CC1981 Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 If not, i suggest get to it pronto. It is about a squillion times better than XP i've run on my computer and especially if you have an old system but want the ultimate flexibility and customizing options, UBUNTU is the way. Not to mention, its far more sensible an OS than any windows. It doesnt ask me to download a zillion drivers for movies or graphics card or whatnot. It simply detects what my hardware is, goes online and FINDS the drivers on its own. It doesnt tell me it can't open the file after i spent 2 hrs downloading something - it tells me i don't have proper software to open it, this is the proper software needed, this is where you find it, do you want me to get it for you? etc etc. How cool is that ? A zillion times more stable too but only problem with Ubuntu is that most games (Except the most recent version of Unreal Tourney to my knowledge) are not supported in Ubuntu. Not supported as in Ubuntu will still run it but slower since the games wernt written for Ubuntu.(FYI, if your computer is near top-end and you are running Ubuntu with Ubuntu-compatible games, your performance is mindblowing. My friend has a 4000 bucks comp. with ubuntu and he gets lag of 0.1ms even when playing servers in Russia!) But unlike Windows, it doesn't whine and crash on you if you try to run a software for another OS- it just runs it slower. It comes with its own set of applications - it has spreadsheet, word processor, powerpoint and database that is compatible with MSword/Excel/Access etc. Not to mention, Ubuntu smartly comes with an application to program C++ and Java in it, it automatically puts JRE, Flash, etc. in your computer right on installation. Oh and Ubuntu uses a much faster and less corruptable partition format than Fat32 or NTFS and its designed to detect your hardware and give you your own customized OS best suited to optimize your hardware. Best thing to do IMO for now is create two partitions (or more if you wish) and put Ubuntu on one, Windows on the other. Play games using windows and everything else using Ubuntu. Oh and did i mention, ubuntu is free and the whole process of reformatting to installing Ubuntu (on a 120Gb HDD) took me only 35 minutes ? :hic:
Holysmoke Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 Re: Are you Ubuntu-ing ? I wanted to, but I already have 2 OS'es on my laptop, and I have just an 80 gig hdd, so :(
Holysmoke Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 Re: Are you Ubuntu-ing ? But I really really like vista :O
maggot_brain Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 But I really really like vista :O Are you joking or are you serious? I've tried Vista on my laptop twice and removed it within a day twice as it's so damned frustrating to use.
maggot_brain Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 If not, i suggest get to it pronto. It is about a squillion times better than XP i've run on my computer and especially if you have an old system but want the ultimate flexibility and customizing options, UBUNTU is the way. Not to mention, its far more sensible an OS than any windows. It doesnt ask me to download a zillion drivers for movies or graphics card or whatnot. It simply detects what my hardware is, goes online and FINDS the drivers on its own. It doesnt tell me it can't open the file after i spent 2 hrs downloading something - it tells me i don't have proper software to open it, this is the proper software needed, this is where you find it, do you want me to get it for you? etc etc. How cool is that ? A zillion times more stable too but only problem with Ubuntu is that most games (Except the most recent version of Unreal Tourney to my knowledge) are not supported in Ubuntu. Not supported as in Ubuntu will still run it but slower since the games wernt written for Ubuntu.(FYI, if your computer is near top-end and you are running Ubuntu with Ubuntu-compatible games, your performance is mindblowing. My friend has a 4000 bucks comp. with ubuntu and he gets lag of 0.1ms even when playing servers in Russia!) But unlike Windows, it doesn't whine and crash on you if you try to run a software for another OS- it just runs it slower. It comes with its own set of applications - it has spreadsheet, word processor, powerpoint and database that is compatible with MSword/Excel/Access etc. Not to mention, Ubuntu smartly comes with an application to program C++ and Java in it, it automatically puts JRE, Flash, etc. in your computer right on installation. Oh and Ubuntu uses a much faster and less corruptable partition format than Fat32 or NTFS and its designed to detect your hardware and give you your own customized OS best suited to optimize your hardware. Best thing to do IMO for now is create two partitions (or more if you wish) and put Ubuntu on one, Windows on the other. Play games using windows and everything else using Ubuntu. Oh and did i mention, ubuntu is free and the whole process of reformatting to installing Ubuntu (on a 120Gb HDD) took me only 35 minutes ? :hic: Important point here: you can use GNOME and KDE the two main graphical interfaces on Linux in Indian languages. I know for a fact Bengali is supported by both and I'm pretty sure Hindi and Tamil at least are very well supported.
