I have an application that runs in dos (real dos not a terminal) and I needed to know the IO port a piece of hardware used under M$, I *thought* it might be the same under Ubuntu but wanted to make sure.
So I resurrected a machine that has been off for nearly 2 years, it was a dual boot of Vist* 64 and Ubuntu 8.04 64. I had to change the video card as I had canabalised it before to fix another machine, so I put in an old Nvidia 5200 (a reasonable card in it day), Ubuntu booted fine, then tried Vist*, BLOO** H**L what a shock to the system. SLOW to load, SLOW to show folders, and it didn't recognise the raid card (the one I wanted the IO info from) so I had to d/l a driver, then when it rebooted no VIDEO!! (it recognised that I had installed a NV 5200 card as it told me so, even told me it had installed the driver HA!) So eventually I found the card that used to be in it, and rebooted again, this time video/blank screen OOPS! WHY a blank screen for 10-20 seconds (monitor went to standby), then video again. Finally installed the driver (another re-boot) and was able to get the info I wanted..... What a PAIN IN THE A**. I am glad I left it for dead TWO YEARS AGO! If I was still using it and contemplating the new W7 the price would be enough to put me off, I can buy A COMPLETE PC for the price of an UPGRADE license (Over £150) I found the "Vista Experience" a bit bland (performance on the goodness meter was 5.0) after running Compiz, NO control over what happens at all, you either get it or you don't, The side bar I tuned off after the first 5 minutes, and I don't feel that I have missed anything (other than the annoying prompts and no network issues) over the past 2 years. Way to go LINUX!! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
