"Frankenbuilds": the monster is dying...

[Dale]

I wonder if www.ubuntu.net has a Vista forum.

Dale

 

[mxh]

Some Linux groups aren't too friendly to people coming over from the dark
side. You'll get a better response if you get Linux installed and post
from it - and don't criticise it, the Linux guys are very sensitive souls



I recently put Ubuntu on an AMD 64 PC (DFI Lan Party mobo) and it
recognised everything - sound, NIC, the lot. I also put it on a Toshiba
Portege M300 laptop and again it recognised everything including the
wireless network.

It's a very new distro and recognises a lot more h/w than XP, which is
relatively ancient now.

I know there's not a lot of support for this view but I believe that in
some respects it would be easier to move from XP to Ubuntu Linux than to
Vista.

Thanks, Jeff. I'm going to give it a shot, when time permits.

 

[mxh]

Order the CD. They will send it to you for free. www.ubuntu.com They even
pay the postage. I have mine on a AMD Athlon 800 Mhz with 512 PC-133 RAM.
When I installed it, it recognized all the hardware and was very, very
easy to install. Just set your BIOS to boot the CDROM first and you can
take a look at it with the Live CD and, if you like it, install it. Can't
do that with Windows.

As I told Jeff, I'm going to check out the Live CD. I already DL'd a few
flavors (AMD64, X86) for use a a few machines here.

Thanks,
mxh