fatality_uk
August 10th, 2008, 11:29 PM
After my purchase of a new Dell 530 last weekend, and the nightmare I have had getting Linux onto it (see here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=878166) I am stuck with Vista. While it looks great, it just lacks everything I have come to expect. I have had Ubuntu as my production machine and home PC for the last year. Haven't needed to dual boot. It had all I needed.
In Ubuntu, I can copy a 1GB with ease and still do other things. Vista, forget it. Hogs every resources trying to move that file.
Here's the funny thing. Just after I installed it, I got frustrated because my Belkin wifi dongle wasn't working. I couldn't figure it out! It worked out the box on ubuntu... Oh yeah. Drivers, doh!! So I had to trail a cable all the way downstairs to the router and plug it in to get internet so I could download drivers. How old fashioned :) I mean I have no idea where the cd was. I haven't needed it for 18 months ;)
This box had 2GB of RAM Vista takes 28.5% of it just sitting there. Ubuntu took no where near that!
So here's the deal. I am actually going to take this PC back and get my money back because this WONT take Linux.
*sigh* Sorry for the seemingly random post, but I just want Ubuntu back!!
In Ubuntu, I can copy a 1GB with ease and still do other things. Vista, forget it. Hogs every resources trying to move that file.
Here's the funny thing. Just after I installed it, I got frustrated because my Belkin wifi dongle wasn't working. I couldn't figure it out! It worked out the box on ubuntu... Oh yeah. Drivers, doh!! So I had to trail a cable all the way downstairs to the router and plug it in to get internet so I could download drivers. How old fashioned :) I mean I have no idea where the cd was. I haven't needed it for 18 months ;)
This box had 2GB of RAM Vista takes 28.5% of it just sitting there. Ubuntu took no where near that!
So here's the deal. I am actually going to take this PC back and get my money back because this WONT take Linux.
*sigh* Sorry for the seemingly random post, but I just want Ubuntu back!!