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30 Days With Ubuntu Linux

Posted by Hemos on from the making-the-switch dept.

jkwdoc writes "Vexed by Vista's hardware requirements and product activation issues, many have claimed on various boards that they plan to 'switch to Linux.' [H] Consumer spent 30 days using nothing but Ubuntu Linux to find out if this is truly a viable alternative for the consumer. Linux has indeed become much more than the 'Programmer's OS.'"

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  1. retromercial by Stanistani · · Score: 5, Funny

    We've quietly replaced his copy of Windows XP with Folger's Coffee Crystals. Let's see if he notices any difference.

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  2. Re:Misguided or simply lazy by TheQuantumShift · · Score: 5, Funny
    "I can slap a computer today very nearly by accident"

    I tend to do it on purpose and then tell people it fell down the stairs...

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  3. Re:Misguided or simply lazy by vtcodger · · Score: 5, Funny
    ***Maybe you don't recall IRQ conflicts or undocumented jumpers.***

    Was there some other kind of jumper?

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  4. Re:ya but by thc69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why spend an hour or two attempting to get WoW set up under linux when
    Yeah, I mean, who ever spends a whole hour or two on WoW? It's not like an hour or two setting it up would merely be a drop in the bucket compared to the RL-ignoring relationship-destroying thousands of hours you'll spend in WoW...
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  5. Re:Misguided or simply lazy by elgatozorbas · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe you don't recall IRQ conflicts

    Wasn't this conflict solved when Sddm was kicked out?

  6. Re:On the other hand... by CmdrGravy · · Score: 5, Funny

    A fair point but my cat can push my PC off the desk, cover it in firewood, pour on petrol and set it alight destroying not just my PC but my house and possibly my neighbours houses into the bargain. I've even caught it dragging a couple of kilos of semtex to my off site backup locations with a joyful gleam in it's eye but luckily I was able to distract it with tuna.

    For this reason I've now banned my cat from playing with matches. I had a maths teacher once who claimed his cat could do quadratic equations better than anyone in his class which did make me wonder that if he was able to teach his cat so successfully to do maths why he couldn't teach his class to do it so well, I suggested he may have had a more fulfilling career in a circus at which he looked surprised and said he thought that's what he had done.

  7. Re:Misguided or simply lazy by Ashbory · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, the incorrectly documented jumper.

  8. Re:Misguided or simply lazy by teh_chrizzle · · Score: 5, Funny

    5 differant processor sockets, 8 differant chipsets, 3 differant memories...

    FIVE GOLD RINGS!

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  9. Re:Misguided or simply lazy by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but now busses explode randomly on a daily basis ;)

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