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MS Vista -vs- Ubuntu(Edgy-Eft)
Comments(2)I just read this awesome article comparing Vista with Ubuntu Edgy-Eft at Re-Cycledair.com. I am only throwing in my 2 cents on this issue, as I believe the original post is excellent and there isn’t any need for another similar article. If you haven’t read about my experience with installing Vista, you may want to read the article ‘Worth the trouble of upgrading to Windows Vista?’. I personally have always been a user of Microsoft, though not always a fan. Linux was the route I wanted to take, but I just didn’t have the time required to make everything work as I needed it to. Here is my take on Vista, after you are finished, read the above mentioned post at recycledair.com. Read more »
The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
Filed under: Ubuntu | Tags: Linux, Operating System, Ubuntu, Windows Replacement
Comments(0) Falko Timme provides one of the best articles dealing with switching to Ubuntu that I have ever seen. If I were not already an avide fan of Ubuntu, I would be looking to switch after reading this. Falko provides great screenshots to help you along the way.
With the release of Microsoft’s new Windows operating system (Vista), more and more people are looking for alternatives to Windows for various reasons. This tutorial is the third in a series of articles where I will show people who are willing to switch to Linux how they can set up a Linux desktop (Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft in this article) that fully replaces their Windows desktop, i.e. that has all software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that runs also on older hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
You can read the entire article at howtoforge.com.
10 Ubuntu apps and tweaks every user should have.
Comments(0)I myself have recently went from using Windows as my only OS running Ubuntu on most of my computers. Over the years, I have played around with several flavors of Linux. My first distro was Linux Workstation, followed shortly thereafter with RedHat 7. A few years went by before I picked it up again and this time it was with RedHat 9. Read more »
