ThinkPad X60 Rejuvenated!
Blog No dual-boot option here, just the full 'use entire disk' setting during the Ubuntu 7.10 install. 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...
[October 30, 2007, 8:54]
Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog It took about 5 minutes to boot the CD and answer the few questions that come up, then about 15 minutes to actually load Ubuntu and reboot, and finally another 10 minutes to download and install all the updates.
[June 5, 2008, 9:16]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Everything worked fine from boot, and Ubuntu even automatically set my computer up to dual boot, so I can choose Linux or Windows right after I turn on the machine. My hardware purchase left me with an extra hard drive, so I decided to install the...
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment And yet, Linux Ubuntu was so easy to install and use that I still haven't encountered one question that I couldn't answer very quickly and easily. So, since I have been playing around with linux distros for a while but never really got the feeling...
[October 22, 2007, 3:25]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Ubuntu (Grub) correctly saw that there were two bootable Windows partitions on the disk, and both Vista and Ubuntu booted correctly, but when I tried to boot the XP partition, it actually started to boot Vista but then complained that the boot...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
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]
Dual-Boot Ubuntu And Windows XP Professional
Blog At least from my Fujitsu "recovery" media, installing windows always installs the standard Windows (Microsoft) boot loader, so if you install Ubuntu first, it will then overwrite GRUB and you will have to go back and repair that in order to get...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
Ubuntu 7.04 review
Reviews The other is to install Ubuntu 7.04 via a third-party program such as Wubi. This alone is enough for most people to thoroughly enjoy Ubuntu without ever having to install another application. Once you have decided where you want to install Ubuntu...
[July 13, 2007, 11:39]
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]
Just Install Ubuntu!
Talkback I installed Ubuntu 8.04, and didn't even tell him it's not Windows. I just installed Ubuntu on a machine that the user installed SP3 on. His machine would not complete the boot process after installing SP3.
[May 22, 2008, 11:30]
