karlosantana

Dec 30 2007, 06:44 PM

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*

 

 

 

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truefusion

Dec 30 2007, 09:41 PM

QUOTE(musicmaza @ Dec 30 2007, 02:01 PM)

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.

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karlosantana

Dec 31 2007, 11:31 AM

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!

 

 

 

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mahesh2k

Dec 31 2007, 04:48 PM

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.

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rvalkass

Dec 31 2007, 07:28 PM

QUOTE(mahesh2k @ Dec 31 2007, 04:48 PM)

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.

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xistars

Feb 8 2008, 12:34 PM

QUOTE(FLaKes @ Feb 7 2008, 06:37 PM)

I dont think linux is bad, especially ubuntu, but I disagree that it is as easy to use as xp as everyone says. Sure most people can do everything in linux if they wanted to but I guess most of those people bought their computer with a windows oem version. They probably wont really care about saving a couple hundred bucks since its already preinstalled and since it is the operating system they will most likely bump into whenever they see a pc.

brother, I think you should take a Google looking for the special edition of linux distro for music editing. you will see that actually, linux gives you a focused on a purpose operating system, fully customizable, and a very good 3d desktop.and for those who did not really get their personal computer personally built with well chosen hardwares and get a built up pc at store, I think you will regret if you did not learn how to build your own pc personally by your hand, soon.

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dre

Feb 8 2008, 09:13 AM

QUOTE

I dont think linux is bad, especially ubuntu, but I disagree that it is as easy to use as xp as everyone says. Sure most people can do everything in linux if they wanted to but I guess most of those people bought their computer with a windows oem version. They probably wont really care about saving a couple hundred bucks since its already preinstalled and since it is the operating system they will most likely bump into whenever they see a pc.

Right, but I think if they were told that they could save X dollars just by switching the OS and being able to do the same exact stuff that they do on Windows, they might reconsider. It's just that they're more familiar with XP/Vista and expect free things to be crap. Also, it may require a bit of knowledge about technology, but in a society where intelligence is looked down upon, you're outta luck.

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FLaKes

Feb 7 2008, 11:37 AM

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There is a guide on the Ubuntu Wiki which goes through it all in more detail.

I tried reading it but all I got at that webpage by that time is that it was put down since many people were misusing the wiki

Oh well, but I found other guides in google anyway, I actually found a really cool webpage that had a bunch on linux tutorials. It was really good and had lots of screenshots, I definitely recommend it for any new linux user. I am probably going to install linux in a virtual machine for internet and do all my music production related stuff in windows without internet since linux cant run any of my programs.

I dont think linux is bad, especially ubuntu, but I disagree that it is as easy to use as xp as everyone says. Sure most people can do everything in linux if they wanted to but I guess most of those people bought their computer with a windows oem version. They probably wont really care about saving a couple hundred bucks since its already preinstalled and since it is the operating system they will most likely bump into whenever they see a pc.

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coolcrime

Feb 7 2008, 04:50 AM

I'm also a proud ubuntu 7.10 user

i was also used to windows OS'es but when i heard about UBUNTU and saw it ...
tried it. i really loved it now i'm a supportpoint for it [so they can come to me for an instalation etc.]
if someone doesn't wants to step over to UBUNTU... ok everyone has his own oppinion.
whn they want to pay betwean €100 and €500 for vista then they do ;-)
ubuntu is free and NONpush software

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dre

Feb 5 2008, 07:33 AM

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Why would you want to pay $5 for an emulated or dedicated version of Battlefield 2 (or other games)... and play them normally...

Emulation with 3d is next to impossible. All the DirectX functions/calls and the Windows API calls have to be translated to OpenGL and a sound library like OSS or ALSA. Also, the majority of those games I listed can be run on Wine, which is free, supports many more apps/games than Cedega, works in pretty much the same way as Cedega, but in more of an actual "Win. API/DX library" way, and is better in my opinion, so Cedega isn't required. I can imagine no situation where a game can play in a not normal manner and not crash If it doesn't run normally, it wont run at all. DirectX/Win. API translation has to make the software run exactly as it would on Windows, which isn't complicating in theory, but all kinds of crap can happen. Trust me though, you can play many major titles that'll work perfectly and run at appropriate speeds with Wine.

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Most computers ship with Windows pre-installed and companies are more than willing to bundle recovery software, which includes a copy of Windows.

That's the thing, most computers that have Windows are pre-built. My beauties are by yours truly.

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aside from actually buying the game and the OS

Yep, when it comes time to upgrade, have fun shelling out $400 (or a bit less) bucks for something costing 15 cents to manufacture. Oh, and don't forget new hardware, because DX will never be supported fully be older hardware. Well, it's not that it can't, it's just that they have to rip people off somehow to get more money, so they go out and create "comparisons" to show that DX9 sucks and DX10 rocks by convincing people that if you render a simple forest in DX9, it's just that, but when it's in DX10, somehow everything magically receives HDR lighting, better shadows, a new skybox (or dome) texture, and better geometry, with no extra code or media required. Just look at OpenGL, you don't need to keep buying new cards just to keep up, new versions will support your video card (I'm not 100% sure about OpenGL 3.0, but I'm fairly certain the trend will continue) without making you upgrade.

A dual-boot option may also be used, but I only use XP to play games, I need it for nothing else, really.

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