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]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I did however get the games that were not running correctly under Vista to work fine under the WINE Windows Emulator included with Ubuntu! Ubuntu also runs faster, looks nicer than the new Vista Aero desktop, and uses FAR fewer resources.
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment There is probably one other thing, after vista has booted a few times it tries to get itself sorted, whenever you aren't using the cpu or ram you aren't using, its usually looking at it self, seeing what it can do to speed up, in fact after a...
[October 22, 2007, 14:41]
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 There is a clear story emerging here of people seem to be - as I was - genuinely surprised by their relative experiences running Vista and a Linux distribution. This simply didn't happen with Windows XP, and that makes it all the more remarkable.
[October 23, 2007, 0:34]
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. My point is that the change is such that, combined...
[October 22, 2007, 21:56]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment So with Vista Microsoft took a much larger effort towards system access and security. There is a reason Windows takes up a large amount of ram to do what it does. When a user does not have write access to Program Files, Windows will store...
[October 22, 2007, 13:32]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I am now using Ubuntu 7.10 and will never go back to any Windows. I tried Ubuntu 7.04 and it was like a rocket. 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]
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]
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]
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]
Http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/gutsy/release/ubuntu-7.10-dvd-i386.iso
Talkback http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/gutsy/release/ubuntu-7.10-dvd-i386.iso Personally if I was setting up my company from scratch - I'd use Ubuntu, why would anyone on a tight budget risk installing/using pirated software, or spending £300-500 of...
[October 19, 2007, 19:05]
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. Mind you when I try to fix a friends PC and tell him he needs anti virus, etc, he snarls at me 'If Windows was so Fxxxxxxx Good - why do we...
[April 14, 2008, 12:27]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog Until Microsoft truly gets that, I'll be sticking Ubuntu - or XP as a backup if I really need to run Windows. I could easily reboot into Ubuntu, and in fact was abot to so so, but something occurred to me.
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
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. I am so scared of Windows these days, that I would not even consider...
[October 24, 2007, 10:25]
XP Service Pack 3 Delayed
Talkback Currently Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. Microsoft just doesn't support thier "end users" anymore.just because thier new Vista "Wonder O.S.is ready to roll.why should they care about home or small bussiness users that have XP home or Pro.or even 2003 server!
[October 23, 2006, 21:24]
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. When I am running Windows Vista Business, it won't connect. I assumed that this was just some sort of weird Vista bug, of course.
[November 12, 2008, 7:35]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Microsoft's now promoting Vista with a campaign called "100 reasons why everyone's so speechless". Here's the link if anyone wants to take a look: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/100reasons.mspx (Thanks to Mary-Jo Foley on...
[October 22, 2007, 14:57]
Gartner: Ignore Vista Until 2008
Talkback I honestly have many more problems with My ubuntu computer than with any windows system. Windows is pretty good operating system. I remember seing Windows XP crash only once in all of the years that I have been using XP.
[November 15, 2005, 0:25]
