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Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Hey, I'm not sore about the hardware, I actually find a lot to like in WIndows XP, I'm not holding my breath for Leopard, and I did remove enough bloatware to keep a liposuctionist busy for a week. I did install a couple of games and they worked a...
[October 22, 2007, 21:56]
Vista Vs Ubuntu: This Time, It's Virtual
Blog I've been meaning to try VirtualBox, the free x86 virtualisation product from InnoTek, and a comment to my previous Vista/Ubuntu post has pushed me into it. Of course, I can't just put a Windows OS on my Ubuntu machinery - don't have an unused...
[October 23, 2007, 14:20]
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 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]
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]
PCLinuxOS 2008 Gnome On New Laptop.
Blog I first tried the latest version of Ubuntu, but it didn't find all the hardware and I've never been a real fan. It came pre-installed with VISTA, and I inquired about buying with the OS removed. The clerk informed me that if I had to send it in for...
[June 9, 2008, 9:41]
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]
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 - Still Running And Stable After Six Weeks
Blog This blog entry is being written on Ubuntu, by the way.jw 21/9/2008 Six weeks ago, when I wrote Renewed Adventures with Vista, I wondered if Microsoft had finally managed to fix it sufficiently that I wouldn't be forced to give up on it after a...
[September 21, 2008, 8:18]
What A Joke
Talkback Well, Vista annoys me so much, I am going back to XP or Ubuntu. That and other superflous parts of Vista. The first thing I did was to turn it off. Mind you when I try to fix a friends PC and tell him he needs anti virus, etc, he snarls at me 'If...
[April 14, 2008, 12:27]
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]
Dual-Boot Ubuntu And Windows XP Professional
Blog I kept my "primary" Windows XP disk intact, by using a second disk drive which I had previously used to test Vista and Ubuntu on that system. But that one is actually able to run Vista (more or less), so I would like to set it up with partitions...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
... But Still A Few Things Amiss (with Vista)
Blog Comment Likewise, I would be very pleased if everyone (or at least a large proportion of people) would make the plunge to Linux, whether it be Ubuntu, Mandriva or one of the others - and I think that most of them would be quite happy after they did it.
[August 21, 2008, 13:45]
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]
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]
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. Before you do that (Automatix has been known to cause serious...
[October 24, 2007, 17:05]
SnapYap - New Flash-Based Video IM Program
Blog That means that it should be platform-independent, and indeed I just tested it with a call between my two laptops, one running Vista and the other running Ubuntu, and it all worked very nicely. I have just tried out another new Adobe Flash-based...
[August 27, 2008, 9:56]
Zattoo Puts Live TV On The Desktop
Blog It works, too - I know I shouldn't be surprised when something like this just loads and runs under Ubuntu, but it did and I was. Zattoo is a free live streaming TV service which, like so many, has its own client (Mac, Linux, XP and Vista) and does...
[April 29, 2008, 14:18]
On Safari With Steve Jobs At WWDC
Blog I realised as I fired it up that this was the first time in weeks I'd turned it on - looks like I've switched to Ubuntu without really noticing). Most of the keynote was spent unveiling new features coming with Leopard in the autumn - good features...
[June 11, 2007, 22:26]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment I finally installed XP as my main OS as a Christmas present to myself so it's over 6 months since I tried all the double and triple boot scenarios and even an attempted quadruple booting scenario with Vista, XP, Ubuntu and SuSe.
[June 19, 2008, 9:21]
