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ThinkPad X60 Rejuvenated!
Blog Gutsy Gibbon). ThinkPad X60 redux, thanks to the Gutsy Gibbon More likely, I shall slip Gibbon-convert Rupert Goodwins a pint of amber nectar and secure his Wi-Fi-fixing services. My poor old 512MB ThinkPad X60, which had a happy early life running...
[October 30, 2007, 8:54]
Photos: Ubuntu 7.10 review
Reviews Shown here is the initial log-on screen of 7.10, also called 'Gutsy Gibbon', which Ubuntu-sponsor Canonical plans to release in final form on 18 October. If Gutsy Gibbon encounters a media file type it can't play by default, a dialogue box will pop...
[October 18, 2007, 8:36]
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]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment My hardware purchase left me with an extra hard drive, so I decided to install the beta version of Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon on the second one. I did however get the games that were not running correctly under Vista to work fine under the WINE Windows...
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I am upgrading to 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon while I type (yes windows users, a whole new operating system installing WHILE I type! So, since I have been playing around with linux distros for a while but never really got the feeling that they would convince...
[October 22, 2007, 3:25]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Of those seven, three run XP, one runs Ubuntu 6.06, two are now on Ubuntu 7.10, and one is Vista. Then how come I'm so much more at home with Ubuntu than Vista? Then there's the work Ubuntu computer, on which I do just about everything when I'm in...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
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]
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: Well, in the true Linux spirit of being helpful to other Linux users, I would recommend...
[October 24, 2007, 17:05]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I've just realised that in my bitter rant about being stuck with Windows at work I haven't said what I think about 2Vista versus The Gutsy Gibbon" Gibbon every time Vista is extremely slow, even on computers apparently designed for it.
[October 22, 2007, 21:00]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I wouldn't go near Vista but I do have a RHEL server in the basement that never needs touching from one month to the next - a quick VNC or ssh occasionally is all it takes -- and I've got Ubuntu in a VM on my desktop, and in a second partition on...
[October 24, 2007, 18:55]
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]
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 And of course, Ctr+Alt+D does the same in ubuntu.o) It works in Vista and XP, and there's no need to Win+Shift+D to bring your windows back (like Win+Shift+U)! Win+D - Give me my windows back! Why not use Win+D?
[October 24, 2007, 1:30]
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]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Vista is horrible. I recently bought a beautiful new Dell laptop - the XPS M1330 with all the bells and whistles - running Vista (XP was not offered as an option). I'm not a professional techie but I'm comfortable and reasonably knowledgeable about...
[October 24, 2007, 17:11]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I spent a while "porting" this thing to Linux, and now the whole team is happy using Ubuntu/Debian/[insert your favorite distro here] instead of Windows. I used to work in a corporation where I was initially given a Windows 2000 PC.
[October 24, 2007, 11:14]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Strangely, no one has pointed out that there is one important UI area where Vista is far and away more advanced and capable than either XP, Linux, or even Mac OS: the tablet PC platform. Vista is the only OS for PC's (including Macs) that has...
[October 24, 2007, 4:58]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment RE: the Vista shutdown lameness, there's a whole story on that: http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.html I won't defend Vista, but on a Sony laptop? cmon.it would probably run better on your old Compaq.
[October 24, 2007, 0:25]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Well for those of you running on Windows platforms (or even MAC's) who are interested in getting your feet wet with Ubuntu to see what all the fuss is about, then I suggest you use a desktop virtualisation solution.
[October 23, 2007, 8:12]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Reasons You Should Switch to Ubuntu: I haven't really been keeping track, but so far it seems that "Windows media center has a remote control! I'm glad the windows people aren't running the linux campaign:
[October 22, 2007, 21:34]
