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| Thread ID: 54706 | 2005-02-20 00:12:00 | Linux Now Easier To Use Than Windows? | vinref (6194) | PC World Chat |
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| 326603 | 2005-02-20 11:45:00 | Sorry, Going to have to dismiss your advice completely, I will rather talk to someone who doesn't start off with an assertion that others hold their views due to a fud campain by MS . Muhahahahaha . Just messin with ya . Currently download the 64 bit version of the distro mentioned by Kame in the other thread, Might as well jump in blind . |
Metla (12) | ||
| 326604 | 2005-02-20 19:47:00 | Sorry, Going to have to dismiss your advice completely, I will rather talk to someone who doesn't start off with an assertion that others hold their views due to a fud campain by MS . Muhahahahaha . Just messin with ya . Currently download the 64 bit version of the distro mentioned by Kame in the other thread, Might as well jump in blind . Ubuntu is a new distro, the latest version is still a preview release . If you expect stability and everything working out of the box you could be disappointed . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 326605 | 2005-02-20 20:23:00 | Metla says "Might as well jump in blind." but maybe you could have a daily look at http://www.distrowatch.com - endless choices ! Happy reading. Tony |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 326606 | 2005-02-20 20:53:00 | Ubuntu is a new distro, the latest version is still a preview release . If you expect stability and everything working out of the box you could be disappointed . Yep, Call me crazy but I did read up on it before starting the download, As for everything working out of the box and stability, This is Linux after all . . . . . . . Every review (or bunch of reviews) for any and every distro I have read has highlighted issues, faults, Incompatibilities, difficulties, and an Achilles heel or three . However, I think you may be more concerned that I have haphazardly chosen a poor distro so that I can flame it at a later date . |
Metla (12) | ||
| 326607 | 2005-02-20 20:54:00 | Metla says "Might as well jump in blind." but maybe you could have a daily look at http://www.distrowatch.com - endless choices ! Happy reading. Tony Now that is a really useful website. Thanks Tony :) |
John H (8) | ||
| 326608 | 2005-02-20 21:29:00 | These three threads chart my Xandros experiences from enthusiasm through to disillusion :) The third thread shows the problems I had associated with loading what should be a simple program, kshowmail. pressf1.pcworld.co.nz pressf1.pcworld.co.nz pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Now I also have quite a few dos programs I still use. With a mixture of dos and windows, I can scan a printed circuit board track layout from a magazine article, use a windows bitmap to vector conversion program, maybe a bit of editing, then use a dos plotter program to draw an inked track directly onto copper board with an HP plotter, and then etch to produce a one off board. It is an easy process, I wouldn't know how to do that in Linux. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 326609 | 2005-02-20 22:38:00 | Ubuntu isnt Preview Release? Ive had them mail me 13 Final-release 1.0 version CD's, in nice cases, along with Ubuntu Live too! Murray, Im sure you were a Mepis man?? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 326610 | 2005-02-21 02:00:00 | Terry: You'ld do it just the same. With maybe a few fewer steps. The only bit that Linux doesn't understand is the etching. ;) People were designing PC boards on Unix machines before there was DOS, let alone Windows. ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 326611 | 2005-02-21 04:50:00 | Ubuntu on JSG (linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz) | Sam I Am (1679) | ||
| 326612 | 2005-02-21 06:42:00 | When ever i find myself on a windows machine, i find it odd. I go to do things and find XP has no idea of what i am trying to do. Under XP i select text, and then middle click, but the text fails to paste. One must select copy and then select paste.. to me this is tedious. One of the most well hidden and mysterious secrets in Windows: Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V When selecting files i sometimes look into a directory and select all the files within a rectangle i draw with the mouse. With FC3 (linux) all the files i draw around are highlighted and thus selected, but when i used a friends XP system, i went into the folder where a digicam had dumped its files and tried to select what i wanted. NOTHING happened! Unless the computer is seriously retarded, click 'n' drag works on pretty much every computer i've encountered. As does copy 'n' paste shortcuts |
Edward (31) | ||
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