Ubuntu Linux

I have an older laptop that my wife used running windows 7. It ran terrible with windows 7 so I bought my wife a new laptop. I have windows 7 on my gaming computer and think it is a good OS, so this is not a windows bashing session.

I took my wifes old laptop (Dell Inspiron E1505 Core 2 Duo 1.4 ghz 4gb ram) and reformated the harddrive, then installed Ubuntu Linux. This laptop now runs just as fast as my wifes new laptop running windows 7. Linux is awesome. I wish there was more support for gaming on Linux. It is a great OS.

Come on developers, show linux some love too.

I am also a ubuntu linux user. I just love the OS badly. I have a PS3 so I don't worry much about the gaming drawback of the OS.

Rather than seeing the negative aspects of this OS we should see the positive ones. I wish Ubuntu was as much popular as Windows

I have an older laptop that my wife used running windows 7. It ran terrible with windows 7 so I bought my wife a new laptop. I have windows 7 on my gaming computer and think it is a good OS, so this is not a windows bashing session.

I took my wifes old laptop (Dell Inspiron E1505 Core 2 Duo 1.4 ghz 4gb ram) and reformated the harddrive, then installed Ubuntu Linux. This laptop now runs just as fast as my wifes new laptop running windows 7. Linux is awesome. I wish there was more support for gaming on Linux. It is a great OS.

Come on developers, show linux some love too.

Crocodile_Key

i wonder if UDK supports Linux. if so ill see as a indie game dev. make games for Lunux, ill talk to my coders and see if thast something we can do, for the reason they know a lot about UDK.

but real quick im getting this problem when trying to install Ubuntu, im trying to install the windows installer version of Ubuntu, when it is about to finish the install i get a error saying "Permission denied" see the log for detail and only thing i can do is click ok and it closes everything. any way to fix this?

I would like to think I clean install of Windows 7 without the bloatware that comes preinstalled on almost all prebuilts would run just as well. Could be wrong but I've seen bloat do terrible terrible things to laptops.General_X

linux requires much less horsepower to run, regardless of how "clean" the windows 7 install works.

My ubuntu on my flash drive runs very nicely on an old 1.3Ghz single core celeron laptop.

Ubuntu is about as bloated in a fully functional state as Windows 7 bare (aka not functional).

That being said, Ubuntu is more bloated and resource intense than many other Linux distributions out there. Of course, this is because it is designed in such a way that it can be installed easily and is compatible with most hardware immediately.

An installation of Arch Linux, while much more involved than that of Ubuntu, will run even faster than Ubuntu ever could.

Ubuntu is about as bloated in a fully functional state as Windows 7 bare (aka not functional).

That being said, Ubuntu is more bloated and resource intense than many other Linux distributions out there. Of course, this is because it is designed in such a way that it can be installed easily and is compatible with most hardware immediately.

An installation of Arch Linux, while much more involved than that of Ubuntu, will run even faster than Ubuntu ever could.

Tezcatlipoca666

and then we have stuff like DSL

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

Ubuntu is about as bloated in a fully functional state as Windows 7 bare (aka not functional).

That being said, Ubuntu is more bloated and resource intense than many other Linux distributions out there. Of course, this is because it is designed in such a way that it can be installed easily and is compatible with most hardware immediately.

An installation of Arch Linux, while much more involved than that of Ubuntu, will run even faster than Ubuntu ever could.

GummiRaccoon

and then we have stuff like DSL

hahaha. yeah DSL is VERY light. It will run on really obsolete hardware if you want to. It's one of those distros that loads 100% into RAM (if you have enough) which makes it extremely snappy.

I've heard multiple times over the last year or two that Steam is coming to linux. I'm still skeptical, but it would be great if it happened.

I've heard multiple times over the last year or two that Steam is coming to linux. I'm still skeptical, but it would be great if it happened.

i_am_the_slime

I think is because they were looking for people with Linux experience and credentials but honestly, it probably has to do with something else.

I love Linux but I don't think that it will ever seen Steam. Not any time soon for sure.

