Jay E. Taylor wrote on Monday, September 11, 2006 5:04 PM:
> However, after going through the nightmare of trying to get > Ubuntu/Kubuntu into a usable state on my IBM Thinkpad T42 laptop this > last weekend, and as such it will be a few years before I seriously > consider trying to make the switch to Linux for any of my systems > which I use on a day-to-day basis. I really thought it would be > fine, seeing as how I am a CS major and the majority of the > applications I use are available for Windows and Linux. This kind of perks my interest. I am curious as to see how many on this list who use or have used linux exclusively on the desktop made the plunge in one fatal swoop, rather than spreading the process out. I'm confusing, so I will give an example. I first touched linux in a server environment. When I decided to put it on my desktop, I used redhat and tried (and failed) about 7 installs before I gave up and went back to windows. About a year went by and I tried debian (in a dual-boot). I ended up booting less and less into debian and soon it became a wasted partition. Formatted it and put it back to ntfs. I came home from my mission and decided to try it again. I finally installed linux on the laptop I had at the time and used it exclusively for 6 months before needing to come back to the world of windows. (Aside: It was pretty tough to get used to windows again...) So, long story short and back to my original question...anyone here jump straight into linux, or is it pretty standard to merge your linux on the desktop use over a period of time? Brian > > Problems I encountered: > -KDE/Gnome at 1024x768 allow you to view about 1/2 the amount of text > that you could view in windows at that resolution. > -I felt physically asphyxiated after realizing this (I know..it's > kind of psycho or whatever but that is how I felt). > -Ubuntu has a thinkpad profile > -Half of the "features" of the Thinkpad T42 will not work in Linux. > -Hard drive shock protection is a no-go in Linux. > -Ubuntu did not recognize my laptop as a Thinkpad. > -Page forward/backward keys did not work (I'm positive there is a > way to map them out, but it's a matter of the amount of time it would > take me to figure it out). > > Needless to say, things weren't smooth and I'm back on the > mind-numbing XP bandwagon. > Sad Indeed. > </rant> > > Again, I apologize if I have violated any of the sacred list posting > rules with this. > > Best Regards, > Jay Taylor > Monday, September 11, 2006 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Findley > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 12:10 PM > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: [uug] MythTV Trounces WIndows Media Center > > Well this should come as no surprise to any of use here on the list, > but I think this just stands to show that the free and open kicks DRM > sorry little heiny. We want power to do what we want, not protection > from it. > > http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/08/the_mythtv_convergence/ > > Adam > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of > their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or > BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of > their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or > BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
