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BBC praises Ubuntu
27-10-2009 9:08 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm
not sure if this should be on this part of Forum or not but thought since it referred to Ubuntu it was suitable?
Re: BBC praises Ubuntu
27-10-2009 9:15 AM
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27-10-2009 9:33 AM
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27-10-2009 2:56 PM
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No DRM
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: BBC praises Ubuntu
28-10-2009 4:44 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/10/24_hours_with_ubuntu.html
Re: BBC praises Ubuntu
28-10-2009 6:21 PM
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Quote I also gave up on attempting to use the music streaming service Spotify, after a warning that, as there was no Linux version, I would first need to get hold of something called Wine which allows you to run Windows apps. Too much bother...
Too much bother to do a handfull of clicks!, Open the Menu/Admin/Synaptic type in wine, double click on the wine program and then install. Then install the spottify program... (Or if you are using Mint, type wine into the filter menu and it will offer to install it if not installed)
What does he want someone to come along and install it for him! (I.e. a corporate network user!)
Update:- Yes HE DOES!
Quote But, even after some help from a Canonical advisor who came and installed a few add-ons such as Flash, I struggled to work out how I would organise photos, music and video with this system.
Quote Risking another pasting from its supporters, I'll predict that Ubuntu will remain a very niche product - but it's Google's Android which could bring open-source to the mass consumer market.
Which is BASED on Ubuntu!
What a "tosser" as we used to say And he gets PAID to write this?
Re: BBC praises Ubuntu
28-10-2009 6:53 PM
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28-10-2009 10:48 PM
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Quote I struggled to work out how I would organise photos, music and video with this system.
What, struggled with the idea of having different folders to keep them in, just like every other OS does?
Re: BBC praises Ubuntu
29-10-2009 12:20 AM
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29-10-2009 12:58 PM
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29-10-2009 2:03 PM
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all their hardware recognised. no having to scout around the web for drivers. a bunch of applications installed and ready to use. no endless reboots after each installation of anything. goodbye annoying popups. no need for anti-malware. it looks pretty to and is endlessly configurable.
some of the people who came from windows are now so well informed that they are building packages. they've shed their fear of the command line and enjoy the power it offers.
Re: BBC praises Ubuntu
02-11-2009 7:51 PM
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Never touched a computer during my working life, but bought one on retiring. Took me months to learn Windows.
Eventually got fed up with continually having to re-install XP. Tried Ubuntu, because the impression I had from the Media (specially the BBC) was that Linux=Ubuntu! Since discovered that it's because Canonical, which has money behind it, bombards them with free CDs etc...
Anyway, I hated Ubuntu but fortunately was pointed to PClinuxOS and have never looked back. It does everything I need and took me relatively little time to master even though I'm a white-haired, non-techie, self-taught old git
I regularly check all the distros, and the only other one I would recommend to a Windows convert is MEPIS, which I like almost as much.
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