Wish I could say I had the experience with Ubuntu as you. I had many minor problems that just made it a headache to use. It was about as fast Windows 7 on my laptop(yay?), it made the fan always go full blast and caused a lot of heat, battery life went completely down hill, and I couldn't run any of my movies/tv show properly (either I didn't have the proper codec or there was a s*** load of tearing).

So after a month or so of that I simply reinstalled Windows 7 and have been perfectly happy since.

Wish I could say I had the experience with Ubuntu as you. I had many minor problems that just made it a headache to use. It was about as fast Windows 7 on my laptop(yay?), it made the fan always go full blast and caused a lot of heat, battery life went completely down hill, and I couldn't run any of my movies/tv show properly (either I didn't have the proper codec or there was a s*** load of tearing).

So after a month or so of that I simply reinstalled Windows 7 and have been perfectly happy since.

EliteM0nk3y

Sounds like you were having ACPI issues or maybe a video driver issue.

Too bad video performance is crap in Lunix. Stuff like touchpad support in Linux is also not as good as Windows, and I don't like it too much on laptops.

I prefer it for servers or work compooters.

This is almost certainly driver related but my Asus G74SX actually performs better under Windows 7 than with Linux Ubuntu/Mint.

Yeah linux tries to keep things simple, Windows tries to keep things a secret. I prefer Fedora over Ubuntu but Ubuntu has so much more support and many more GUI tools so it's better for beginners or people interested in learning about linux.JohnF111

[QUOTE="JohnF111"]Yeah linux tries to keep things simple, Windows tries to keep things a secret. I prefer Fedora over Ubuntu but Ubuntu has so much more support and many more GUI tools so it's better for beginners or people interested in learning about linux.JigglyWiggly_

It may not be easy but it's simple.

Ubuntu has become a heavy OS. The last reletively light version of it I remember was 8.04. Windows 7 actually ran better for me than 10.04 on one of my other machines. If you want a good, light Windows alternative, I would take a look at Zoron OS 5. Its essentially a windows clone and you can set it to work like any MS OS from Windows 2000 up to Windows 7 and even Mac OSX

http://zorin-os.com/index.html

Ubuntu has become a heavy OS. The last reletively light version of it I remember was 8.04. Windows 7 actually ran better for me than 10.04 on one of my other machines. If you want a good, light Windows alternative, I would take a look at Zoron OS 5. Its essentially a windows clone and you can set it to work like any MS OS from Windows 2000 up to Windows 7 and even Mac OSX

http://zorin-os.com/index.html

gmaster456

which is teh best versiont o get the 32 bit or 64 biit?

my PC

8GB RAM 1600

Phenom II X4 955

GTX 570

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]

Ubuntu has become a heavy OS. The last reletively light version of it I remember was 8.04. Windows 7 actually ran better for me than 10.04 on one of my other machines. If you want a good, light Windows alternative, I would take a look at Zoron OS 5. Its essentially a windows clone and you can set it to work like any MS OS from Windows 2000 up to Windows 7 and even Mac OSX

http://zorin-os.com/index.html

msfan1289

which is teh best versiont o get the 32 bit or 64 biit?

my PC

8GB RAM 1600

Phenom II X4 955

GTX 570

I remember running Xubuntu on an old laptop. 700mhz pentium 3, 128mb ram, 10GB HDD. It booted in less than 10 seconds.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="JohnF111"]Yeah linux tries to keep things simple, Windows tries to keep things a secret. I prefer Fedora over Ubuntu but Ubuntu has so much more support and many more GUI tools so it's better for beginners or people interested in learning about linux.JohnF111

It may not be easy but it's simple.

I don't think you are using the term simple correctly.

as jiggles pointed out.

[QUOTE="JohnF111"]

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"] lunix tries to keep thigns simple? ahahahahaNailedGR

It may not be easy but it's simple.

I don't think you are using the term simple correctly.

as jiggles pointed out.

