Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-17 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 17/07/09 02:39, Liam Proven wrote: snip / There is a chance for Linux, but it's a very tough battle ahead. Unfortunately, I think the bad experiences of hundreds of thousands of people with Linux netbooks will put them off for a long time to come. I don't think it is as bad as the press

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-16 Thread Robert Flatters
Well i have down loaded installed Window 7 RC 7100 and at first glance yes there seems to be a likeness to quite a few Linux OS's and for that matter Mac OS X as well, but i think Micro$oft have learned from their failing of Vista. So what i would say is to the Linux guy they better wake up cos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-16 Thread Liam Proven
2009/7/16 Robert Flatters robert.flatt...@googlemail.com: Well i have down loaded installed Window 7 RC 7100 and at first glance yes there seems to be a likeness to  quite a few Linux OS's and for that matter Mac OS X as well, but i think Micro$oft have learned from their failing of Vista.  So

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-16 Thread Daniel Drummond
Just saw this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_84367553_1?ie=UTF8docId=1000321063pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLEpf_rd_s=special-product-offers-3pf_rd_r=0VK1CGRWR4HF3J8C5951pf_rd_t=201pf_rd_p=470371973pf_rd_i=B002DUCMT2 [Quote] *4. Does Windows 7 come with a Web Browser?*

[ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-07 Thread John
Has anybody seen this, and does anybody have Windows 7 to compare. I find this quite interesting though. http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2770tag=nl.e550 John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-07 Thread Rob Beard
John wrote: Has anybody seen this, and does anybody have Windows 7 to compare. I find this quite interesting though. http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2770tag=nl.e550 John I did have Windows 7 installed, in fact I'll be sticking it on the wife's PC this week too. I'd agree with some of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-07 Thread Dale Clarke
My two lads use only one thing outside of web browser and that is games and that's changing as they prefer Eve rather than paying through the nose for buggy software. I personally, am a Google fan so do everything via that with only my Story 'Writers cafe' software separately. when that appears

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-07 Thread John
What is Moblin, I have an Acer One with Ubuntu 9.04 on it, what does it do? Does it run off the netbook or what? John Dale Clarke wrote: My two lads use only one thing outside of web browser and that is games and that's changing as they prefer Eve rather than paying through the nose for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009-07-07 Thread Dale Clarke
John Just go here http://moblin.org/ Its a Linux Foundation project. Dale On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:09 PM, John jake...@sky.com wrote: What is Moblin, I have an Acer One with Ubuntu 9.04 on it, what does it do? Does it run off the netbook or what? John Dale Clarke wrote: My two lads