Comments on: Ubuntu Desktop A Linux OS For Everyone

By: Oriental Carpet Brokers

Oriental Carpet Brokers — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:25:07 +0000

We are Oriental Carpet Dealers from London and have 2 machines running on Ubuntu. It’s soo Fast!!! We are now looking to give our Windows 2003 2R a kick and install Ubuntu Server and possibly replace our IEE Server for an apache version

The easy install of Ubuntu and dual boot option is great!

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:47:30 +0000

Jack,

I understand about having to keep an install of Windows. I too still have a few media applications (DVD Creators) which tend to run better on Windows. My workstation is configured with swappable hard drives so when I did the Ubuntu install I just installed it to a different HDD. When I need the DVD software I just throw in the hard drive which has Windows XP as the OS.

By: Jack Fuller

Jack Fuller — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:54:26 +0000

Doug, thanks for your comment!

I will likely retain the Ubuntu-under-Windows status, as I have an application that only run under Windows. But for general use by my bride, on her laptop, Ubuntu is working well. I installed it without telling her, and such minor adjustments as were needed were made smoothly.

As a side note: initially after the Wubi install, I was unable to access my wireless network. So I established a wired connection. Within a few minutes, Ubuntu had downloaded a driver update, and wireless has worked just fine since! On other forums, I have heard of issues with wireless, but mine went away quickly.

That laptop is a low-budget Compaq Presario 2200: 1 GB of memory [originally 256 MB, but I added for my Windows application]; 40 GB drive; Intel Celeron chip [1.2 GHz]; integrated graphics; WiFi; networked to a Windows desktop, with shared printer; etc etc. Works just fine for the normal use of e-mail [Thunderbird], internet [Firefox], and productivity [OO 2.4]