GAK67 Report This Comment Date: September 28, 2009 05:24AM
Tried Linux (Ubuntu) but have gone back to Windohs
Made my computer faster and was easy to install and run, but the lack of
software available for it, plus how hard it is for somebody like me who is not a
computer whizz to load programs onto it and get them running meant it was not
right for me.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: September 28, 2009 01:43PM
if i didn't have a couple friends to assist, i would be lost. my latest problem
is configuring sound konverter.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: September 28, 2009 04:45PM
i figured it out all by myself!!
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: September 28, 2009 07:32PM
To me, the best idea for people tied through software to MS products is to use
Ubuntu to do their email and surfing chores and then Winblows for the tasks they
have to use it for .... offline! That way you get the protection and safety of
linux where necessary and then can use MS stuff safely too.
I successfully converted my business computer to Ubuntu about 8 months ago with
the exception of Quickbooks. Though there are plenty of linux alternatives
available it would have required countless hours of inputting our old data so
instead I opted to just keep an old XP machine that lives offline and I use it
as necessary to enter financial stuff which works fine
ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: September 29, 2009 02:58AM
Fuck linux
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: September 29, 2009 03:09AM
And this from a guy livin in a state where they can't even figure out how to
vote?
Yeah .... I guess I see your point, sorry
PrOpHeT Report This Comment Date: September 29, 2009 05:16PM
Thusly the debate ends...
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www.IfYouSeekAU.com]
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: September 29, 2009 07:25PM
Hardly ... dunno how much smoother or more full screen you can get than what I
have already, so
As an aside I've personally weened 5 users just this year off Winblows and onto
Ubuntu. In that same time period I've yet to have known one confirmed Linux
person who has switched to Windoze
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: September 29, 2009 11:05PM
i guess yak couldn't find the synaptic package manager.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 29/09/2009 11:05PM by fossil_digger.
FrostedApe Report This Comment Date: October 01, 2009 02:56PM
I'm seriously considering putting Ubunto on this laptop. I can't remember the
last time I did anything on it that couldn't just as well be done on Linux. Web
surfing, e-mail, occasional, very minor photo editing, writing in notepad for my
website. Not having Flash would just be bonus. I
hate Flash.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: October 01, 2009 11:39PM
The latest version of Firefox for Ubuntu allows you to enable any flash
application individually on your screen if you want. Every flash application on
a page will have a "flash" icon and you can run it by clicking on the
icon or else the icon is all you ever have to see. Works great for keepin the
damned bubbles from streamin by at the top of this page
pulse Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2009 11:01AM
To be honest I'm not too fussed about the operating systems I use. I have a lot
of involvement in a wide variety.
The laptop I'm typing this on is a macbook air, osx 10.5.8. My desktop is
running Windows 7 x64. My fileserver runs a customised Linux kernel, as does my
other box. My other laptop is a Toshiba running windows xp.
All of the website stuff runs Linux, a number of different hardware
platforms.
At work, I'm an infrastructure designer. As part of that I design and maintain a
fleet of 300 sun servers running solaris 10 unix.
Every machine I use has a specific task, and the operating system chosen is
chosen for that task. In my case, I wouldn't have anything other than Windows on
my desktop. I don't use xwindows (gnome/kde/cde/whatever), I honestly hate it.
I'm a command line unix/linux user only.
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2009 12:06PM
to determine if the O/S on your computer is the best one for it, press
ctrl-alt-left arrow
