On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Al Jachimiak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congrats Jack! > > Thanks! Still working out how to use this thing, I'm not normally a fan of laptops, but this one actually has a useable keyboard. Sort of. Dual boot: This is an endless chasm with dark scary monsters. There are > some solutions for dual boot. Here's an article with Linus addressing the > issue: > http://www.zdnet.com/torvalds-clarifies-linuxs-windows-8-secure-boot-position-7000011918/ > > Cool - will read that in a bit. > You *can* learn to use windows 8. > No. I refuse. ;-) > But it requires a shift in paradigm and a willingness to use gestures on > the trackpad. > > I've noticed. See above. Actually, I just put a cordless trackball on the system and find an almost immediate improvement in my very marginal ability to do anything at all. Gestures are different (meaning non-existant) of course but I find I am overall better at what I want to do with the trackball. This OS just bites completely. > Test your restore disk in another virtualbox BEFORE wiping out your > current system! > > And I'm sure there will be some folks who have good advice regarding a > flash based disk and issues with /tmp and swap. But I have lived with > Ubuntu on an SSD for about a year without any special changes or > considerations. > > I have heard a few things along these lines and don't pretend to understand them. I have also heard that defragging and disk indedxing needs to be disabled. Not sure why, but I am OK with that. JC
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