I use Ubuntu its a amazing os i like it way better then windows 7. runs way faster on any pc not just older ones. I remember in one of my theards a win fan boy kept screaming at me to prove ubuntu was faster. I posted video about how it boots up faster and loads apps faster but he said " that does not prove its faster"

I use Ubuntu its a amazing os i like it way better then windows 7. runs way faster on any pc not just older ones. I remember in one of my theards a win fan boy kept screaming at me to prove ubuntu was faster. I posted video about how it boots up faster and loads apps faster but he said " that does not prove its faster"

dontshackzmii

I use Ubuntu its a amazing os i like it way better then windows 7. runs way faster on any pc not just older ones. I remember in one of my theards a win fan boy kept screaming at me to prove ubuntu was faster. I posted video about how it boots up faster and loads apps faster but he said " that does not prove its faster"

dontshackzmii

[QUOTE="General_X"]I would like to think I clean install of Windows 7 without the bloatware that comes preinstalled on almost all prebuilts would run just as well. Could be wrong but I've seen bloat do terrible terrible things to laptops.GummiRaccoon

linux requires much less horsepower to run, regardless of how "clean" the windows 7 install works.

My ubuntu on my flash drive runs very nicely on an old 1.3Ghz single core celeron laptop.

Ubuntu isnt much faster than Windows 7 (if your cpu has the proper resources to run it) Ubuntu is very bloated. Debian takes away this bloat and the crappy Unity interface so it is much faster than either

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

I use Ubuntu its a amazing os i like it way better then windows 7. runs way faster on any pc not just older ones. I remember in one of my theards a win fan boy kept screaming at me to prove ubuntu was faster. I posted video about how it boots up faster and loads apps faster but he said " that does not prove its faster"

gmaster456

you dont need an ssd Ubuntu boots up with in under 20 seconds on most machines with a slow hard drive. He was getting all but hurt cus i would not sure him benchmarks. Even tho real world performence was faster. All videos on youtube ubuntu will be faster on the same machine.

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

I use Ubuntu its a amazing os i like it way better then windows 7. runs way faster on any pc not just older ones. I remember in one of my theards a win fan boy kept screaming at me to prove ubuntu was faster. I posted video about how it boots up faster and loads apps faster but he said " that does not prove its faster"

dontshackzmii

you dont need an ssd Ubuntu boots up with in under 20 seconds on most machines with a slow hard drive. He was getting all but hurt cus i would not sure him benchmarks. Even tho real world performence was faster. All videos on youtube ubuntu will be faster on the same machine.

No. Flash performance is WAY better under Windows... especially with hardware acceleration.

If there was gaming support for linux( and i mean real games like mass effect, skyrim, cod, assains creed you know the big boys not the that indie cr@p) i would abandon WIndows in a heart beat.Solid_Tango

[QUOTE="Solid_Tango"]If there was gaming support for linux( and i mean real games like mass effect, skyrim, cod, assains creed you know the big boys not the that indie cr@p) i would abandon WIndows in a heart beat.JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="Solid_Tango"]If there was gaming support for linux( and i mean real games like mass effect, skyrim, cod, assains creed you know the big boys not the that indie cr@p) i would abandon WIndows in a heart beat.JigglyWiggly_

Linux is okay. I've installed Linux on and off since the first very shaky days with Slackware 3.4 back in 1995. Although, most distros are usable enough at their current state nowadays, I see little in it that would make me want to switch from Windows or OSX aside from the price.

I've heard multiple times over the last year or two that Steam is coming to linux. I'm still skeptical, but it would be great if it happened.

i_am_the_slime

Ubuntu has become a heavy OS. The last reletively light version of it I remember was 8.04. Windows 7 actually ran better for me than 10.04 on one of my other machines. If you want a good, light Windows alternative, I would take a look at Zoron OS 5. Its essentially a windows clone and you can set it to work like any MS OS from Windows 2000 up to Windows 7 and even Mac OSX

http://zorin-os.com/index.html

gmaster456

Ubuntu has become a heavy OS. The last reletively light version of it I remember was 8.04. Windows 7 actually ran better for me than 10.04 on one of my other machines. If you want a good, light Windows alternative, I would take a look at Zoron OS 5. Its essentially a windows clone and you can set it to work like any MS OS from Windows 2000 up to Windows 7 and even Mac OSX

http://zorin-os.com/index.html

gmaster456

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="Solid_Tango"]If there was gaming support for linux( and i mean real games like mass effect, skyrim, cod, assains creed you know the big boys not the that indie cr@p) i would abandon WIndows in a heart beat.DevilishFalcon

[QUOTE="DevilishFalcon"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"] dats wut everyone says until they run into hell with some Lunix problems. Luckily I am lunix masterJigglyWiggly_

sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1

[QUOTE="NailedGR"]

[QUOTE="JohnF111"] It does, and succeeds from what I've seen. Boot process is simple as hell, the commands work at a very simple level and do very basic things, what isn't simple about that?

