Is anyone here using UBUNTU? --- Linnux based op system
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From: Bill Sloman on 25 Jan 2010 11:16 On Jan 25, 1:56 pm, AndyS <andysha...(a)juno.com> wrote: > Andy asks: > > I am considering switching from WINDOWS to UBUNTU, which is a > Linnux > based operating system. > > Has anyone here had any experience with it or have any pointers > that > I should be aware of ?? SuSE and Mandriva both offer respectable Linux packages. SuSE's package offers a lot of other software. Debian/Ubuntu has been the developer's favourite for a long time now, but if your primary interest isn't software development, SuSE and Mandriva might be worth looking at. -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
From: AndyS on 25 Jan 2010 14:25 Andy writes: Many thanks to all who answered. It seems that UBUNTU is well accepted and a reasonable alternative to what I am now using. I have ordered the CD (I only have dialup) and in a few weeks I'll give 'er a butcher's to see what happens. I still have a little self-education to be able to convert to dual boot, and that seems like the most reasonable thing for me to be sure of backward compatibility. Thanks again, guys. You've been a big help. AndyS in Eureka, Texas W4OAH
From: Too_Many_Tools on 25 Jan 2010 16:19 On Jan 25, 6:56 am, AndyS <andysha...(a)juno.com> wrote: > Andy asks: > > I am considering switching from WINDOWS to UBUNTU, which is a > Linnux > based operating system. > > Has anyone here had any experience with it or have any pointers > that > I should be aware of ?? > > Thanks, > > AndyS W4OAH I am too.considering a switch. What software packages DO NOT WORK with UBUNTU? Thanks for any info. TMT
From: JeffM on 25 Jan 2010 16:50 Too_Many_Tools wrote: >I am too.considering a switch. >What software packages DO NOT WORK with UBUNTU? If you approach Linux thinking that it is Windoze, you are going to have problems from the start.
From: JeffM on 25 Jan 2010 17:06
Tim Watts wrote: >you can use Ubuntu (Gnome windows based), [its] sister >Kubuntu (KDE windows/desktop based), Xubuntu >(XFCE based) or the Netbook remix >(perfect for flash based little netbooks like the eeepc). > ....or Fluxbuntu, which is lighter than any of those --and less graphical. There is also an alpha release of Lubuntu which uses the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE). Some folks are watching that development with interest. A bootable moonOS CD will also show you the Enlightenment desktop in a *buntu environment. The thing about desktops is that you can have as many as you want; just choose the one you want at startup. ....and Linux Mint is *buntu with a more complete out-of-the-box experience (codecs, DVD support, fonts, Flash, Java, Adobe Reader... --all the proprietary junk) There are GNOME, KDE, Xfce, and Fluxbox editions and an LXDE edition is in the works. ****There is also this which was recently released**** http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Ubuntu-Electronics-Remix-9-10-132890.shtml It is DVD-sized. Fedora has a similar CD-sized spin of their distro. |