Comments on: Ubuntu Linux v7.10

By: Spike

Spike — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:58:20 +0000

All you windows pussies complaining about linux sucks.. ever hear of WHINE it is a windows emulator and it allows you to run most any of the windows games, plus if you REALLY can’t uderstand that get a virtual machine program and run windows out of linux unlike windows allows you. Linux has far more effects with gusty is overall much more stable and easy to use.

–ATTACK OF THE PENGUIN

By: EL GOAT

EL GOAT — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:59:27 +0000

NO you cannot install Office 2003 natively but you can do do so using WINE which is a linux windows emulator, but you don’t need Office when you can use Open Office! It’s great and reads Office files and such you have nothing to lose…and you CAN dual boot. It’s simple. Good luck.

By: Frostii

Frostii — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:32:00 +0000

Question:
Can I install Office 2003 on it or not ?

One more thing. If I download it can I dual boot without any problems… Im not a Linux user (but I’m currently working on it)…

Appreciate the answer from anyone.

Regards,

By: Leisures

Leisures — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:47:36 +0000

indianpunk

yes u can cause it will install grub on your particion and will automatic make the 3 choices of boot(if not u can still make it once u installed ubuntu)

By: indianpunk

indianpunk — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:08:28 +0000

i have Xp Pro sp2 and Vista Ultimate in Dual boot can i still use ubuntu as a third choice os ???

By: Orville Ketchum

Orville Ketchum — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:39:12 +0000

Ubuntu is reasonable, and does look pretty nice, but as with other nix`s the learning curve is pretty steep.

..works well on my ps3 though and means i can play all the filetypes on it that i ant to that sony havent implemented yet, BUT as other folk have mentioned it does suffer from a lack of software for specialised uses, as a music producer i find vst aps and the like severley hard to get hold of..

..other than that for use on servers and other similar uses, workstations, etc it does the job admirably.

By: @ction_man

@ction_man — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:08:05 +0000

if your having so much difficulty reading and installing programs in Ubuntu, this might be the way to go for you.elmost every program under the sun is preloaded on dvd, about 2 gig, you can install it to hdd and off you go. it is 2 gig compressed and about 8 gig expanded.

http://ubuntusoftware.info/ultimate/

By: bubble

bubble — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:37:20 +0000

“they don’t even mention Debian on their main page” And not even in their FAQ!!!

By: hansdegebruiker

hansdegebruiker — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:44:12 +0000

beware I’m the second

By: hansdegebruiker

hansdegebruiker — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:08:06 +0000

yes
beware I’m the one

By: hansdegebruiker

hansdegebruiker — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:07:02 +0000

beware I’m the one

By: lajika

lajika — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:23:59 +0000

this is it! Ubuntu is the king of the jungle! windows is a little craving monkey…

By: Yotian

Yotian — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:09:10 +0000

@qwerty

I am also using CAD (in school) using autoCAD as ADT and autoCAD fin, MagiCAD and CADS. i find it amusing you cant get CAD working on linux, took me roughly 20 seconds to get it working after installation and on top of that, nothing special tricks were needed. and yes this was done for Ubuntu. Also open office suffices more than enough to replace the crappy MS office apps. i still have XP on my home PC and i like it to be on my home PC for gaming, but when it comes to working. Linux is the way to go.

And for those who keep ranting about windows beeing ruling the market, yes its ruling the market on home PC’s but the fact is. most of the companies/factories/shops etc. etc. use Linux distros instead of windows OS’s. Why? 2 simple reasons. they are as easy to use and they require less computing power to maintain the OS stable leaving more free for the tasks needed to do the actual work, plus they cost less. here are few examples of the parties who use linux: Volvo, Peugeot, Swiss Air, Verkkokauppa.com(store/net store and cash registry) Valmet/Valtra, Sony BGM, and plenty of others. also some statistics: over 60% of companies worldwide use windows based programs in offices/cubicles and linux in the task processing such as production lines etc. out of that 60% nearly half report moving over to linux based desktops in offices during the next 5 years. out of the remaining 40% who rely on solely windows about a quarter reports moving to using linux besides windows in the same manner as the previous group for monetary reasons/efficiency reasons in the next 10 years. so yes windows rules now, but the fact is linux is taking over due to its compatibility and adaptivity and stability and efficiency and thats COLD HARD STATISTICS!

By: hikaricore

hikaricore — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:54:40 +0000

@87 You obviously weren’t on the ubuntu forums during your bashing… we don’t really condone or tolerate that sort of thing on our forums.. more likely you asked about a topic that was not welcome on the forum such as piracy, in which case you were infracted/removed.

By: Spazzie

Spazzie — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:24:19 +0000

Try install on my Dell GX320 and I get:
54.490420 PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 1 of device 0000:00:14;0

Damn it!