It may not be easy but it's simple.

JohnF111

I don't think you are using the term simple correctly.

as jiggles pointed out.

I've previously installed "Zorin" on my Wife's Laptop as a Dual Boot . . She About killed me when I asked her how she liked it?? :shock:

IMO, Zorin has got to be the most User Friendly Linux OS's out there? Wine already Prebuilt in to the OS, making MS progs Available. But none of it for a Non Avid PC user is either "Simple nor Easy" . .

[QUOTE="JohnF111"][QUOTE="NailedGR"]

I don't think you are using the term simple correctly.

as jiggles pointed out.

Xsan3

I've previously installed "Zorin" on my Wife's Laptop as a Dual Boot . . She About killed me when I asked her how she liked it?? :shock:

IMO, Zorin has got to be the most User Friendly Linux OS's out there? Wine already Prebuilt in to the OS, making MS progs Available. But none of it for a Non Avid PC user is either "Simple nor Easy" . .

[QUOTE="Xsan3"]

[QUOTE="JohnF111"] So how should I use it? To me it means "not elaborate". Not sure how else it could be used in this case.Hexagon_777

I've previously installed "Zorin" on my Wife's Laptop as a Dual Boot . . She About killed me when I asked her how she liked it?? :shock:

IMO, Zorin has got to be the most User Friendly Linux OS's out there? Wine already Prebuilt in to the OS, making MS progs Available. But none of it for a Non Avid PC user is either "Simple nor Easy" . .

*edit* I did however have some trouble Playing Netflix . . Theres some niggling you have to do with it, and it's supposed to work. Although I got bored with it and gave up. Its worked well with Ubuntu and Mint though...

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="Xsan3"]It's simple / or Somewhat Easy, if you already have Linux experience..
OR
Are used to Diversity among different OS's . . For a New user , theres No Way I'd recommend Linux.

I've previously installed "Zorin" on my Wife's Laptop as a Dual Boot . . She About killed me when I asked her how she liked it?? :shock:

IMO, Zorin has got to be the most User Friendly Linux OS's out there? Wine already Prebuilt in to the OS, making MS progs Available. But none of it for a Non Avid PC user is either "Simple nor Easy" . .

Xsan3

*edit* I did however have some trouble Playing Netflix . . Theres some niggling you have to do with it, and it's supposed to work. Although I got bored with it and gave up. Its worked well with Ubuntu and Mint though...

[QUOTE="Xsan3"]

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]So would pretty much anything work in Zorin?Hexagon_777

*edit* I did however have some trouble Playing Netflix . . Theres some niggling you have to do with it, and it's supposed to work. Although I got bored with it and gave up. Its worked well with Ubuntu and Mint though...

I dual-boot between Linux and Windows (and use Linux 90% of the time). Is this thinly-veiled advertisement really necessary?

Furthermore, I disagree that Ubuntu should be the flagbearer at this time. They introduce too many half-baked (unstable) features and the GUI has just gone downhill over the last couple of years, which outweighs any of the niceties they've added. By comparison I've found even independent distros (i.e. Fuduntu which I currently run), to be much more usable and stable.

[QUOTE="DevilishFalcon"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"] dats wut everyone says until they run into hell with some Lunix problems. Luckily I am lunix masterJigglyWiggly_

Well at least you had the courtesy to make it verbose. For the uninformed, don't run this. In fact, don't run any command you aren't familiar with (googling is your friend).

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]

Ubuntu has become a heavy OS. The last reletively light version of it I remember was 8.04. Windows 7 actually ran better for me than 10.04 on one of my other machines. If you want a good, light Windows alternative, I would take a look at Zoron OS 5. Its essentially a windows clone and you can set it to work like any MS OS from Windows 2000 up to Windows 7 and even Mac OSX

http://zorin-os.com/index.html

Hexagon_777