Ubuntu Linux Gutsy Gibbon - Comments Page 1

I have been using Linux as a sole desktop for 10 years, various Distro's. I have stuck with Ubuntu since Warty Warthog and love it. It is easy to use and in a whole lot of ways much better that Windows.It does anything that I can think of to do on a computer and is maintenance free. I do computer repair and all I ever do anymore is fix windows virus and spyware problems. Windows Vista is a piece of crap OS, but makes me money removing it and installing XP.I also love the 3D desktop.. I highly reccomend it for a newbee to Linux.

I've tried several Linux distros over the last few years and Ubuntu always seems to work the best. But, I need to continue to use Windows until Linux supports my scanners and printers, I'm not going to go out and buy all new hardware just because the OS doesn't support what I have. But, since Ubuntu now can read and write NTFS I can dual boot and perhaps achieve the same results. I will have to give it a try.

I've used Ubuntu since Breezy Badger, I wouldn't consider myself a "Geek" I am a 55 year old truck driver. I got my first PC about 2002. It was Windows ME. About a year later I got one with Win. XP It seemed like I had to spend more time Defragmenting, removing Spyware Adware, Virus's and Worms, than I did using the computer. If I needed Software for something I either had to go out to a computer store and spend more than I did for the computer, or I had to spend hours online trying to find something that worked and then spend hours removing all the junk that came bundled with it. With Ubuntu, on the other hand, there is no Spyware, adware, virus, worms, defragmenting, or searching for software. There are free Open Source Applications to do just about anything that Windows software can do if you are willing to spend a little time to learn to use it. I think you have to be more of a "Geek" to use Windows than Ubuntu. Oh and by the way My newest computer came with Vista on it, It Ain't There Anymore!!

I had a nephew who needed a computer we came up with parts and could only put in 256 RAM. Ubuntu operates great in this system. I liked it so much I put it on my computer!

I've been using Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon since December 2007. It's my first time trying Linux since I gave up on Red Hat when it first came out. I am amazed at all the online support I have received. And Ubuntu is not fool proof but has a lot of protections for fools.

With this support, a determined person will find that when you go with Ubuntu, you are not alone even if you are the only person you know who has heard of Linux. But not all features are equal or equally easy no matter how enthusiastic Linux lovers always make it sound. There is a lot of time consuming tweaking for a newbie to get many small features to work that one would take for granted in an already working Windows OS.

Also on display adapters, I have found Ubuntu's support for the Intel 965 Express Chipset to be disheartening. I think you would be safer with Nvidia from what I have read.

In the end, Vista works fine, Ubuntu needs some refining for my liking. The best part about it though is the dual boot feature and the ability to read and use files located on your "Windows partitions (NTFS)". There's no need to have a separate copy of your pictures or music, etc. for each OS. And for that, there is no reason not to give Ubuntu a serious try.

Ubuntu is great, I dual-boot Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu 7.10 with no problems.

I have been using ubuntu for 3 or 4 years. I like it. I was a programmer in the late 80's or early 90s on a TI994A. I was a pretty advanced windows user beforehand. I don't know if a beginner would understand how to use Ubuntu, because I didn't start using computers with it. Since my hardware is compatible with Ubuntu I don't have a problem running it. There is probably compatible hardware to do almost anything you would expect a computer to do. Sometimes you have to search google to figure out how to get the hardware or software to work. The package manager is great in Ubuntu. It allows you to update your software easily and not just software that is on your computer when its installed but any software you install from the package manager. I installed Ubuntu on my mom's pc so I wouldn't have to update her software manually and waste more time when I'm not telling her how to use a computer period.

You did not list any sites to download Gutsy Gibbon.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry, it's Ubuntu.com -- just added a link.

Using ubuntu for about a year now. Must say wish I had started earlier.

Started with Fiesty now using Gutsy.Must say what a pleasure it is to boot up and not have to wait for spyware scans virus scans and all the other crap which is to long of a list to post here lol.

A UK mag. has just published a timely article re. using free Virtualbox, www.virtualbox.org to install Ubuntu. (See post from Mr. Bigstuff)
Haven`t tried it myself yet, but they seem to rate it well. I`ve scanned the article and uploaded it to Photobucket, if anyone wants to have a look. URL`s as follows:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/davolente/Virtualbox/Virtualbox1.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/davolente/Virtualbox/Virtualbox2.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/davolente/Virtualbox/Virtualbox3.jpg