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. I've been meaning to try VirtualBox, the free x86 virtualisation...
[October 23, 2007, 14:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There is one product that's worse than XP — and it's not Ubuntu, which does have its faults. Ubuntu is famed for its addiction to sudo, which is its attempt to get around the privileges paradox. The worst offender by far is Windows XP: for reasons...
[September 1, 2006, 20:30]
A Tale Of Two Vista Systems
Blog This once-cherished notebook has languished for a while, and is now awaiting a new lease of life courtesy of Ubuntu Linux. I've upgraded two systems to Windows Vista over the past few months, with vastly different results.
[August 22, 2007, 10:10]
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? There, the computer has two partitions, and for historical reasons the ubuntu system...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
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]
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]
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). I decided to get it with Vista and not XP because I wanted to get...
[October 24, 2007, 6:45]
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]
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]
Microsoft's Mojave Just A Desert Vista
Blog To some extent, that's because once you've got people on a stable system they understand you leave them there - I'm not going to get my XP'd parents onto Ubuntu either - but it's an indication of how little Microsoft understands the market it...
[August 11, 2008, 8:56]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It involves making a selection of live CDs - Puppy Linux is impressive in its simplicity and flexibility, while Ubuntu seems to "just work" - and giving them to my punters. Ubuntu's new shininess comes at a good time.
[June 2, 2006, 18:00]
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 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 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]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I've been using Ubuntu since 7.04 on my main work machine, in an overwhelmingly Windows organisation, and it works just fine. The wild card here is virtualisation: you can easily run Windows in a virtual box under Ubuntu, so you can have quite a...
[October 22, 2007, 17:38]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment XP works, it's got loads of faults, but it works and I see no pressing reason to move to Vista. When I've tried it on computers not designed for Vista it seems to spend its time telling me how bad my hardware is.
[October 22, 2007, 21:00]
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]
