View Full Version : Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Mockup (This looks very nice!)
Zeke
Aug 3rd 2008, 08:13 PM
Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (dubbed Intrepid Ibex) is due to be released in October later this year. As always it is free of charge, free of viruses, free of spyware, blah blah blah.... What exactly do you use your computer for again?
The Fedora
Aug 4th 2008, 04:49 AM
Looks Great!
Kinda like Tiger on my mac.
Mr. Rugen
Aug 4th 2008, 02:15 PM
Looks Great!
Kinda like Tiger on my mac.
That's what I was thinking.
Nature Boy FriarTuck00
Aug 5th 2008, 04:37 AM
OK, I consider myself pretty knowledgeable on most things PC, but I'll admit that I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux. Will the applications I currently have installed on my computer work properly if running in Linux?
Sorry for the stupid question. I just don't know much about Linux at all.
TVShootist
Aug 5th 2008, 04:44 AM
OK, I consider myself pretty knowledgeable on most things PC, but I'll admit that I'm a newbie when it comes to Linux. Will the applications I currently have installed on my computer work properly if running in Linux?
No, Windows based software is for Windows, Linux based software is for Linux. People have been known to tweak things around to get software to work, but in the end it's generally buggy.
Nature Boy FriarTuck00
Aug 5th 2008, 04:53 AM
So what's the benefit to having Linux as your OS?
TVShootist
Aug 5th 2008, 05:04 AM
So what's the benefit to having Linux as your OS?
More stability to it, the OS doesn't use as much resources as Windows OS does.
They make software for Linux, you just have to get it. You can't install and use Windows based software on Linux, at least not without having to tweak it and even then it will be buggy.
Zeke
Aug 5th 2008, 01:42 PM
Hate to burst your bubble, but a LOT of windows applications DO run on Ubuntu. Photoshop CS2 is an great example. So does Dreamweaver and Flash, as well as thousands of others (inclding a LOT of games), thanks to a compatibility layer (you might call it a Windows emulator if you'd like) called WINE. You can check their application database to see if your program will indeed run without issue by visiting their site:
http://www.winehq.org/
Specifically: http://appdb.winehq.org/
Windows based apps that I currently use on Ubuntu include Dreamweaver, Flash, Steam (Half-Life, Portal, etc.).
sonorandesert
Aug 6th 2008, 12:51 AM
If I were to uninstall Vista from my laptop and install Ubuntu, what kind of journey am I looking forward to?
I'm not asking step-by-step. That would come later.
Mighty Dyckerson
Aug 6th 2008, 03:31 AM
Linux is for noncomformists and wannabe IT geeks. The rest of the rational world uses Windows.
Mr. Rugen
Aug 6th 2008, 10:09 AM
Linux is for noncomformists and wannabe IT geeks. The rest of the rational world uses Windows.
Your momma uses Windows.
Yes! You got burned.
Actually, I have a Mac and a PC and I thought about using Linux on my PC, but I have the Adobe Master Suite on here and that my render it useless.
Zeke
Aug 6th 2008, 12:07 PM
If I were to uninstall Vista from my laptop and install Ubuntu, what kind of journey am I looking forward to?
I'm not asking step-by-step. That would come later.
You don't need to uninstall Vista (or any other operating system for that matter).
The Ubuntu ISO's (which you burn to CD and then boot from) are capable of repartitioning your hard drive so you can install Ubuntu right along side whatever other OS you already have on your computer. You don't even have to boot off them any more if you want to install the OS, thanks to the included Wubi installer (which you run from within Windows). It effectively does the Dual-Boot install from there as well, and if you don't like Ubuntu, you can just open up your Add/Remove Software applet in the control panel and uninstall it just like any other application you have running on Windows right now.
And if you don't want to make any modifications to your hard drive at all, the CD can be booted into what's called a Live Environment which is essentially the entire OS running from the CD itself. It's slower, but gives you the opportunity to preview the OS with zero hassle or worry.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2369893842637434537
The above video shows how to do a true dual-boot install with a version of ubuntu that's about 2 years old now, but the method and steps used are nearly identical to what's done now.