (installs in the Windows partion without needing to partition the disk) and it runs very nicely. How quick and easy it is to install Linux compared to XP or Vista, and how quick it is to boot...
[May 13, 2008, 9:09]
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? There, the computer has two partitions, and for historical reasons the ubuntu system...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
A Challenge To All Linux Users In The World
Blog Comment I understand what you are proposing, and before I question its validity or usefulness let me suggest Ubuntu Server as an out-of-the-box, under 500MB download solution to what you seek. Given the user-orientation of desktop Ubuntu and its...
[May 30, 2007, 4:03]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Well, in the true Linux spirit of being helpful to other Linux users, I would recommend that you install Automatix as soon as you have finished installing your (K)ubuntu distro. It really helps a lot to make Linux do what you expected fromm an out...
[October 24, 2007, 10:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It involves making a selection of live CDs - Puppy Linux is impressive in its simplicity and flexibility, while Ubuntu seems to "just work" - and giving them to my punters. Ubuntu's new shininess comes at a good time.
[June 2, 2006, 18:00]
Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N And Intel 4965AGN
Blog Comment As soon as I made this change to the router, Ubuntu, Fedora and MEPIS Linux were able to get a wireless connection, and XP was still able to connect. I have not yet tried Vista, as I didn't have that disk at home over the weekend.
[November 17, 2008, 9:19]
