Comments on: Trying Linux http://blog.alexseifert.com/2008/08/03/trying-linux/ The online journal of Alex Seifert Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alex Seifert http://blog.alexseifert.com/2008/08/03/trying-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Alex Seifert Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:20:12 +0000 http://thoughts.alexseifert.com/?p=186#comment-487 I've actually been pretty pleased with it too. The problem that I've had with it is that my computer is theoretically perfectly capable of running Windows XP Pro (which is actually what came on it by default). So it's really hard for me to justify running Linux on it when I also need to boot into Windows all of the time to use software that just simply doesn't exist for Linux... I’ve actually been pretty pleased with it too. The problem that I’ve had with it is that my computer is theoretically perfectly capable of running Windows XP Pro (which is actually what came on it by default). So it’s really hard for me to justify running Linux on it when I also need to boot into Windows all of the time to use software that just simply doesn’t exist for Linux…

]]> By: Tom http://blog.alexseifert.com/2008/08/03/trying-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Tom Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:57:27 +0000 http://thoughts.alexseifert.com/?p=186#comment-254 Hi Alex: Still in Germany....nuts... Using Ubuntu on an old Dell C600 laptop back in the States (it originally had Windows 2000). First put Ubuntu 7.10 and upgraded to 8.04, and everything seems fairly stable. I can't open too many tabs in Firefox because then Firefox will close down. I think it's because the laptop has 256M memory in it (tries to use the hard drive as virtual memory & gets lost). My installation went pretty smooth, although I had to find a driver for the wireless card I had for the laptop. All in all, I'm pleased with it. Hi Alex:

Still in Germany….nuts…

Using Ubuntu on an old Dell C600 laptop back in the States (it originally had Windows 2000). First put Ubuntu 7.10 and upgraded to 8.04, and everything seems fairly stable. I can’t open too many tabs in Firefox because then Firefox will close down. I think it’s because the laptop has 256M memory in it (tries to use the hard drive as virtual memory & gets lost).

My installation went pretty smooth, although I had to find a driver for the wireless card I had for the laptop. All in all, I’m pleased with it.

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