(for some reason Hard Returns are ignored by/. on the Mac?, should be several paragraphs!!! not one big one???/. - WTF?)
After reading an article about WUBI and the installation process for Ubuntu AND since I was reinstalling the XP OS on my Dell I thought it would be a good time to try Ubuntu and see what the hype was all about. So, reinstall XP from the hidden partition to factory. (BTW, smartest thing Dell ever did), install Firefox and flash, Goggle Earth, etc..., make sure everything works. Then straight to wubi-installer.org and start the download.
Couple hours later download is done and the installation has started. So far so good. Installation complete and boot for the first time. OH NO, PARTIAL VIDEO! Spend three days reading many posts concerning video drivers, ATI cards, and Ubuntu. Ah, here's the command. Remove driver through Linux command and reinstall OS driver the same way. Works but slow. Goto ATI site and download driver from them. Some troubles getting it to work then BAM everything seems to work just fine. Install firefox and flash. Seems ok, but wait flash boxes sometimes show blank but sound is ok. Weird! Unresolved! Install VLC, works but way slower than VLC on XP, barely plays video, hesitates, etc... Hmmm, install Goggle Earth, barely works way too slow to display, then stops working all together, starts menus etc but no display now. Frustrating!
So after playing around and getting things to work in Ubuntu I found that many tasks were much slower or wouldn't work at all. So now I'm pretty diappointed.
In the end I check my email, surf the web (mostly) from Ubuntu. I goto XP anytime I need to use an Adobe product. I'm a Graphic Designer and Adobe is the industry standard. Must have it. Now I need XP to watch videos with VLC, runs great and much faster with the latest version, scrubs video much faster now. When I do use Firefox I only goto selected sites I know are safe! Google Earth runs great Way Fast!!! Flash works every time on Youtube, big plus there.
Decidedly, Ubuntu is not a replacement for XP just yet. It does have potential. But for my uses I could never go all the way. Gimp doesn't even support CMYK modes, disappointing. Better driver support from manufacturers would be a big plus.
I still use Ubuntu for all the sites I would never go to with an XP box. Gotta like that! Also for email, any files go to the external drive if I need them on the XP side.
Well, that a summary of my experience with Ubuntu. wish it worked better and faster, etc... just gonna have to wait.
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(for some reason Hard Returns are ignored by /. on the Mac?, should be several paragraphs!!! not one big one??? /. - WTF?)
After reading an article about WUBI and the installation process for Ubuntu AND since I was reinstalling the XP OS on my Dell I thought it would be a good time to try Ubuntu and see what the hype was all about. So, reinstall XP from the hidden partition to factory. (BTW, smartest thing Dell ever did), install Firefox and flash, Goggle Earth, etc..., make sure everything works. Then straight to wubi-installer.org and start the download.
Couple hours later download is done and the installation has started. So far so good. Installation complete and boot for the first time. OH NO, PARTIAL VIDEO! Spend three days reading many posts concerning video drivers, ATI cards, and Ubuntu. Ah, here's the command. Remove driver through Linux command and reinstall OS driver the same way. Works but slow. Goto ATI site and download driver from them. Some troubles getting it to work then BAM everything seems to work just fine. Install firefox and flash. Seems ok, but wait flash boxes sometimes show blank but sound is ok. Weird! Unresolved! Install VLC, works but way slower than VLC on XP, barely plays video, hesitates, etc... Hmmm, install Goggle Earth, barely works way too slow to display, then stops working all together, starts menus etc but no display now. Frustrating!
So after playing around and getting things to work in Ubuntu I found that many tasks were much slower or wouldn't work at all. So now I'm pretty diappointed.
In the end I check my email, surf the web (mostly) from Ubuntu. I goto XP anytime I need to use an Adobe product. I'm a Graphic Designer and Adobe is the industry standard. Must have it. Now I need XP to watch videos with VLC, runs great and much faster with the latest version, scrubs video much faster now. When I do use Firefox I only goto selected sites I know are safe! Google Earth runs great Way Fast!!! Flash works every time on Youtube, big plus there.
Decidedly, Ubuntu is not a replacement for XP just yet. It does have potential. But for my uses I could never go all the way. Gimp doesn't even support CMYK modes, disappointing. Better driver support from manufacturers would be a big plus.
I still use Ubuntu for all the sites I would never go to with an XP box. Gotta like that! Also for email, any files go to the external drive if I need them on the XP side.
Well, that a summary of my experience with Ubuntu. wish it worked better and faster, etc... just gonna have to wait.