maggot_brain Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 Here we go, website for Linux in Indian languages: http://www.indlinux.org/
apocalypse Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 Those who want to test Ubuntu can download VMWare appliance of Ubuntu and use it with VMWare player. That way you do not have to do any format or partition etc.
varun Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 Ubuntu Shbumuntu is okay for newbies.. :D Gentoo or ArchLinux is the way if you want some real performance and lack of bloat :P
Rajiv Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 I hate Vista too, I just d/l a copy of ubuntu..I an gonna try it for fun
maggot_brain Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 Ubuntu Shbumuntu is okay for newbies.. :D Gentoo or ArchLinux is the way if you want some real performance and lack of bloat :P Gentoo is pointless unless you've got a quad-core 8gb of ram and two weeks to spare compiling it. No the way to go is Debian. Ubuntu is based on Debian and both have the fantastic apt package manager. The problem with Ubuntu is it's bloated and changes the default settings and package dependencies. Vanilla Debian is lean, mean and a damned good Distribution. Never tried Arch so can't comment on that.
maggot_brain Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 English please Aye, it was a bit of a geeky post. Meant for Varun rather than any one else. If you like Ubuntu and Linux in general get back to me, you'll probably know what I'm on about otherwise it will all be over your head.
apocalypse Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Ubuntu Shbumuntu is okay for newbies.. :D Gentoo or ArchLinux is the way if you want some real performance and lack of bloat :P lol Gentoo is good but not good for my work :D
apocalypse Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 English please If you are just testing Ubuntu you should test it through VMware
Rajiv Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 LOL, VMWare? I just d/l'ed ISO, if I reboot..is it str8 forward istall
varun Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Gentoo is pointless unless you've got a quad-core 8gb of ram and two weeks to spare compiling it. No the way to go is Debian. Ubuntu is based on Debian and both have the fantastic apt package manager. The problem with Ubuntu is it's bloated and changes the default settings and package dependencies. Vanilla Debian is lean' date=' mean and a damned good Distribution. Never tried Arch so can't comment on that.[/quote'] I've used redhat/fedora, debian, suse, ubuntu, gentoo, archlinux and many more over the past 10 years or so. Performance-wise, nothing beats gentoo, but is too time-consuming to compile. The gentoo package-manager emerge is pretty decent. But over the past year, I've stuck with archlinux and it's got a kicka$$ package manager called "pacman". No compilation required though the packages are geared ONLY for i686 or x64 machines (hence the better performance than the generic i386 packages that ubuntu provides). Of course gentoo has the best performance as you can compile it with optimizations for your particular machine's architecture.
apocalypse Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 LOL, VMWare? I just d/l'ed ISO, if I reboot..is it str8 forward istall I know install is straight forward but why make your system a dual boot when you are just testing. VMWare will run Ubuntu as an application over Windows. So you can just press Alt+Tab to switch between Windows and Linux
maggot_brain Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 I've used redhat/fedora, debian, suse, ubuntu, gentoo, archlinux and many more over the past 10 years or so. Performance-wise, nothing beats gentoo, but is too time-consuming to compile. The gentoo package-manager emerge is pretty decent. But over the past year, I've stuck with archlinux and it's got a kicka$$ package manager called "pacman". No compilation required though the packages are geared ONLY for i686 or x64 machines (hence the better performance than the generic i386 packages that ubuntu provides). Of course gentoo has the best performance as you can compile it with optimizations for your particular machine's architecture. The jury's still out on whether or not the extra compilation optimisations have any effect or if it's just a subjective placebo thing, with Gentoo that is. Do you use X64 / X86 or some other archictecture? I've used Debian on X86 / X64 and PPC. Apart from a few differences in the bootloader for PPC, they're all exactly the same to use. That's the beauty of Debian - uniformity across architectures. Plus the stable distribution is rock-solid. I personally use testing as it's up to date but not as iffy as unstable.
chunky_lafanga Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Are you Ubuntu-ing ?No I am sitting and shitting :haha: XP-64 Pro here.
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