Thread: Just started running linux

it is it is and bugger all viruses to boot

Originally Posted by klappers

OMG...



WINDOWS....

What was I thinking....

This is awesome!

what flavor??

Originally Posted by clean32

what flavor??

I have been running Ubuntu on my and swmbo's machines for 12 months +. She now prefers it to Windoze and she's 60 and definitely non technical.
Faster more stable and free, what's not to like!

How do you get it?
Tell me about it - is it anything to do with bloody microsoft?

Originally Posted by blitz

How do you get it?
Tell me about it - is it anything to do with bloody microsoft?

Absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft. Free opposition to it. Supported by developers around the world. Lots of different versions of it. Ubuntu Linux is one popular version.

Download it free online or if you don't want to download several hundred mb or have a slow line buy it from eBay or craigslist. Just do a search on Linux. Usually someone is selling it on CD for $5 or so.

Also you can buy Cd's at computer swap meets. Some of them can run the operating system from the CD so you can try it first and see if you like it. It's graphical like Windoze and althought slightly different it isn't hard to pick up and there are millions of people online to help if you ever need it.

download at Download Ubuntu | Ubuntu

Regards


Martin

I have a PVR built with Mythbuntu. This is a flavour of linux called Ubuntu (mentioned above) combined with myth-tv. We've been using it for over 12 months now. It took a bit of setting up but it is appliance like in it's reliability. I see no reason why I will ever have to rebuild it other than if there is a hardware failure.

The linux desktop operating systems are quite polished these days. If something happened and I couldn't use a mac I would definitely use a linux variant rather than give a single $ to MS.

I use a mac because they use a similar (UNIX based) underpinnings and are very polished and user friendly. You pay for it but you get premium hardware and an OS that is in another league to MS. Imagine a pc experience that was about using the computer rather than desperately trying to keep the thing running.

Originally Posted by clean32

what flavor??

Ubuntu...

Had a corrupt initial ISO file and had to download it again...but all sweet now

If you are a bigpond user I think they include the latest versions in their files area so you can download without using your bandwidth.