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Vista Vs Ubuntu: This Time, It's Virtual
Blog Of course, I can't just put a Windows OS on my Ubuntu machinery - don't have an unused Genuine Windows Advantage XP or Vista, and to reuse anything would be against the licence. Haven't had time to do any performance testing, but subjectively...
[October 23, 2007, 14:20]
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]
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 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 Funnily enough my colleague Rupert Goodwins documented his - very similar - experiences and thoughts on Vista and Ubuntu late last night, just hours after I posted mine. No more, for two reasons: Vista, and Ubuntu 7.10 (ala Gutsy Gibbon).
[October 21, 2007, 23:26]
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]
Vista - Still Running And Stable After Six Weeks
Blog This blog entry is being written on Ubuntu, by the way.jw 21/9/2008 So although my experience with Vista for the past six weeks has been good, the struggle and the problems with it for the year before that caused me to go in a direction where I use...
[September 21, 2008, 8:18]
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]
... But Still A Few Things Amiss (with Vista)
Blog Comment Likewise, I would be very pleased if everyone (or at least a large proportion of people) would make the plunge to Linux, whether it be Ubuntu, Mandriva or one of the others - and I think that most of them would be quite happy after they did it.
[August 21, 2008, 13:45]
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. I wonder what the actual figures are for VISTA usage, and how many people have done what I did, and upgrade to Linux?
[June 9, 2008, 9:41]
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 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. Before you do that (Automatix has been known to cause serious...
[October 24, 2007, 17:05]
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]
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. I am still primarily using Linux, and only run Windows during my morning and evening commute, but I will at least continue to...
[August 8, 2008, 7:51]
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]
SnapYap - New Flash-Based Video IM Program
Blog That means that it should be platform-independent, and indeed I just tested it with a call between my two laptops, one running Vista and the other running Ubuntu, and it all worked very nicely. During a video call, the incoming and outgoing video...
[August 27, 2008, 9:56]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Startup time of Vista, fresh start or from "Hibernation" is VERY fast (way faster than any (regular) Linux distribution, and I always know the latest Ubuntu and OpenSuSE releases). That said, I'm quite happy with Vista!
[October 24, 2007, 6:45]
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]
Dell Chooses Ubuntu For Linux PCs
News I think you will find Dell, over time, also offering Ubuntu across its server product line as Ubuntu grows in popularity in the data centre, due in large part to Canonical's 24/7 support offering and the simplicity of managing one distribution...
[May 1, 2007, 15:44]
Gartner: Ignore Vista Until 2008
Talkback In the same machine, pop in the ubuntu cd, and almost everything works. have you ever try to install Windows xp from scratch? I did. So, (to repeat many of the messages posted earlier) it is not that windows supports hardware, but hardware...
[November 21, 2005, 19:06]
