Ubuntu 10.10
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Ubuntu 10.10
Been working with ubuntu 10 all semester in my networking class... and I am thinking of dropping my windows partition for a Linux distro. Just wondering if anyone else has done the same, and how it held up in the long run...and what problems would a typical Windows user find in Linux.
And yes...I am keeping my OS X partition. It is extremely fast, lazy, and simple. Now it's win7 vs ubuntu.
And yes...I am keeping my OS X partition. It is extremely fast, lazy, and simple. Now it's win7 vs ubuntu.
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I had the ubuntu for a year... I did like it at 1st, however, after a month or 2 I noticed it was a bit quirky... even by windows standards... It did not deal with video very well, especially streaming video. setting up multiple monitors was a headache, and the biggest deal for me, was driver support, or should I say, lack there of... I have a cannon mp620 printer/scanner...etc, and could not use it with linux.... also...I use magic jack for my phone service... also wont work with linux, there is however a workaround to these problems... I installed vmware player, and ran windows inside of linux, so I could use my phone and printer, but again... it slowed linux down so much, that it just wasnt worth it to me.
I now have switched to windows 7, and I gotta say, so far I'm impressed. I'm not worried about viruses, I have used windows for years with no firewall, or virus protection, and havent got a single virus yet, of course I find some spyware every now and again, but even the best anti-virus/spyware programs out there, can not prevent that, all they do is let ya know they are there, and give the option to remove it....
I now have switched to windows 7, and I gotta say, so far I'm impressed. I'm not worried about viruses, I have used windows for years with no firewall, or virus protection, and havent got a single virus yet, of course I find some spyware every now and again, but even the best anti-virus/spyware programs out there, can not prevent that, all they do is let ya know they are there, and give the option to remove it....
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Why are you going to run GNU/Linux alongside a UNIX? It would be better to just include linux support in your OSX install, keep the windows install, and do all the *nix stuff in OSX. That way you're not running two variations of essentially the same operation system.
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The only "Linux support" that I know of in OSX is the option to install the X window manager. Doing that will allow you to run programs meant to run with the X window manager in OSX.
I believe you'll have to compile most programs from source so they will run in your OSX install. It will probably be more of a headache to run this way, especially without having Synaptic and the Ubuntu repositories to install from.
I run Ubuntu 10.10 exclusively on my desktop at home. I love it but I am a bit of a geek Driver support is not an issue for me. You just need to make sure that Ubuntu has good support for your hardware. The Nvidia binary graphics driver works great.
I believe you'll have to compile most programs from source so they will run in your OSX install. It will probably be more of a headache to run this way, especially without having Synaptic and the Ubuntu repositories to install from.
I run Ubuntu 10.10 exclusively on my desktop at home. I love it but I am a bit of a geek Driver support is not an issue for me. You just need to make sure that Ubuntu has good support for your hardware. The Nvidia binary graphics driver works great.
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The only "Linux support" that I know of in OSX is the option to install the X window manager. Doing that will allow you to run programs meant to run with the X window manager in OSX.
I believe you'll have to compile most programs from source so they will run in your OSX install. It will probably be more of a headache to run this way, especially without having Synaptic and the Ubuntu repositories to install from.
I run Ubuntu 10.10 exclusively on my desktop at home. I love it but I am a bit of a geek Driver support is not an issue for me. You just need to make sure that Ubuntu has good support for your hardware. The Nvidia binary graphics driver works great.
I believe you'll have to compile most programs from source so they will run in your OSX install. It will probably be more of a headache to run this way, especially without having Synaptic and the Ubuntu repositories to install from.
I run Ubuntu 10.10 exclusively on my desktop at home. I love it but I am a bit of a geek Driver support is not an issue for me. You just need to make sure that Ubuntu has good support for your hardware. The Nvidia binary graphics driver works great.
I have a macbook. Last time I tried to run ubuntu virtually there was no support for my airport card, so I want to run it natively. I run windows and osx with boot camp. Maybe I will just find the time to triple boot my mac...I heard its a PITA.
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