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JohnTheMacGeek
07-08-2008, 06:51 AM
I hadn't messed with my Vista machine in over three months. I was planning on selling it but since no one really wants to buy a barely-used laptop I decided to keep it and install Ubuntu on it. So now in my house there are two Macs and two Ubuntu machines! It's great to be completely Windows-free!
MacHeadCase
07-08-2008, 08:03 AM
You're my type of guy! :thumbup:
BlueBell
07-08-2008, 08:08 AM
I don't think I could go Windows free even if I tried. It's just too much a part of my life.:blush: But congrats to you for doing it. :)

Ubuntu, eh? I always thought it was pretty ugly compared to all the other Linux distro's, but hey, if you like it, that's all that matters.
JohnTheMacGeek
07-08-2008, 08:34 AM
Ubuntu, eh? I always thought it was pretty ugly compared to all the other Linux distro's, but hey, if you like it, that's all that matters.Which one do you like?
dtravis7
07-08-2008, 08:38 AM
It would be impossible to be Windows free here as my computer and network job is mostly Windows systems and I need to keep up with things in the Windows world. Also I like Games a bit and that is really a Windows thing and I do not want a PS3 or XBox at this time. It would be nice though if I could! :laugh:

Otherwise I use OSX for everything else and even for a lot of the job part also.

Ubuntu is probably the most friendly Linux out there and seems to have very good hardware support compared to most every other distro I have tried recently. I really need to find more time to mess with a few Linux distros like the latest Ubuntu, Open Suse, Slackware (one I have used for many years).

Those are my favorites John. I first started with Red Hat 12+ years ago and then went to Slackware and used it for many years.
BlueBell
07-08-2008, 09:03 AM
Which one do you like?

DSL (I don't know if I'm allowed to actually say the full name, but here's (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) the site for it.:blink:)
PapaNoHair
07-08-2008, 10:51 AM
"Ubuntu give up windows," he asked, sMACking his lips loudly??
MaDDoG
07-08-2008, 11:22 AM
Did you have to go to Windows Anonymous?:biggrin:
MacBookMaster
07-08-2008, 08:56 PM
DSL (I don't know if I'm allowed to actually say the full name, but here's (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) the site for it.:blink:)

i preffer puppy linux.... they even have one that looks like OSX! and it runs off of ram, and is onle about 100MB.


Puppy Linux Downloads (http://puppylinux.org/downloads)
Tanner31593
07-08-2008, 09:34 PM
I had Linux XP once a couple of years ago. Liked it.
Have multiple Ubuntu CDs.

Once I install, it never works. I'll go to boot up Ubuntu and get a bunch of weird characters on a blue screen saying something about the graphics.
Haven't tried it in a while, but I got it with both PCs I tried it on.
JohnTheMacGeek
07-09-2008, 06:45 AM
I had Linux XP once a couple of years ago. Liked it.
Have multiple Ubuntu CDs.

Once I install, it never works. I'll go to boot up Ubuntu and get a bunch of weird characters on a blue screen saying something about the graphics.
Haven't tried it in a while, but I got it with both PCs I tried it on.That stinks. I've installed 8.04 on two Windows laptops now and, minus a few things I have to work out regarding my wireless connection and printer through my Airport Extreme, they both work flawlessly. One of them I bought just after XP SP-1 came out and the other I bought with Vista this past November. (The very machine that pushed me to Apple!)I like Linux, but I wouldn't give up OS-X for it.