I installed Beryl which is the impressive rotating cube that you may have seen. Here is the movie of my setup.
Here's what happened. I qualified for the Vista upgrade because of when my computer was purchased. I work tech support and have heard a lot of frustrated Vista users who actually paid someone to "downgrade" their new computer to XP so they could do this or that. My computer only has 512MB of ram and instead of dealing with the frustration, purchasing memory right now, I really wanted to upgrade to Vista, but... Then I saw a movie like this one. It blew me away. This sealed the deal. I did my research and realized that I can do anything in Ubuntu that I do in Windows. (I am not a hardcore gamer) So, I setup a dual-boot XP/Ubuntu computer.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Ubuntu is...
Ubuntu is an ancient Zulu word that means humanity to others.
Ubuntu is the operating system that is bringing Linux to the masses.
I have been toying with different LiveCD Linux distros for a number of years now. Knoppix, Slax, Puppy, and a few others. I never came across one that didn't have something about it that I didn't like. I had someone give me a breezy badger set of CDs a few years ago and I never installed it. I was impressed with Ubuntu more than the others. I finally installed Ubuntu this fall on a computer that could barely handle Win2000 and it could barely handle Edgy - someone suggested that I try Xubuntu on it, I did and it ran perfect. It found its home as the backup server on my network now.
That brings me back to the first line of this post. The experience learning about Ubuntu was completely different than learning about other Linuxes or even Windows. There is a community of helpful Ubuntu users out there. Just go to ubuntuforums.org or google keywords and the word "ubuntu" or "edgy/feisty" and you will see what I mean. Instead of negative, unhelpful responses like "did you even read the README file?" or "google it" or "RTFM" you will actually find that people are willing to do what they can to help.
This is what sets Ubuntu apart from other Linuxes. We are just people. Computers are just tools. When I needed to network my Xubuntu-Server to my windows computer for file backups, I was able to do a little research, find out the program was called Samba and even how to configure it properly. And it works. And all of you Ubuntu users out there who are helpful in the forums, spending your time writing "HOWTO's", We thank you. Keep it up! The community of Ubuntu (living up to the ideals of the Ubuntu philosophy) is what really makes it work!
Ubuntu is the operating system that is bringing Linux to the masses.
I have been toying with different LiveCD Linux distros for a number of years now. Knoppix, Slax, Puppy, and a few others. I never came across one that didn't have something about it that I didn't like. I had someone give me a breezy badger set of CDs a few years ago and I never installed it. I was impressed with Ubuntu more than the others. I finally installed Ubuntu this fall on a computer that could barely handle Win2000 and it could barely handle Edgy - someone suggested that I try Xubuntu on it, I did and it ran perfect. It found its home as the backup server on my network now.
That brings me back to the first line of this post. The experience learning about Ubuntu was completely different than learning about other Linuxes or even Windows. There is a community of helpful Ubuntu users out there. Just go to ubuntuforums.org or google keywords and the word "ubuntu" or "edgy/feisty" and you will see what I mean. Instead of negative, unhelpful responses like "did you even read the README file?" or "google it" or "RTFM" you will actually find that people are willing to do what they can to help.
This is what sets Ubuntu apart from other Linuxes. We are just people. Computers are just tools. When I needed to network my Xubuntu-Server to my windows computer for file backups, I was able to do a little research, find out the program was called Samba and even how to configure it properly. And it works. And all of you Ubuntu users out there who are helpful in the forums, spending your time writing "HOWTO's", We thank you. Keep it up! The community of Ubuntu (living up to the ideals of the Ubuntu philosophy) is what really makes it work!
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