Ubuntu RAWKS!!!

[Taverner]

Since being laid off, I was able to keep both old laptops, but send the newest back.

Done!

So I took my previous laptops, which were pretty nice Lenovo/IBM Think Pads and put Ubuntu on them.

The "oldest(07)" goes to a friend who needs a new computer. Trust me, he is deserving.

The newest(08) runs like a champ - and runs much FASTER on Ubuntu!

Of course I removed the "Windows Vista" sticker off it.

So nice to have a laptop that just screams!

[pokerfan]

1. now you need some new stickers

Send a self addressed stamped envelope to:

System76, Inc. (Free Stickers)
1582 S. Parker Rd. Ste. 310
Denver, Colorado 80231

http://www.system76.com/article_info.php?articles_id=9

Been using Ubuntu since 8.10 (Intrepid) and computing is fun again.

[Soylent Brice]

2. i second that.

i partitioned my hard drive and installed ubuntu in january.

i've been angry at myself for months that i didn't do sooner.

[hunter]

3. Yes, it does!

:hi:

[Book Lover]

4. You got that right

Cool!

[quakerboy]

5. Meh

It was interesting to run. I figured out the easy problems (boot issues, the number lock thing). Then I came up with some graphics issues. And despite a lot of work, I never could get the computer to use the full available resolution. That really burned my biscuits. And then the online video issues. No Daily show or Colbert, choppy everything else.

It has some interesting parts, and I will get back to it at some point. It was very helpful in determining my hardware issues. But it ain't all that.

[JCMach1]

6. you just need to get your CODECs in order for the video

Also, your Flash and Java...

Even on Windows you have to get those thing in-line...

Ubuntu is awesome!

[quakerboy]

7. I repeat: meh

You don't know how long I spent searching for one, then another, only to have none of them work significantly better than the easily pulled up ones that didn't work well. I even scrapped it all and tried Mint. Still not better. The only thing that worked was to switch to the windows partition if I wanted to watch something on you tube.

I might forgive even that, but there seem to be some ATI compatability issues as well. I am pretty sure thats what was causing my resolution issue. And again, multiple downloads of things that promised to fix it, but never did.

I dunno... Its come a long way from where it was when I played with redhat a few years back. But there is still some work to be done before I would consider it an easy to use "consumer ready" product.

I also did not notice a huge speed increase. On my newer machine I am could mark it down to the fact that it is already plenty fast for anything Ive needed it to do, so how would I notice a speed difference. But we still have it on an older rescued machine. with a gb of ram, a 1.6 processor, and a seperate video card, it was not doing superbly with windows XP, particularly not once its former owners loaded it with viruses and spyware. After a reformat and putting mint on it... I am not noticing a significant speed increase from what I would have expected from a clean windows install.

[Taverner]

8. The hardware you used was wrong

If you want Ubuntu to work, find hardware that is supported. That usually means a standard laptop or desktop configuration.

If you don't have the hardware, you will need to go searching for drivers and codecs.

Once I instaled Flash and whatnot on my Ubuntu insall, it SCREAMED

This is a system I was well acquainted with. It used to have XP, which was slow as mud. When I tried Vista IT WENT SLOWER!

Ubuntu? It just screams.

[quakerboy]

15. so you can only use it on some PC's?

Thats not encouraging.

Anyhow, I think you are wrong, because the first time I installed it, the drivers worked perfectly for the video card. Then I had a windows crash, which entailed reformatting the shared hard drive (go HP and their proprietary restoration software. Sarcastic Woo.). And on the second go round, installing the same way from the same disc, would never work right again.

Either way.. not encouraging on a usability, end user level. I stand by my assessment that it has a way to go before it can become commercially viable, get co-opted by some multinational corp, and used to make millions upon millions of dollars and otherwise shape how we as a species think about the world.

[elocs]

9. Naughty boy! You must drink the Ubuntu Kool Aid. No differences of opinion or experience allowed.

There is toilet paper and sliced bread, but above those is Ubuntu!

[quakerboy]

16. I remember when Red Hat was the sign of a

real computer user, and lorded over the wee puny minded MS computer users. I still have a copy that someone donated to me when sheepishly admitting that he had never managed to successfully use it for anything he needed or wanted to accomplish, despite all his crowing and tongue wagging.

Whatever. I have room for multiple computing systems in my heart, and on my hard drive. Except for Mac. I suspect I will always despise Mac.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

10. I'm a PC

And I invented Windows 7. Running it now on a 7 year old computer with 1 GB of RAM, and it screams. Until Windows 7, I was ready to give up on Microsoft (even though I'm a Microsoft trained software developer).

[pokerfan]

11. Apparently Windows 7 was some French woman's idea

and all she had to do was tell Microsoft to make Windows not crash so often.

Who knew?

[EvolveOrConvolve]

12. Those commercials are weird

They have some attractive person talking about Windows, then cut away to an "attractive" version of that person talking about Windows, then back to the "averagely attractive" person. To me, the "normal" person is more attractive than the piece of eye-candy in the segue.

I'm attracted to average - who knew? :shrug:

[madrchsod]

13. yes it is...but i forgot my password and gave up!

[Initech]

14. I'm thinking I might buy a third hard drive for my computer and run Ubuntu off it.

I cant exactly format my primary otherwise risk several painstaking hours reinstalling all my data.