Oliver_FF
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Processor | Intel q9400 @ stock |
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Motherboard | Lanparty P45-T2RS |
Cooling | Zalman CNPS-9500 |
Memory | 8GB OCZ PC2-6400 |
Video Card(s) | BFG Nvidia GTX285 OC |
Storage | 1TB, 500GB, 500GB |
Display(s) | 20" Samsung T200HD |
Case | Antec Mini P180 |
Audio Device(s) | Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro |
Power Supply | 700w Hiper |
Software | Ubuntu x64 virtualising Vista |
Well I woke up one day and wanted to do something different, so I thought "I know, i'll try Linux again"...
So 8 hours later and i'm dual booting Vista and Ubuntu 7.04 on my Asus Aspire 5610z laptop
Who said anything about hardware incompatibilities? I stuck the disc in, it booted to a live Ubuntu where there was a desktop icon to install. 5 minutes later and some slick GUI to guide you simplistically through the install, you reboot and there it all is - ready and waiting for you.
Wow.
The last time i'd tried Linux was 5 years back when i was 14, it was SuSE 10.0 and the overall impressions went along the lines of "Yeah, this is pretty cool but i don't have a clue what's going on"...
5 years down the line and i'm happy to say that I find Linux to be exceptionally easy to use - mainly thanks to the advancements in the Synaptics package manager and Gnome which just blow my socks off! Getting new software used to be a real hardship - with Synaptics you just search for what you want, tick it and click Apply, and 10 seconds later it's done!
Check this out for all the non-believers that think Linux is still back in the stone age and choose Vista because it "looks great":
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-CgqWlX_GsI
So 8 hours later and i'm dual booting Vista and Ubuntu 7.04 on my Asus Aspire 5610z laptop
Who said anything about hardware incompatibilities? I stuck the disc in, it booted to a live Ubuntu where there was a desktop icon to install. 5 minutes later and some slick GUI to guide you simplistically through the install, you reboot and there it all is - ready and waiting for you.
Wow.
The last time i'd tried Linux was 5 years back when i was 14, it was SuSE 10.0 and the overall impressions went along the lines of "Yeah, this is pretty cool but i don't have a clue what's going on"...
5 years down the line and i'm happy to say that I find Linux to be exceptionally easy to use - mainly thanks to the advancements in the Synaptics package manager and Gnome which just blow my socks off! Getting new software used to be a real hardship - with Synaptics you just search for what you want, tick it and click Apply, and 10 seconds later it's done!
Check this out for all the non-believers that think Linux is still back in the stone age and choose Vista because it "looks great":
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-CgqWlX_GsI