Taking Linux On The Road With Ubuntu

Zebrahead writes "Tom's Hardware has a nice review of the Ubuntu H2. How about storing your operating system, including some applications, on a highly mobile device? This is exactly what the Ubuntu H2 was designed for. In theory, the Ubuntu H2 package can be run on virtually any computer that has at least one empty USB port. A tiny 1" hard drive with 3 GB capacity was teamed up with the Debian-based Linux distribution Ubuntu. Bundling a tiny storage device with a fully-featured open source operating system enables the user to take a system installation, all its settings and applications, and a limited amount of data with him. It would be great to take this pretty interesting product to an Internet café, a computer at a friend's location, or any other system you can think of."

Comments

Linux vs. Windows

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been running Windows XP since beta2, and it really kicks ass. I don't
have to recompile my kernel when I want to install an ethernet card, it
automatically detects it and installs the drivers no matter who the
manufacturer is. Dual monitors? No chore with windows, get two video cards,
two monitors and it's set up! I don't need to edit config files with editors
that are 20 years old, and show it. Intellimouse custom buttons? Piece of
cake, with my Intellimouse software.

You want to run games? Great! Choose from an array of tens of thousands of
games that run great under DirectX and the NT subsystem. Stability got you
down? Not in this version, I have had uptimes of over a month (and then the
damn power goes out). Good internet browser? No need for Kommunist shit,
you've got the great Internet Explorer 6 a click away.

Doing some development? Nothing but the best for Windows users, choose from a
suite of Visual Studio products that suits your needs, with one killer IDE.
Or, pick up a beta edition of Visual Studio.NET if you have 200 megs of RAM
to spare! You Linux faggots can keep rooting for your piece of shit operating
system that Windows 3.1 tops in terms of compatibility, all the while
hindering your experience for something else you could be doing, while I use
the operating system of choice (or by default) for over 200 million others in
the world.

Anti-Microsoft zealots piss and moan all you want, but your queer little OS
won't be the reigning desktop champion anytime soon.

Re:Linux vs. Windows

[JimiSpier]

Sans the inflamatory remarks I have to agree with you. When I was getting ready to start my university classes, I had to change to a more "grown up" operating system. Which was of course WinXp. Linux is still too chaotic of a OS to really compete with anything. There are too many things in Linux that do the same thing (If they work at all), and also I have to agree with you on drivers and installing new hardware. I am a registered Linux user, but for "big people" work and school stuff I have to use what works and what other people are using..

With that said, I do respect Linux, I think there are some really cool distros out there that have a lot of potential, but its just not ready for the big league yet, maynot ever be. I still run Linux every once and a while for fun.. But for real world application I have to use Windows...

I guess to each their own, if some people can do everything in Linux and enjoy doing so then great! You are a better nerd than I.. :)

You have to REALLY hate windows

[NVP_Radical_Dreamer]

To hate windows so bad that you would suffer through a 4 minute boot time AND pay $140 for it is a problem and you should really seek psychiatric advice, its just not healthy

Re:Mediocre Experience

[Seumas]

Well, it's a good thing that nvidia has the market on laptop video cards cornered!

Oh wait, they don't.

Not even remotely... :(