Whats hard about pointing at an icon and clicking on it?s?
The real issue with linux is: In windows, if something goes wrong, you get to blame the OS. Linux.. you only get to blame the fscknut behind the keyboard
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The real issue with linux is: In windows, if something goes wrong, you get to blame the OS. Linux.. you only get to blame the fscknut behind the keyboard
Good joke man... it's really good. Actually I'm amazed how far Linux has come since I started using it. It's actually pretty easy to use now for most people out there with general pc knowledge...
Installing software on Linux is actually easier than on Windows... with Synaptic or Adept it's really as easy as searching for <insert here> and clicking on "apply"...
I have absolutely no issues whatsoever with Ubuntu's networking. Not on KDE and not on Gnome either. PPPOE works a million times better than on Windows too...
Ubuntu, like all other Linux distributions, has it's faults but it's getting better with each release. But don't argue this point because Windows has more bugs than Linux.....
Getting hardware to work in Ubuntu is as easy as googling the error you get or the problem you have and going through the results, then applying the solutions other people have found.
Partitioning for dual-boot is the answer there - essentially create separate partitions with the first being a boot partition, and then another partition to mount as / for the pre-installed OS [when you reinstall it], and then a similar but separate / for Ubuntu, perhaps consider creating a separate partition to mount as home that can then be shared across dual-booting between the two or more OSes.
Agreed, but this is not normal for installing Ubuntu, in most cases Ubuntu will install on a reasonably recent PC [with up-to-date BIOS] without having to perform any additional tasks or consulting the local sangoma.It's a bit more than the average user should be subjected to. I wouldnt object if they simplified it a bit
Hmmm I thought that might be a problem, there might be a way around it though using GRUB to trick the restore partitioning, but it's probably not worth trying.
Other Pineapple Smurf
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LOL
The GUI Synaptic Package Manager has gone a long way. Explaining its a Windows Control Panel -> Add/Remove app on Steriods buts Windows users at ease and gets them interested.
But then again, their is a large user base out there that do not tinker with there setups (Secretaries, Salespeople, Grandmothers) and any well setup OS will work perfectly.
Seriously - who names this stuff?
It's just "Synaptic Package Manager", the poster meant that this was the GUI tool for package management, versus the command-line tool
chiskop
Executive Member
It's just "Synaptic Package Manager", the poster meant that this was the GUI tool for package management, versus the command-line tool
It's also usually available from the menu under Install Software. (Haven't checked the latest ubuntu)
HP is supposed to do this too... but I've found a loophole:
If you have Windows installed on some partition on the pc and ext3 partitions the rest of the way and go to Windows recovery (set to factory settings, not destructive recovery), then Windows will get reinstalled on the NTFS partition and everything still works fine. But if you don't have Windows installed, then it does the recovery partition+destructive format.
What I simply did on a blank drive was to recover the entire disk, then installed Linux with the resize partition setup... so I was able to have both the original Windows for the pc and Linux at the same time....
I dont have windows installed on it - it's strictly Linux (which repartitions the disk every time I have to restore the OS.
)I dont have windows installed on it - it's strictly Linux (which repartitions the disk every time I have to restore the OS.
I only have Windows on it because of my Novell client, which is not available for Linux (or costs a heck of a lot of money)... although I rarely boot into Windows.
If I'm going to go through the effort to install windows then I'm going to use windows - at least then I know it will then do everything I need it too do.
I have the recovery disks for my laptop, so all I do is put the disks in and say "recover". It does everything for me, including all my drivers, so I have no worries. I also only install 4 or 5 programs, so once again no worries for me. (Reinstalling Windows with the recovery partition takes under 20 minutes).
That's fine for you but the AAO doesnt come with a Windows recovery CD. I'd also need to figure out how to install it via a USB drive/memory stick as there isnt a CD/DVD drive.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/install-and-boot-ultimate-boot-cd-ubcd-from-a-usb-device/
Just make an iso of the OS you want to install, then rename it to the filename in the .bat file in the folder (otherwise it tries to download this one). That's how I had to install Linux due to my dvd-writer starting to fail on me.
Kloofvreter
Honorary Master
I dont have windows installed on it - it's strictly Linux (which repartitions the disk every time I have to restore the OS.
Why would you have to restore the OS?
After trying Ubuntu I had to revert back to the default OS.
Then after several tinkering sessions I found myself having to do another restore.
Sackboy
Executive Member
If only it were that simple.Whats hard about pointing at an icon and clicking on it?
Don't knock it until you have actually tried it.