Windows or Ubuntu

[smerf]

Hi,

I have been using Ubuntu as my main OS for the past year now, I started with 7.05 and am now using 7.10 as my main system. Ubuntu seems real stable and easy to use, some people complain about playing movies or having problems with their TV tuners, well guess what I am using both the movie player to play movies and the TV tuner (win2000) on my Ubuntu system and all I did was downloaded them and installed them, then I did the unnatural thing and read the freakin manuals and help files, now why didn't any of these smart Amiga fans think of that!!!

Now I still use Windows XP but only for games and WinUAE from Cloanto, I wouldn't trust Windows with any of my important files like my pictures from my camera or movies and I would certainly not trust windows with my software and book databases or my checkbook program which by the way in Ubuntu is secured by scrambling. I also use Kino and open movie editor and live to edit my movies and use open office to match microbucks office.

For games I use Cedega, I know you have to pay $5.00 a month for usage, but its worth it.

Anyhow My OS's in order of usage

1. Ubuntu Main OS
2. Amiga Forever WinUAE version
3. Windows XP (games only)
4. Windows Vista (if I ever get it activated again (Eight time) What a waste of time, money and effort, not even trusted for games.

By the way my most trusted computer so far is my Amiga 4000, and Amiga 1200, haven't crashed or burned since 1992, they may be slow by todays standards but they boot in less than 10 seconds, multi-task, don't crash, no activation required, and the best -- shut off in less than a second with no Amiga shutting down screen, but I am sure some smart programmer could make a shut down screen :-)

smerf

[smerf]

Hi,

I would try downloading again, do not burn or you will waste a CD with the download you have now.


smerf

[smerf]

Hi,

I just removed my Win2000 TV card from my old computer system using winblows 2000, put it in my tri boot Linux, Windows XP and Vista system, Linux had it up and running in about 10 minutes, Windows XP needed to have new drivers downloaded for XP and then still took 2 hours to figure out how to get the sound up and running. Windows Vista crashed and burned, then after a week got a windows XP update. you know the 1-6 updates, don't know what they were because windows didn't tell me what they were but it was updating, Linux is nice it tells you first then lets you update. The worst part was that the updates in windows stopped my sound from working on my TV card. So I went back to Linux.

The only thing I keep windows XP for is for games, I wouldn't trust it as far as I could try to throw MS corp.

smerf

I make my living by MS, every body at work needs help at least once a week, if they used Ubuntu, I would be in the bread line.

They ought to change MicroSofts name to microsh_t but that wouldn't work because everybody knows they aren't micro they are one big Sh_t.



smerf

[smerf]

Hi,

I see 699.1 mb on my download screen in Ubuntu, just started downloading, will see if there is a mistake on it.

smerf