Windows or Ubuntu

[amigadave]

Xamiche wrote:

gdanko wrote:
As far as I can recall, the poster was asking for our opinions.

So the answer is no?

Games are inconsequential to me.

Not to me. And I dare say not to a large percentage of PC users. Which means Windows is not 'NOT necessary'. Unfortunately.  :-(

I think you are sadly mistaken.  The percentage of people who use PCs for everything EXCEPT games is 10 times more than the PC gamers.  So I think your "large percentage" of PC users that run games is more like 10% of all PC users.

Most computer users today only use them for e-mail and to browse the Internet when they are not using them for work.

[amigadave]

persia wrote:
Yes, he meant a large percentage of his mates used PCs for games.  Personally of all the people I know, maybe one or two are serious gamers, the rest surf the net, read email and do word processing.  A little Dreamlinux box will do all that and not be susceptible to all the Virii that are out there.

Yes, that is very true.  Most people would be completely satisfied with a Linux box, Firefox and Open Office with a decent Linux e-mail program, or they could just use a web based e-mail account.  Too bad they have all been duped into thinking that they must have a MS operating system and programs.

[amigadave]

Just downloaded Ubuntu 8.04 iso and was not watching the whole download process, but in the beginning it said it was downloading a 699mb file, but the iso file is only 289mb.

Did I get the whole thing and is it okay to burn to CD, or do I have to download it again?  The site I chose to download from was not very fast, that is why I did not monitor its progress until it was finished. :-?

[amigadave]

Can anyone confirm the file size for Ubuntu 8.04 iso?

I will download again, but would like to know so I can check the next downloaded iso file.

Thanks in advance.

[amigadave]

I am downloading from a site in Germany and the file size is 697.3.  It is coming over at 344kb/sec which is much faster than the first attempt from a site in Australia.  I usually try to use a site from a country where most of the population is asleep at the time I am downloading in an attempt to get the fastest download speed.

[amigadave]

@DBAlex,

I take it the sound for your laptop is now working with 8.04?

I ran it on my Dell tower from the CD last night after downloading and burning the CD, and the sound did not work.  I have 7.10 on my wife's HP laptop and she has been complaining ever since I installed it that there is no sound and the plug-ins for websites are missing.

Should I uninstall 7.10 and install 8.04, or install 8.04 over 7.10?  I am a newbie at Linux and expect it to be easy like Mac OS 10.5