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[karlosantana]

After loosing my temper with XP i completely re-installed my pc with...

an operating system called ubuntu Its Really good ive got a plugin called Beryl well i wont explain ill show go to youtube and search "ubuntu beryl" I hope you fall in love with it like i did! i will never turn back!

Anyone worried about compatibility?
Well theres a windows simulator called WINE that you install into ubuntu and you can install aplications for windows in that!

FREE really?
yup as shuttleworth (the dude who designed it) gets more and more better, so do his designs he (like me) belives that software should be free and you should donate if you enjoyed it!

Do i like it?
Put it this way every computer i build from now on will have ubuntu installed on it (makes a rude gesture to windows!)

I hope that ammuses you any questions fell free to post back!

Ubuntu Kicks *bottom*

[musicmaza]

It seems that Ubuntu is a great operating system.But I don't have a fast internet connection and I am thinking to a request a CD of it for free,but is it safe because I have first time seen a company or an individual providing a CD and also its shipment for free.I don't know, but is the delivery safe and would it cost anything extra for shipment.

[truefusion]

musicmaza, on Dec 30 2007, 02:01 PM, said:

but is it safe because I have first time seen a company or an individual providing a CD and also its shipment for free.I don't know, but is the delivery safe and would it cost anything extra for shipment.

The entire thing is free and completely safe. I ordered a CD from their ShipIt service when Kubuntu 7.04 was their stable release, and it arrived in around 2 to 3 weeks. It has a nice and simple CD cover.

[Tramposch]

I dont like it lol..

You have to manually do stuff with programs to make em work, i dont even know what and how lol

[Revan]

Yeah, call me old fashioned, but I prefer Windows simply because of compatibility and accessibility. I consider myself moderately knowledgeable on the subject of computers, so I was impressed with how little I knew when I tried to set up a LAMP server for my spare computer. I ended up doing it through windows 2k, which works great, but I've heard so many good things about Linux I wanted to give it a try. Maybe in the future I'll try again when I have someone extremely familiar with the ways of Linux helping me install and prepare.

[dre]

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You have to manually do stuff with programs to make em work, i dont even know what and how lol

Which programs in particular? Also, Google is a huge help for newcomers to Ubuntu if you use it right. Not to mention the huge community eager to help out.

[karlosantana]

Well actually the compatibility is NO PROBLEM! and the manual thing? well ubuntu has something called "Synaptic Package Manager" which you search for an application (i.e. put in web designer and it will search for it!) and guess what... you don't have to touch the keyboard! it does it Automatically!
Accessibility? haha you've made me laugh unbuntu was built with accessibility in mind so even computer literate people wont have a problem

My advice?
Download the live CD test it out work with it before long you'll love it and want to install it! beryl is brilliant however i do need to buy a graphics card any recommendations?

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but is it safe because I have first time seen a company or an individual providing a CD and also its shipment for free.I don't know, but is the delivery safe and would it cost anything extra for shipment.

well if you want you can pay me to do One for you no seriously its real im talking my brother into getting a CD however you could always donate to them help them along?

Oh forgot to mention theres a plug-in called wine, which enables you to install windows programs so any programs you do want to keep you could always put it through Wine!
believe me it is an unbelievable Operating System it is so incredible UBUNTU ALL THE WAY!

[mahesh2k]

Some myths.

Shuttleworh designed the ubuntu: >False he is the guy behind the ubuntu operating system for marketing promoting and administration like any other CEO.He is the CEO for canoncal ltd.whose buisness model is ubuntu service and maintenance and coding etc.

Ubuntu is cannoical product> 50% true it includes some proprietory code from canonical /along with docs and staff work on it.50% false cause the OS and software code is based on debain operating system.

Ubuntu is better than XP >True only for those who know the logic behind the computers and internet.Not for those who dont know about comouters other than opening office apps and playing music and movies.For such users windows is still a choice and will.Ubuntu or any linux will not be useful for them,cause there will always be people in the world who have more social IQ than techological IQ.And there will be some guys who have balance of both There is lot of contraversy for this just stop advocating any OS.especially Windows.Ubuntu is good but don't force or mention everytime this will deteroite the spirit of free software.let them switch if they want to.

Being ubuntu user from first version of it and official launchpad tester myself.It hurts to clear some myths.But truth is truth.

Edited by mahesh2k, 31 December 2007 - 04:51 PM.

[rvalkass]

mahesh2k, on Dec 31 2007, 04:48 PM, said:

Not for those who dont know about comouters other than opening office apps and playing music and movies.For such users windows is still a choice and will.Ubuntu or any linux will not be useful for them,cause there will always be people in the world who have more social IQ than techological IQ.

When the hard drive died in the desktop my parents use, I faced a choice of paying £30 for a new HDD and putting Kubuntu on there, or going in at around £150 minimum to put XP on it. They were used to XP; it was installed on that computer for over 7 years. However, to them, KDE seemed a lot more intuitive and logical. On Windows they couldn't install software, didn't know how to update Windows, couldn't rip CDs - in fact pretty much all they could do was browse the Internet and use Office. And this is after 7 years of practise at home and at work!

On Kubuntu they've now built up their music collection in Amarok, they can use Adept to install and update software with ease, they can burn CDs and DVDs and they are generally more confident in what they are doing. This is over a period of only a few days! To me that is a testament to how easy to use KDE is.

[karlosantana]

So mahesh2k where you running out of credits or do you just like to criticize?

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Truth is truth

meh so what? shuttleworths name is on it liked or not!

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Ubuntu is cannoical product

whether its 50% true or 10% true its still true! and its spelt canonical

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Ubuntu is better than XP

HAHA just to let you know its got the same user ability as mac. it is more powerful, it uses your hardware to its best potential! as for the office aps they are no different to xp open office is fantastic not to mention pdf support which oh yer no micrsoft office has ever had! not even 2008!

dude (or dudet) try it (the latest) i was exactly like you about the whole linux thing. 7.10 gutsy gibbon is the latest and best! oh and those peeps who are after free domain names... download the server edition and make your own server
UBUNTU ALL THE WAY!
I've had a good laugh (Jeremy Clarkson style) this post is not meant to cause offence by the way!