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mithridates · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: Anybody using Ubuntu?

Just curious. I keep hearing a lot about it, that you can install Ubuntu on an old computer and voila, it works super fast again.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Download a live DVD or CD give it a go first.

It's got a decent userbase as well. Good support.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

will be trying it out once I get a little extra time.

denverdeath · Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn

Check out mishlert's link here:

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=82100

I used Ultimate Ubuntu all last weekend, and it works quite nicely. It crashed a couple of times, but I think that that was because I was working it too hard on the "live" version where it was doing everything off the DVD.

I'm probably going to do a complete install this weekend after I backup important files on my current hard-drive. It's best to take a look at the live DVD and think about what you use computers for. For my typical everyday needs, Ultimate Ubuntu has everything that I need.

Add a free antivirus program and firewall and you'll be good to go:

http://www.freebyte.com/antivirus/

Mashimaro · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: location, location

from reading a few blogs it seems like you
1. Install it
2. Spend the next week trying to get it to work
3. Re install windows

Actually number 3 is my own supposition.
It all sounds like geek wankery to me.

I love IT more than most, but spending 20 hours
trying to get an OS working the way you want it
is not my idea of fun.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

If you want simple go with Mephis.

Ubuntu is nice but it does take some tweaking.

Mephis never needed tweaking on my notebook.

openSUSE is another option. Not as keen on it but it's got a big fan base and a huge support ccommunity up and running

It is geek shit and it's good. Once every few months I install Linux play with it but sadly have to use windows for a few bits and pieces. I have been experimenting more with WINE and seeing if it will allow me to fully migrate to LINUX.

OSX-86 is another geeky play toy but if your processor can handle SS3 instructions (or SS2) then it's unbelievably fast. I'm sorely tempted to run it again for a few weeks to see what happens.

Might buy myself a new HDD and swap it out of my notebook to play with different operating systems again.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

rocklee · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul

Windows is far easier to implement and operate on than Linux. Anyone remembered having to mount and unmount CD-ROMs and even Floppy drives just to use them? Sometimes I felt like I was working on a platform structured on things I couldn't fully understand. Getting games to work took too much work. Imagine having to set games up on different flavours of Linux.

Granted, it did have some of the nicest GUI I've ever worked on and it is cool for being different.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

mishlert · Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun

I installed Ubuntu Ultimate on a partition so now when I turn on the computer I can choose to boot into XP, or Ubuntu.

If you're not sure about how to do the above, here is a good video showing you how to dual boot XP and Ubuntu.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6104490811311898236