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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostIncorrect. I'm not techy by any stretch of the imagination - I've installed it on my lappy and many things are actually easier for a non-techy user like me than stuff in windows - especially vista which I also have on this machine. 99% of the time I boot this machine in Ubuntu - it's much faster, and just as reliable and easy to use.
You post in a Technical thread
You call yourself "Peoplesoft bloke" which i guess is a reference to peoplesoft software
you are techy, just in denial
A non techy would be astonished that you can install Vista and Linux on the same machine, let alone install an OS (whats an OS?) yourself without letting pcworld browse your pr0n directories first
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostWhy not start a thread in technical? There are some verey clever peoiple who read this forum - though most are like me.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostUnfortunately this is what stops Linux from going main stream.
Non techies won't go anywhere near it and I've heard it refered to several times as "that geeky linux thing"
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Originally posted by cailin maith View Postsmart arse.... no it was my new asus thingy which still won't connect to the internet at home but I have no idea what I am doing wrong
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostSure you weren't refering to the kettle?smart arse.... no it was my new asus thingy which still won't connect to the internet at home but I have no idea what I am doing wrong
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostUnfortunately this is what stops Linux from going main stream.
Non techies won't go anywhere near it and I've heard it refered to several times as "that geeky linux thing"I called it that yesterday....
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAre people still fiddling around with the 1000+ Linux distros? I thought Linux died some time last century....
But I'm stuck with CentOS for my Oracle machine.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAre people still fiddling around with the 1000+ Linux distros? I thought Linux died some time last century....
Non techies won't go anywhere near it and I've heard it refered to several times as "that geeky linux thing"
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Is it me?
When I installed SimplyMepis on my old Fujitsu Siemans laptop I was a complete noob but was using the web 15 minutes later....
Just buy Linux Format and use whichever distro they're offering this month... (you don't have to buy anything, obv - but it's the easiest thing to do if you don't want to download a distro and burn an .iso CD...)
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To bring some balance to this discussion; Vista is a complete load of tulipe! Still cannot get SP1 to install. Did a complete re-install of Vista NO OEM add-ons (i.e. ONLY microtulipE on the machine) and it still will not install. Do these knobheads at micro$oft ever ******* test anying they release.
In contrast I've been running Linux on the desktop for best part of 10 years, dual booting on laptops for 2-3 years absolutely no problems. Started out with Mandrake but mostly used SuSE (now open SUSE). Even got a PVR machine running MythTV.
Repeat after me:
Micro$oft w@nk, w@nk, w@nk!
Micro$oft w@nk, w@nk, w@nk!
Micro$oft w@nk, w@nk, w@nk!
Micro$oft w@nk, w@nk, w@nk!
Micro$oft w@nk, w@nk, w@nk!
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3 1/2 hours in and "The server encountered a problem whilst loading "OAFIID-GNOME_FastUserSwitchApplet". Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?"
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It's "starting up the partitioner". This partitioner must be the greatest piece of software known to man, because so far it's taken half an hour to get 33% of it loaded.
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI'm in the process of installing Ubuntu on my Dell C610 laptop. It boots okay from CD, slowly, and so far it's taken half an hour to get through the first couple of stages of the install wizard (i.e. choosing location).
I thought Linux was meant to be small and lightweight and less bloated than Windows.
I hope it's worth it.
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