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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]
Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Having had so much success with Ubuntu on the older "test" laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110), and not expecting to want to try Vista on the newer Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 again anytime soon, I decided to try installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron...
[June 5, 2008, 9:16]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Apple's Leopard Lasts '30 Seconds' In Hack Contest
News Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival operating systems Ubuntu and Windows Vista so far remaining impenetrable in the CanSecWest PWN to Own competition. Competitors in the hacking race were allowed to...
[March 28, 2008, 8:22]
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]
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]
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]
Vista SP1 Installed, Working OK So Far
Blog I have also installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 (Hardy Heron), and Mandriva Spring 2008, so I have a three-way boot selection now. The installation of Vista SP1 completed normally on my Lifebook S6510, and it seems to be running normally for the time being.
[August 6, 2008, 11:12]
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]
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? My Ubuntu boxes, I love. There, the computer has two partitions, and for historical...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
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]
ThinkPad X60 Rejuvenated!
Blog My poor old 512MB ThinkPad X60, which had a happy early life running Windows XP but then suffered a crippling attack of Windows Vista, has now been restored — almost — to productive use thanks to a timely install of Ubuntu 7.10 (a.k.a.
[October 30, 2007, 8:54]
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]
