Quote from: bearGet on topic  or I will close thread.

 :rage:

dont be so intolerant   -)  

I used to get laughed at when at work, I hadnt realised the fact :

I chuckled at people who had the mac, Ipod, iphone etc... then someone pointed out....

I had Zune, PCs, Windows Mobile, and Xbox.

Fail.


Im addressing the balance.  Im now on Ubuntu and have an Android phone

Quote from: Dave

Quote from: bearGet on topic  or I will close thread.

 :rage:

dont be so intolerant   -)  

LoL

It is fine but why is it so hard to discuss hardware/software without getting rude ?

Quote from: soopahflyI used to get laughed at when at work, I hadnt realised the fact :

I chuckled at people who had the mac, Ipod, iphone etc... then someone pointed out....

I had Zune, PCs, Windows Mobile, and Xbox.

Fail.


Im addressing the balance.  Im now on Ubuntu and have an Android phone

Ubuntu is fine I am using it and I am very happy with it I will not go back to Xp and absolutly not to Vista.

And no spending of money on software

Quote from: bearUbuntu is fine I am using it and I am very happy with it I will not go back to Xp and absolutly not to Vista.

And no spending of money on software

Only reason I use XP is availability of games. I also have a book writing proggy called roughdraft that would be difficult to replace but that isnt really a problem, I could use any text editor at a push.

Quote from: Serious

Quote from: bearUbuntu is fine I am using it and I am very happy with it I will not go back to Xp and absolutly not to Vista.

And no spending of money on software

Only reason I use XP is availability of games. I also have a book writing proggy called roughdraft that would be difficult to replace but that isnt really a problem, I could use any text editor at a push.

I still use XP to, and ill be putting XP back on my i5 rig later tonight when ive built it, but it has to wait, been called out to install a router for someone.

Quote from: Serious

Quote from: bearUbuntu is fine I am using it and I am very happy with it I will not go back to Xp and absolutly not to Vista.

And no spending of money on software

Only reason I use XP is availability of games. I also have a book writing proggy called roughdraft that would be difficult to replace but that isnt really a problem, I could use any text editor at a push.

Would work in Wine I am sure as most games do.

I seem to have got several copies of XP through buying new PCs and from friends junked ones. Its also just the thought of the extra cycles needed.

/protectsmegahurtz

I use a netbook eee pc with linux.

Quote from: BaconI still use XP to, and ill be putting XP back on my i5 rig later tonight when ive built it, but it has to wait, been called out to install a router for someone.

windows 7 64bit is definitely much faster for me than XP 64bit was....

I think it handles the extra cores and ram better ?

(tho i turned off all the fancy gfx so it actually looks like xp)


something to think about

Quote from: SeriousI seem to have got several copies of XP through buying new PCs and from friends junked ones. Its also just the thought of the extra cycles needed.

/protectsmegahurtz

I use a netbook eee pc with linux.

Are you using this ? http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook

kompatible netbooks https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks

I installed it on USB stick and tried it on a regular PC works fine

Still got the original OS it came with on, downloading now...

Quote from: SeriousStill got the original OS it came with on, downloading now...

I used the stick at work to boot with so I could watch youtube as flash was not installed and I do not have the administrative privileges but now they found that it is nescessary to have flash, LoL.

If you are running ubuntu it is a good idea to go to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
so you can get more apps etc.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/08/mossberg_windows_7_narrows_the_gap_with_apples_mac_os_x.html

"After months of testing Vista on multiple computers, new and old, I believe it is the best version of Windows that Microsoft has produced."

Uncle Mossberg has clearly been senile for several years.

Vista has done more to help the spread of Linux on the desktop than Ubuntu, SuSe, Red-Hat and Debian combined.

edit: I should point out that this comment has no basis in evidence whatsoever, it feels true though!