Ubuntu!

Tenor CS · 09-14-2009, 04:07 PM

I used a thumb drive with puppy linux almost exclusively at work the whole last year. Their windows xp based machines were so poorly maintained, puppy freed me from a lot of hassles. It's amazing what decent hardware can do when it's not being bogged down by a badly maintained windows setup.

Tristan · 09-14-2009, 06:12 PM

BTW, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Alpha 5 is running great on my Dell Mini 10V netbook. The speed CRUSHES Windows XP. There are a few bugs that need to be worked out, but by the time of the official release I think it will be a nice step up from the current version.

A few things look promising. 9.10 uses EXT4 partitions by default, Firefox 3.5 and Ubuntu One, an application that automatically uplinks and syncs files between computers. Pretty cool!

VirtualSmitty · 09-14-2009, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tristan

A few things look promising. 9.10 uses EXT4 partitions by default, Firefox 3.5 and Ubuntu One, an application that automatically uplinks and syncs files between computers. Pretty cool!

I haven't played with the 9.10 alpha yet, how does ubuntu one stack up against dropbox? I use it know and like it a lot.

Tristan · 09-15-2009, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

how does ubuntu one stack up against dropbox? I use it know and like it a lot.

I'll have to give it a shot!

I've tried Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu netbook remix, DSL and PC Linux as well as Knoppix, but there are many distros I haven't played with yet!

VirtualSmitty · 09-15-2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tristan

I'll have to give it a shot!

I've tried Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu netbook remix, DSL and PC Linux as well as Knoppix, but there are many distros I haven't played with yet!

Dropbox isn't a distro, it's a service that let's you sync files between mac, linux, or windows. I've been using it for some time as I use all three and it is convienient. Ubuntu One sounds like it does the same thing.

Tristan · 09-15-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

Dropbox isn't a distro, it's a service that let's you sync files between mac, linux, or windows. I've been using it for some time as I use all three and it is convienient. Ubuntu One sounds like it does the same thing.

Gotcha! Ubuntu One isn't working perfectly yet, still in beta. I like the concept and it seems like it will be slick when the bugs are worked out. I'll have to look into Dropbox a little more, fees, storage, etc.

09-14-2009, 04:07 PM	#1
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Tristan #PretentiousBastage Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tristan Location: Kaukauna, WI Posts: 332 Trading: (0)	Re: Ubuntu! BTW, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Alpha 5 is running great on my Dell Mini 10V netbook. The speed CRUSHES Windows XP. There are a few bugs that need to be worked out, but by the time of the official release I think it will be a nice step up from the current version. A few things look promising. 9.10 uses EXT4 partitions by default, Firefox 3.5 and Ubuntu One, an application that automatically uplinks and syncs files between computers. Pretty cool!