ubuntu
Posted May 31st, 2007 at 20:34 by Kaweh
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Ok, I have done the deed and formatted my harddrive. Of course I have made a back-up, doh!
After listening to Hugh’s preaching i thought about installing ubuntu linux.
It is a beautiful system, installed unbelievably fast and does not require many resources.
I fully intend to use Ubuntu or a similar system in the future.
However, I am for the time being going back to Windows XP. Yeah, Ubuntu recognised almost all my hardware automatically, but it missed out one vital bit. My printer. After longwinded searches I found out that my printer is effectively a paperweight.
Excuse me? As long as I cannot use my existing hardware for everyday jobs, I am going back to the industry standard. Sorry to be a sissy in that regard.
Also, why is it so incredibly difficult to create a simply install file for a linux system? I have nothing against fiddly bits, but hey, not when it comes to installing something like democracy, or thunderbird.
Yes, I know there are ways described to install these things, but if they don’t work it does not exactly motivate during a trial.
Anyway, with those few exceptions, I am well impressed with how far linux has come. I will give it another go when the next version comes out.
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June 1st, 2007 at 7:54 am
what the hell is a paperweight in this context? is this slang for useless stuff? and did you know you can run additional operating systems on your pc? why not having both, linux and windows? although I never understood the linux hype at all, I’ll stick to my legal windows copy
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June 1st, 2007 at 8:33 am
What is the point of running two operating systems?
I just want the one that is most functional and easy to use.
June 1st, 2007 at 13:38 pm
Yay! All my bothering nearly converted someone! With Linux you don’t ever need to worry about Viruses or Spyware!
It is a shame that your printer is not reconsised. It must either be a very old one or a very new one as everything in between should work! Everything I have worked out of the box except my Wireless card which took some playing with but works now! I haven’t used Windows for months now. I’m just looking forward to iTunes finally making the Linux plunge. Come on Apple!
June 1st, 2007 at 19:08 pm
Democracy looks interesting. Almost like Joost. (did you get my invite for Joost?) Do you use it on Windows?
June 1st, 2007 at 19:38 pm
Never got your invite, send me another one?
Democracy is supposed to be really cool, as it is supposed to play all your media files without the many different programmes.
June 1st, 2007 at 22:35 pm
Well I’ve just installed Democracy very easily on Ubuntu although I’m not sure it will stay installed for long but we’ll see! I’ll send you and invite for Joost next time I’m on Windows. There is no Linux version of Joost yet!