Ubuntu upgraded to Kubuntu
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Better than PCLinuxOS imo
Vista killer..
absolutely f-ing incredible for free... hands down.
Nice part is you can switch back and forth between Gnome and KDE interfaces at the login screen.
Microsoft is definitely going down a notch with Ubuntu 7.1. with KDE 4.
Vista killer..
absolutely f-ing incredible for free... hands down.
Nice part is you can switch back and forth between Gnome and KDE interfaces at the login screen.
Microsoft is definitely going down a notch with Ubuntu 7.1. with KDE 4.
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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"synaptic program manager"
search for "wine"
install it, (dead simple) then run any windows GUI in a Linux GUI.
Once most people figure this out... Microsoft is in trouble.
Google ubuntu, kubuntu, pclinuxos, download the ISO's burn to CD then boot from them to try em out without changing anything on your computer...
nice thing about ubuntu is that there is no root account so it's extremely secure.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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( o.O)
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Well, I wouldn't say I'm a convert yet, but I've been trying it out. I built my own computer in an effort to learn what I'm doing to become A+ certified (and for fun).
I love many things about Ubuntu.
-the community
-the visual effects
-the speed
-the d.i.y. mentality.
but I am still a bit hesitant about a few things.
a) the installing process. I've downloaded wine...downloaded synaptic...etc.
but i still think it's more than "the average pc user" can handle at the current time.
the terminal process is painful....for example, last night, i spent about 3 hours trying to figure out how to activate a program that seemed to install okay...but i couldn't figure out how to actually run it when it was installed. I consider myself a 75 on a scale of 1-100 on computer usage, and I've been struggling with a lot of things.
I can't figure out how to get my Roku (wireless music player) working with ubuntu
b) lack of itunes.
I myself dislike itunes. But until it becomes practical in ubuntu, most people won't switch over.
c) see A again. That is by far my biggest problem with ubuntu. To me, wine didn't simplify things. It complicated them. I might (probably am) missing something obvious, but the last couple of days have been frustrating.
But I am on board. I love the ethics/feel of it all. I just want it to be even easier before I try to convert my friends.
Are you using version 7.1?
I'm somewhat biased (I got my A+ certification a while back). It (Ubuntu) is not everything yet, but it's getting really close. I can't believe it's free, and it comes with an MS office clone built right in, and thousands of apps ready for free download. I think open source is going to become everything to the point I think M$ is eventually going to be in some serious trouble. ...quite possibly in a few more years.
I think they really screwed up with Vista. It's a pretty radical change from XP, and a lot of stuff doesn't work with it (Vista) either....I think they pretty much created a huge fork in the road for a lot of people to evolve away from their offerings.
Software has gotten way too expensive these days.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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( o.O)
(")_(")
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I'm actually using Ubuntu, not Kubuntu. What's the difference?
Is it worth changing?
The latest Ubuntu is 7.10 aka Gutsy. Kubuntu is the same deal i.e. it's still Debian at it's core, just that is uses the KDE interface....hence the "K".
My biggest issue before using Linux was command lining everything to death. With 7.10 I've only had to type a few lines, and even then it's wasn't even necessary at all, as I found out later. PDF support built in, Winzip support built in, Ms Office clone built in, comes with Firefox built in, MP3 support built in. It's all really coming along.
KDE is much prettier to look at then the regular gnome interface. Kinda like Vista compared to XP. i.e. http://www.kde-look.org/
I actually prefer the KDE login, and schemes, but still use the Gnome (regular ubuntu) interface, as it's really straightforward.
I have it installed to a spare HD so I can revert back to XP when necessary. I can get almost everything done on Linux now. Almost there...
I'm digging this wallpaper right now:
http://www.kde-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/37590-greenz2.jpg
and this:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=2&id=3270&file1=3270-1.jpg&file2=3270-2.jpg&file3=&name=Kdrop
Liking the free vibe...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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I wouldn't install it unless you're comfortable with installing it on a spare computer, or adding a spare drive to your existing.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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( o.O)
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Yeah. I do not have a spare computer and am not comfortable partitioning. If something goes wrong and I can't connect back to the internet, then I'm screwed because you need the connection to get to the help forums.
It's a shame, because I really want to use Linux, but the fact that they can't make the install any easier holds people back.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
If the internet works off the live CD then the driver set is there and it;s going to work. All you have to do is boot the live CD and click install icon, and let it rip away, click a time zone... choose keyboard layout...reboot...done. I don't remember there being anything more than that. I found the install super easy....no harder than anything windows.
If the live CD pans out and there's no serious issues with your hardware, it's all pretty straightforward from there. The issue would be if it didn't have your network driver for your card, but you would know immediately by booting the live CD, opening firefox. The network setup applet is essentially identical to windows, actually it's much simpler, and they include a really nice network tool right next to the network icon to ping and traceroute stuff.
You can remote control any windows box on your network by installing ultraVNC on them (free) as Ubuntu has windows terminal server support built in. Sabma allows easy super easy connections to any windows shares on your network. Get a few nice icon sets and themes tweaked in and it's a really fast and super nice looking o/s.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
(\__/)
( o.O)
(")_(")
I do have the Live CD (at least I think it is). I tried running it a couple of times hesitantly, but it didn't seem to be working right (seemed more like a demo of the OS running from the CD) and I didn't have the time to figure it out.
Then I was doing some research and found some information about installing it and partitioning so I could still have windows and just let me choose at start-up which OS to boot, but it seemed really complicated and I don't own a printer so I was pretty sure I wouldn't remember it all.
I'd like to give it another shot, but haven't found a great deal of time.
I also work from a laptop wirelessly and am worried about how long it will take to get the drivers for the router working, etc.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.