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Posted 11/02/09 - 08:57 PM:	#21
Mute, I have a Pupply Linux distribution and it comes in handy if I am having some computer problems because it can be run from the dvd-drive. I have tried DSL & Gentoo. I just ordered Ubuntu 9.10 & Kubuntu 9.10. On one of my computers, I have Vista,Ubuntu 8.04, and Linux Mint. On my primary computer, I have Vista(which no longer works) and Linux Mint. The last time I tried to boot Vista it crashed and will no longer boot. I tried system restore and it could not restore it. When I get the disks of Ubuntu and Kubuntu, I am going to wipe my disk, repartion it, install them and Linux Mint. The only time I use Windows is to tune my guitar. I have a guitar tuning program on Vista. Linux does not have a good guitar tuning program. I have heard that Slackware was good to learn linux. I have a disk but have not installed it. I think I know enough about linux to do most anything I want to do. I just bought a high definition camcorder and I have been re-encoding, editing, and enhancing the the video files. I have found that I can do whatever I need to do in linux. Catrache, I want to emphasize that LINUX MINT is probably the best linux distribution for someone familiar with Windows. It is EASY to install. It is easy to download applications and there are a lot of applications available. It is quite stable, much more stable than Vista. It will automatically detect your network and other hardware.

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Posted 11/02/09 - 09:07 PM:	#22
Yawn DSL is easier to install then Ubuntu. Only had to attempt installing twice due to a hardware glitching issue. (I was working with a win95 capable laptop - which was 'amazing' enough to barely run 98.) I did give MINT points for out-of-the-box Multi-media ability - but I went Ubuntu for other reasons. Fedora lost points for not downloading...
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Posted 11/02/09 - 09:12 PM:	#23
But the very discussion of Linux variations is one of the things that undermines Linux. Shame. Too fiddly. Of course, issues of this sort just do not occur on Macs.
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Posted 11/03/09 - 08:20 AM:	#24
Banno, diversity is good! It is like evolution with different operating systems competing with each other and the strong survive. Windows is like a dinosaur. It is big and slow, and it is time for it to go extinct...like the dinosaur. If you like to surf the net, use a word processor and/or spreadsheet, fiddle with images, watch a movie, then Linux Mint is EASY to install...stable and will do all these things very well. If the power shuts off, there is no registry to get corrupted...no going back and having to reinstall the operating system and lose your data. Sure, if you want to spend the extra money, then I am sure a Mac could be a good choice. But, with linux, you get a FREE operating system and free software. You can't beat that deal!!!

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Posted 11/03/09 - 11:54 AM:	#25
Linux is not free. It requires an inordinate investment of time. It took about a week to find the best distribution for our Eee PC. It involved several attempts to install other distributions before a search incidentally turned up Easy Peasy. But even then the sound card drivers are inadequate. Don't misunderstand, though. Ubantu works faster and is more stable than the WInXP it replaces. I should point out that Girl, who's Eee PC it is, wants me to take it back to WinXP, something I am loath to do because of the reduced connectivity this will provide, and because it means more fiddling. But yes, diversity is good. The MacBook I am using just works, printing wirelessly, screen sharing with the other computers, backing itself up automatically and all straight out of the box. The interface is intuitive, and the multi-touch trackpad is brilliant.
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Posted 11/03/09 - 12:36 PM:	#26
An example: setting up mobile broadband via my phone consisted in plugging it into my Mac and selecting the model of the phone from a list. That's all.
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Posted 11/03/09 - 07:25 PM:

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Don't use it if you want your computer to obey you rather than Micro$oft.

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Posted 11/04/09 - 12:07 PM:	#28
Hehe.... I have experienced the Microsoft over user phenomenon only 3 times in 2 years.... it's still annoying.
"...There was a writer who asked why it was that when we find positive experiences we say that only the physical facts are real, but in negative experiences we believe that reality is subjective. He made an example of those who say that in birth only the pain is real, the joy a subjective point of view, but that in death it is the emotional loss that is the reality." - Tony Ballantyne, Recursion. _____________________________________________ Truth is want. - The internal state of matters. Truth is Need. - The external state of affairs.

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Posted 11/06/09 - 08:05 AM:	#29
Well this old goat has just installed Mint on a decrepit lenovo, and after a day's pulling his hair out and pasting gibberish into the command line, the wireless connection is working. Now where's the feeling smug smilie... oh yes, And thanks for the recommendation. optrader.
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Posted 11/06/09 - 12:31 PM: Subject: Windows 7	#30
I haven't tried it myself yet, and it depends what features you want from it. However has come recomended by a good source that it is more stable and reliable than Vista, that it is all that Vista should have been. If anyone is a student, and has a genuine e-mail I have attached a link where you can buy Windows 7 at a very reasonable price. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/ ET

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