eric_cartman

Has anybody used Ubuntu linux? I would like to know how to dualboot ubuntu with vista and xP? I have a dell lappy.

aximbigfan

i use ubuntu as my development os. its good os, if i were you, i would use 6.10 instead of 7.04 though.


chris

eric_cartman

Originally Posted by aximbigfan

if i were you, i would use 6.10 instead of 7.04 though. chris

why is that?

Bagelsnbrew

I run Ubuntu 6.10 on 2 laptops and one desktop. I only run xp on one machine to sync my pda's. Just d/l the live cd, give it a try and if you like it click on the install icon. I don't have vista, but the xp dual boot was painless. The only issue I've had is with the broadcom wifi chip in my old Dell 600m and that was resolved with a little pain. On my older HP laptop and my more recently built desktop, it was a zero configuration experience.

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aximbigfan

Originally Posted by eric_cartman

why is that?

well, its mostly just a prefernce i have.the main reason is that i havent been able to get the toolchain for my nas box to work on 7.04. i also have trouble gettign my compilers to work.


chris

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you are the man abf.

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DotanCohen

Although mainly a Fedora user, I had Ubuntu (actually, Kubuntu) on the desktop for a few months. The wife uses the desktop so Ubuntu was a good choice between us having Linux, and her having a system that she could maintain. We found that while Ubuntu was easy for her to use and maintian, it was too windows-like for us. I've since put Fedora back on that machine, but the laptop might very well get Ubuntu soon as Ubuntu seems to better support it's hardware (specifically, Radeon X1400).

If you're deciding on a linux distro for a Windows convert, then by all means go with Ubuntu. I've installed it on a few friends machines, and just recently mailed an Ubuntu disk to another Aximsite member who requested it in PM. It's a great beginners distro, so much so that most don't even know it's linux. You can literally maintain it without ever using the CLI. That's a shame in my opinion, but people seem to like that. In any case, it's safer and easier to use than XP, for sure.

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