Dual-Boot Ubuntu And Windows XP Professional
Blog Then Ubuntu installed itself as usual, and the next time I rebooted, the GRUB boot loader offered to boot either Ubuntu (default) or Windows XP. At least from my Fujitsu "recovery" media, installing windows always installs the standard Windows...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment My experience has been a bit different, in that I had no trouble getting GRUB to boot Vista, when I installed VIsta first and then Ubuntu. On the other hand, my experience has been the same as yours, in that I am perfectly happy with Ubuntu/XP dual...
[June 18, 2008, 9:27]
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]
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 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. I did however get the games that were not running correctly under Vista to work...
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
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]
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]
Monolithic OS Upgrades Are So Over
Blog I am also waiting to get my hands on Ubuntu 7.10 to see how it deals with Centrino Pro and the other new bits of technology on my particular laptop that may make for some interesting driver hunts. But if I can find all the drivers I need for Ubuntu...
[September 25, 2007, 18:26]
Ubuntu 7.04 review
Reviews While Ubuntu ships with more hardware drivers than Windows Vista, it lacks some for wireless chipsets and Webcams. Unlike Windows Vista UAC, Ubuntu asks for an administrator password only once, allowing you to tweak several administration features...
[July 13, 2007, 11:39]
Ubuntu 7.10 review
Reviews Unlike Windows' user switching, this can be accessed directly from the Ubuntu desktop — you can also configure exactly how it works. If you're on an old version of Windows, then there's now even more in Ubuntu to make switching operating systems...
[November 1, 2007, 15:14]
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]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment Moley, I've just set up a dual-boot Vista/Ubuntu disk from scratch, and confirmed what I said previously. I loaded Vista first, then Ubuntu; GRUB recognized the Vista partition and set it up to boot, using the Vista boot loader, and added an entry...
[June 18, 2008, 14:14]
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]
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]
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 My organization has a Windows infrastructure (mail, authentication, networking), nevertheless I had a dual boot desktop with Ubuntu that happily co-existed with the environment. As a matter of fact I stopped booting into Windows and it was all good.
[October 25, 2007, 5:30]
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]
