Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux
 

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente..._to_linux.html

Enjoy!

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From that same article .....

"In some cases, hardware manufacturers may choose not to release
specifications for their devices, which can make Linux support difficult or
impossible, "



Says it all for me

Re: Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux
 

diggerop wrote:Depends on what hardware you're talking about. Try putting Vista on an
AMD XP Athlon 2200+ with 1 GB of RAM and an AGP nVidia 6200 video card.
Ubuntu runs like silk. Vista would crawl like a snail.

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Off topic - not even vaguely relevant to Windows VISTA.

PLONK
--
Mike Brannigan

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Mike Brannigan wrote:Mike Brannigan

Yes, it is on topic as an alternative to Vista which even MS says is crap.

Thank you for plonking me. Now I don't have to hear your drivel and Net
cop bullshit.

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"Alias" <iamaliasNUKE@gmailTHIS.com> wrote in message
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That's what comes of ruining old, underpowered stuff.

Vista is not too bad at all in 1gb as long as the video element has its own
dedicated memory as your system has. Where 1gb is shared between normal ops
and video as in virtually all laptops and tower systems where video is on
board, performance does indeed take a hit.

When Win 7 gets to RTM, you are going to have a much tougher time selling
the Ubuntu speed advantage because Win 7 is every bit as fast as XP, and on
older hardware..

Another quote from the article..

"Occasionally you may encounter a certain Windows application for which no
Linux equivalent exists, and that you simply can't live without. In such
cases a software package called Wine--available through the Synaptic Package
Manager--can sometimes help. Wine is an emulation layer that lets you run
native Windows software in Linux. It doesn't work for every application, but
the list of supported programs is always growing."

You told me that ALL Windows stuff will run in 'Wine"

I don't think that computer users fear the penguin. They just do not like to
be marginalized, especially those who are not and don't want to be
'technical'

--
Mike Hall - MVP

Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

Re: Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux
 

Mike Hall - MVP wrote:My "old, underpowered stuff" runs just fine, thank you very much and
your patronizing manner is duly noted.
Yeah, but it's Windows with its built-in vulnerabilities to malware.
No I didn't. Photoshop does run very well, though.
Yes, they do thanks to FUD from MS shills like you.
And Window requires no technical knowledge? Puhlease!

Alias