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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]
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]
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]
Nubuntu? Schmubuntu!
Blog Comment Seriously, there are so many programs that ship with ubuntu that are far better than notepad++ with no configuration necessary (emacs for instance). This article confuses me because I have been using ubuntu for over six months now without the need...
[May 6, 2008, 9:34]
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 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. Anyway, the good news is, Vista SP1 is running, I have reinstalled the Fujitsu Shock Sensor Utility which was preventing it from...
[August 6, 2008, 11:12]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog I could easily reboot into Ubuntu, and in fact was abot to so so, but something occurred to me. Until Microsoft truly gets that, I'll be sticking Ubuntu - or XP as a backup if I really need to run Windows.
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
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]
Mac Cheaper Than Vista I Dont Think So!!!!
Talkback I agree on the basis people are not given enough choice for OS somewhere like Pc world does not give the option for a Linux OS such as Ubuntu.However Microsoft is what people are trained on in education and 9 times out of ten the product that will...
[October 17, 2007, 16:57]
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 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]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog Comment I briefly tried Ubuntu and back in the day Red hat etc.but key software I use is not available for this OS so I didn't really go to far with it. Depending on whose hype or vista bashing you listen to you may view XP as the ultimate OS and Vista...
[March 25, 2008, 8:14]
Microsoft's Mojave Just A Desert Vista
Blog To some extent, that's because once you've got people on a stable system they understand you leave them there - I'm not going to get my XP'd parents onto Ubuntu either - but it's an indication of how little Microsoft understands the market it...
[August 11, 2008, 8:56]
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. Everything that I have installed so far has gone smoothly, and I haven't gotten the "that program might not have installed...
[August 8, 2008, 7:51]
IBM Takes On Microsoft With ODF-based Symphony
News Versions for the Mac and Ubuntu are coming later this year. Symphony 1.0 is now available as a standalone package, running on Windows Vista and XP, as well as on major Linux versions including Suse and Red Hat.
[June 6, 2008, 15:02]
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]
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]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A healthier attitude would be to ignore it, and an even healthier one would be to move on to other software — having used Ubuntu for a month or so on a spare laptop, I'm going to make my main machine dual boot with the eventual aim of relegating...
[April 28, 2006, 18:25]
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 There is one product that's worse than XP — and it's not Ubuntu, which does have its faults. Ubuntu is famed for its addiction to sudo, which is its attempt to get around the privileges paradox. No, the real stinker is Vista, a recent beta of which...
[September 1, 2006, 20:30]
