RallyeRedSi
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Donas64 said:
Most of it is eye candy but having the 4 sides is useful and so is the ability to see all windows open
Linux 3D Desktop (Vista can go to hell)
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Most of it is eye candy but having the 4 sides is useful and so is the ability to see all windows open
linux as an OS is far more superior than windows and osx, with or without the eyecandy. consider the fact that all the applications are free, and there are tons of them, that do pretty much everything you could do on windows/mac, and more. there is a learning curve of course. linux has come a long way as an OS. hardware driver support is much much better than it was years ago. and oh the best thing is you don't ever (almost) have to reboot after installing an update or software or a driver etc. and 99% no crashes or lockups (unless messing with beta/unstable applications), and it also uses less computer resources than windows. Ubuntu is probably one of the easiest and more user/newbie friendly distributions out there right now.
justanotheradikt: basically when you attempt to install ubuntu (and many other distributions), it detects your harddrive setup, and will see that you have windows setup on it. you could either get rid of everything and start fresh, or ubuntu can utilize whatever free space you allow it to use to setup, and still maintain windows, and when you boot up you'll get a menu to ask you which OS you want to load (this is referred to as dual-booting). You can download and burn the ISO image onto a CD, and when you boot it up it'll put you straight into Ubuntu (this is called a live cd). this way you can test ubuntu, mess around. don't expect it to run THAT fast because it's running off of the CD. the best thing about Ubuntu is its forums and the fact that pretty much anything you want to do or have an issue with, is documented somewhere in the forums. that is what an open source community is all about
justanotheradikt: basically when you attempt to install ubuntu (and many other distributions), it detects your harddrive setup, and will see that you have windows setup on it. you could either get rid of everything and start fresh, or ubuntu can utilize whatever free space you allow it to use to setup, and still maintain windows, and when you boot up you'll get a menu to ask you which OS you want to load (this is referred to as dual-booting). You can download and burn the ISO image onto a CD, and when you boot it up it'll put you straight into Ubuntu (this is called a live cd). this way you can test ubuntu, mess around. don't expect it to run THAT fast because it's running off of the CD. the best thing about Ubuntu is its forums and the fact that pretty much anything you want to do or have an issue with, is documented somewhere in the forums. that is what an open source community is all about
jersey_emt
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Donas64 said:
My thoughts exactly. It does't help productivity at all IMO. But it is cool to look at
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Wtf
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that is on a MAC isnt it?
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RallyeRedSi
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protegeric said:
nope, look at closely u can see the ubuntu logo on the panel and my windows partition named HP pavilion
RallyeRedSi
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leetpcguy said:
errr no, the desktop and themes are just os x style
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osx style cause... osx ftw...
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RallyeRedSi
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protegeric said:
yeah i like the way it looks(first)
RallyeRedSi
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Prodigy said:
i always wanted to try suse, how is it
Suse is my fav.
It looks very good style-wise.
It's friendly to Windows users because paired with YaST and KDE...
The only bug that bites is that you have to replace the DVD player because they had to follow the laws and restrict dvd playback on the free version. (just go to their site + d/l a new version).
It's got a few bugs that I haven't been able to figure out but it's an awesome distro. for linux newbies.
It looks very good style-wise.
It's friendly to Windows users because paired with YaST and KDE...
The only bug that bites is that you have to replace the DVD player because they had to follow the laws and restrict dvd playback on the free version. (just go to their site + d/l a new version).
It's got a few bugs that I haven't been able to figure out but it's an awesome distro. for linux newbies.
RallyeRedSi
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Prodigy said:
i never liked KDE i prefer GNOME, maybe i will run suse on a virtual machine, i also wanna try fedora and mandrivia just never ge taround to downloading them
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