Do you know of a good card

HolyWarlock — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:47:40 +0000

Do you know of a good card for Ubuntu?

There's a reason microsoft

silverwing — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:29:45 +0000

There's a reason microsoft is referred to as M$

~silverwing

I can remember when vista

Greensphere — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:03:10 +0000

I can remember when vista first came out i thought to myself why? i have just gotten comfortable with xp pro everything is hunky dory and no way am i going to make my life harder by purchasing an unecessary upgrade.

Obviously its all about money but aside from the fact that by all accounts it aint very good it was also i suspect way ahead of its time.

yes I admit I like the Aero

netsperience — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:43:16 +0000

yes I admit I like the Aero translucent theme but an os is about operating not looking!

I was waiting for the day

ms2134 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:15:01 +0000

I was waiting for the day that people would realise just how rubbish Windows Longhorn, AKA Vista; actually is.

I have never liked it. The only exception to that was the first five minutes of it being installed and that is because i liked the way it looked . But wait!, i started to use vista now.... I hate it because it was just junked up and we are all basicly testing it and making complaints.

I bought a laptop (HP

netsperience — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:32:49 +0000

I bought a laptop (HP Pavilion dv9000 nice 17" screen) with Vista Home Premium

I have had to install a file manger app because Windows Explorer constantly crashes and freezes and when I went looking for a fix I found the same kludge I had already come up with, killing the explorer.exe process then restarting it as a new task with task manager.

It also loses the wifi networks (the dread "Windows cannot detect any networks" message but I remember that was also a problem in XP - but I think a little more in Vista)

Well, I do have Ubuntu installed and tried 4 or 5 recipes to enable my Broadcom wlan card (I know there have been lots of posts in these forums and I have a couple of new recipes to try when I get a chance)

I also read in PCWorld magazine (I admit I enjoy it and every issue has interesting links I found jango.com and meebo.com and a vulnerability in my HP software patch and ways to manage/disable UAC in Vista - so I guess it's worth it) anyway they said Microsoft is rushing out the next OS a couple of years ahead of schedule because of the Vista debacle - but isn't that too a potential recipe for disaster?

I am a cook so send me all your recipes... (vegetarian preferred)

I'm primarily a Mac person,

silverwing — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:48:12 +0000

I'm primarily a Mac person, but my Windows computers have XP on them and work fine. (My dad has XP and see absolutely no reason to upgrade him to Vista... or is that downgrade? Hmmm.)

But my biggest gripe with Vista isn't really Vista itself. It's the start icon.

You know, that little green round thing on the bottom left of the screen's taskbar? See how it's a circle? See how that circle is cut off? That just bugs me.

~silverwing

I have to say most of the

ZeroCapacity — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:56:31 +0000

I have to say most of the people I sell to want Xp. They do not like Vista's requirements nor do they care for the interface. The OS is way to "Fluffy" for them they do not need the bells and whistles. Most home users will never use them and they take so much memory to run.

A lot of people are complaining it crashed a lot also and their old programs will no longer work. Microsoft can not force it down their throats if they do not want it. Right now people are saying they do not want it.

This is an opportunity for Linux if they care to listen. They could grab people's attention and keep it if they do this right.

Of course this is my two cents and you can take it as you will.

I got Windows Vista through

pr0gr4mm3r — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:41:19 +0000

I got Windows Vista through my university about a year ago, but I never cared to install until a few days ago when I upgraded my computer hardware. Unfortunately, I will have to start learning it if I have to start supporting it.

That's a good idea for an

Megan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:43:43 +0000

That's a good idea for an Ubuntu campaign: Make XP your last Microsoft OS ever!

I hope it will be for me as well (hoping I won't be forced to use it again at work!)