harvey wrote:
On May 1, 8:58 am, dave wrote:
Opus- wrote:
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:23:45 -0700, dave spake
thusly:
Opus- wrote:
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:39 -0700, dave spake
thusly:
www.ubuntu.com
Been there done that. Didn't like it. Slowed my computer right down
and a terrible convoluted mess to try and install anything outside of
the cult offerings.
The cult offerings are quite expansive.
Nothing exciting there. Many things depend on your particular GUI.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/
Odd, most people report a marked improvement in performance, especially
if using Xubuntu.
No performance advantage whatsoever. I also found it to be a
convoluted mess to install many applications. I tried many different
versions with different computers. I had a dual boot setup for a
number of months. I kept going back to Windows XP. I tried Ubuntu,
Mandrake and Red Hat. I didn't give up easily or lightly.
Whatever. I felt a great sense of liberation when I ditched the
uberparanoid snarky world of Windows.

I too have a dual Boot machine; XP / Ubuntu..

-I enjoy having the Unix window for commands;

- Just like at work !

caveats;

there are still some problems if you stress things like graphics, ;
- Hence the recovery mode . -

- And since my machine is dual boot, I can still go over to teh XP
side & search around for solutins.

I have been testing importing different applications to Ubuntu from XP;
\\- and have had surprisingly good results !

For most Users, and those on a tight budget, Ubuntu can do just as
well as windows

- And it's FREE !



I've never crashed my Ubuntu boxes. If I did, I'd use a live CD of
Puppy Linux, to poke around.

And it's indeed free, in more ways than one.