Screw Vista.. Ubuntu Is Where It Is At
 

been using Ubuntu on a secondary machine (now primary) for 3 weeks and I must say Ubuntu rocks!!

Life has never been so much easier since making the switch

My buddy loves ubuntu, I'm an OSX fan. Either way, fuck windows.

never been a "fuck windows" kinda guy. But I must say after testing this, I just may be

Got a link? Never heard of it?

yep ... ubuntu rocks. open source programs are awesome.

www.ubuntu.com

i like it, i just hate the fact that i can't install anything by running a file

there are so many windows programs I use though, dont you run into problems not being able to run certain software

security at its finest.. perfect OS to install on the inlaws system so I dont have to keep going over and reparing spyware/virus infested systems

is it faster than windows

Ah well, I wonder if I could get the damn thing to work on my laptop. What I need to do is get my new laptop and use that as my primary lappy, then I can format this one and use it as a test bed.

I've been tempted to give it a try, but I'm kind of concerned about the lack of software, HTML editors, Photo editors, etc. Any useful links?

I do not think there is one single VITAL ( for what I need
) windows progam that I have yet to find a open source comparable program

Hate to quote myself

"I do not think there is one single VITAL ( for what I need
) windows progam that I have yet to find a open source comparable program"

Fedora is where it's at.. http://fedora.redhat.com/

Until you start looking for alternatives, you think you are stuck with Windows.

Also, WINE lets you run many Windows apps under Ubuntu... I had Photoshop 7 running smoothly in Ubuntu.

Fucking cool!

(Still use a PC though for primary work... and Mac OS X for graphic design)

i love both, ubuntu and vista :thumbsup

I got it on a spare box, looks groovey but I'm more of a KDE fan so I have to go burn an install of kbuntu and check that out...

:thumbsup

Never liked and Linux packages when I tried it out. Plus Windows works just fine for me, so I see no real reason to change.

Has anyone installed it on a laptop? If so, did it recognize everything driver wise?

Since you're a KDE fan, give PCBSD a look too. It is based on FreeBSD 6.X, has a stupid simple installation and a growing list of 1 click installation programs (PBIs).

Xubuntu is better. Gnome is slow as shit, xfwm is better :D

I have xubuntu working just fine on my Dell Latitude D600

hummmm?
I've been online since '96 with windows and have never caught anything . . . what am I doing wrong?

Dunno about Ubuntu, and laptops, (Ive always been a Red Hat guy) but check out:

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

This site is invaluble for anyone trying to install any flavor of linux on a laptop.

It is basically compilations of user install experiences of linux on various laptop models. You can usually find stories about your laptop model, and find out exactly what works and what doesnt, and how much of a pain in the ass its going to be. Laptops can be tricky sometimes, since hardware manufacturers like to make undocumented changes to hardware when they shrink it down to fit in the small form factor. Sleep/Wake issues are usually the biggest headache.

I have sucessfully ported my Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, and Photoshop CS2 to Ubuntu using WINE

I have been 100% Windows free on 2 of my 5 computers for about 2 months now! :pimp

www.hotubuntunews.com

The issue I had with Ubuntu is getting my wireless connection to work....didn't work at all and it looks like many people have the same issue. I got back to windows because of that, never had problems with it anyway.

what drugs are you on? :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Installed the full version of Ubuntu 6.06LTS on a Dell Latitude CPx J650GT without any problems at all, and Linux actually made me realize that this old lappy has alot of life yet in it!

http://www.hotubuntunews.com/blog_4.shtml

What wireless card / USB dongle are you using?

I too had alot of problems initially with my wireless, but I got it sorted, and the fix was so simple it was crazy!!

CS2 was running like shit for me, weird font issues even though I had the fonts installed properly lol. I wanted to play StarCraft under wine but that didn't work to well :D

osx fan here, tried ubuntu before, its nice, but osx rawks

how much time have you spent doing all this? i spend no time really dealing with win probs so this is why i ask . . time is very valuable to me at this point . .

Once you successfully port one program using WINE, the rest come pretty easy!
You just need to understand what WINE is and how it makes programs work.

I spent maybe 5 hours total to get all the programs I need working in Ubuntu

If you want a down and dirty way to get windows programs working under WINE, go to google or yahoo and search for "portable {program name}"

A great many common Win32 applications have been made to work on USB thumbdrives ... and this is the same basic functionality you need to get ANY Win32 program to run in Linux :winkwink:

ok then ..... I have successfully got all the programs I use daily to run under a Linux environment :winkwink:

i wish apple will start licensing their osx on some dell lappys, macbooks are too expensive for me :winkwink: