I'm on Ubuntu to. I'm actually having some stability issues with my Intel AGN wireless card (my fault for going bleeding edge), but I can't see myself quitting Ubuntu because the UI and workspace enhancements I absolutely ADORE.
Even little things like being able to set any window to 'be on top', as a core part of the UI is awesome. I'll probably be moving to Ibex in the next few days when Alpha6 comes out. Mark On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently wiped my laptop and installed the most recent version of Ubuntu > (8.04) and am very pleased overall. I've used linux in various combinations > for years but never had it as my primary home machine because I want it to > "just work". This one actually did. I like the light weight of the OS. It > boots much faster than XP or Vista. It doesn't eat up as much ram. I like > virtual desktops. I like that I can swap out window managers depending on > how fancy I want to be. I love the package installer system. You want > Eclipse? Go to the visual package manager and choose Eclipse. Or from the > command line, do apt-get install eclipse. That's it. It knows where to get > it from, you don't have to hunt it down. And there are so many options for > software. Just a neat setup all around. > > As for trying it out, you can use a Live CD. Download the Ubuntu (or Mint) > distro, burn the cd, boot off the cd and you have a fully functional OS to > play with. Doesn't touch your hard drive at all. > Judah > > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Phillip M. Vector < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> denstar wrote: >> > Mint was hands down the fastest and most stable. >> > >> > Awesomely, the rocket controls are still there, under the GUI veneer, >> > so it was the most configurable too. >> > Speed. Stability. Control. >> >> >> So as I read it, that's it. Speed, Stability and Control. >> >> Right now, my XP box is pretty damm fast. :) I've never had a problem >> with stability. Control though.. That interests me.. >> >> Is there any virtural machines that you know of that I can install >> something like this to check it out? Right now, none of the 3 interests >> me enough to start messing with dual boot. :) >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312532 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
