Hola Tom ! you've got it ! Linux/Ubuntu's big weakness: too many choices !
Me? I use 3 different music players, 3 different browsers, and many
different image display apps.
Why? Because it's there !
AllenGG
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
There's a shiny
Hola gang ! If you have problems please switch to Ubuntu Forums, very
helpful, and try the search feature !
The Ubuntu Forum Community - Ubuntu
Forumshttp://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=130
AllenGG
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:43 PM, IDWMaster
web...@elcnet.servehttp.comwrote:
Thanks! Had
Good point Pako !
If you have tried Vista, you understand !
If you try Win 7, good luck.
In future we will be paying for some specialised programming, and businesses
can live with that.
Ubuntu is spreading only because it works.
Me? using Ubuntu for 5 years (or 6?)
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:51
Hello Freidrich ! First, all operating systems have bugs.
Probably Ubuntu is one of the best versions of Linux, but it is not, and
never will be, completely free of bugs. Most are minor.
Some O/S's are littered with bugs, many crucial and painful. For example
Windows Vista.
On comparison Ubuntu
It is very good to hear from an average user. His complaints are standard
fare, ones that we have heard repeatedly, and perhaps a few that need to be
addressed.
First: to Bob. Linux is free, no need to buy anything, therefore no funds
generated fpr marketing support. Microsoft is one of the
Thanks for your comments John, (see his blog: http://john-os.blogspot.com/ )
Some of us here see things a little differently. First, although Microsoft
Corp., is not evil please ask yourself why so many fines and lawsuits have
gone against the company in the last 5 years see:
*And is there a business plan that involves making money to pay for
advertising ?*
Allengg
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Martin Božič
martin.bo...@gmail.comwrote:
Mozilla had an ad in NYT in 2004 when they released Firefox 1.0, funded
by donations FF users. I don't know how much did this
This is an old question, that has many answers. Technically yes. Did you
agree to the EULA ? Did you refuse the EULA when prompted ? If you
accepted and ran Windows, the answer is no.
Did MS Windows come with some original disks and a key ? If not, forget
it.
Did MS Windows come with recovery
This popular blog has something to say about UBUNTU,
here:
10 Things That WON'T Happen In 2009 | Hardware Software |
bMighty.comhttp://www.bmighty.com/hardware_software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212700689pgno=4
--
http://picasaweb.google.com/allenggraham/Mazatlan#
--
Microsoft has a
*Si ! Tiago, y bueno !*
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Tiago Ribeiro zak...@gmail.com
wrote:
I just offered mentorship to this bug relating the ubuntu-pt team (the
Portuguese LoCO team).
I use Ubuntu since Dapper Drake (that is 6.06, so June 2006) and only in
2008 I started to write in
Hola Kylea RE: myth, banks force users to have Windows license . In the
U.S. and Canada NO bank forces anyone to have such a license. But NOTE the
sites might say that you have to use IE$,6.7 Phone the bank and ask.
Tell them that the security breach is so great that it's a danger to all. *This
Hola Tom ! you are correct, techs are alloed to charge for service,* their
time*, to repair software problems.
Notice that Canonical , see: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/partners/
does have paid support and you can become a partner.
Canonical, Ubuntu the connection !!
Allengg
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009
We need to add this to the story, yes, there is a happy ending
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=719140
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM, houstonbofh leesh...@hal-pc.org
wrote:
Alexandros wrote:
http://austinist.com/2008/12/10/aisd_teacher_throws_fit_over_studen.php
Two excellent posts on how to solve the # 1 bug !
First, note that KYLEA used KUbubtu, KDE, on the laptop, how many of us
stick to O-Ubuntu ? (Gnome)
Other editions of Ubuntu make sense but overlooked.
OK, Tom notes that he heard negative remarks about Linux, in general.
Problem here is simple,
Good one Lee!!
Wish that there were more techs like you, and yes, there is money to be made
in the service sector with Linux.
We have a long way to go.
Allengg
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:36 AM, houstonbofh leesh...@hal-pc.org
wrote:
Allen Graham wrote:
OK, Tom notes that he heard negative
Here again, two old arguments:
1. Linux does not come pre-installed. My answer: are people still buying
crappy hardware instead of having it assembled ? Most good techies will
install Linux for you, and charge for the labor. In Apple or MS-Windows you
pay a heavy price for programs, the profit
To Gizmo : I have personally set up OpenOffice and Microsoft Office/123 on
many computers.
First: OpenOffice will read all of MS Office files, *MSOffice will not.*
Next, everyone can use OpenOffice, I've given up trying to help users with
MSOffice, I now switch them over, on the spot, and I can
TO: gizmoguy, and others that feel the same way. UBUNTU is NOT in
competition with Microsoft.
It is a shame that MS has a huge market share with, what most of us feel,
is very poor quality programming, lousy code.
Next: UBUNTU is a not-for-profit movement. Thanks to Mark Shuttleworth and
his
Why don't you just change the fonts and colors ? It's easy.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:46 AM, John Botscharow
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Amir makes some excellent points. I totally agree with him, especially
on the fonts.
I have both Windows Vista and Ubuntu 8.10 installed on my computer and I
*Aha !!!
you now understand the complexities of not for profit !
Awareness campaigns to promote Linux are rare events, extremely limited
in reach, and met by all sorts of formal bureaucratic obstacles, by
governments, academia, as well as industry.
*
*Microsoft and Apple are about profit.
Try
Hi manishmahabir, excellent suggestion !
At this time the same a similiar approach can be used by KNOPPIX , live cd,
, and watch as it loads.
Allen
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:41 AM, manishmahabir [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Today Ubuntu has reached a stage where it can successfully
Hola Fran, actually, it;s a big deal, support and service with Linux is
very intense.
Allen
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Fran McLoughlin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Here we go - Tiger Direct Canada doing it's bit to endorse Linux...
I know its not much but here is a company willing to
Wow rarely have I read comments as out of touch as those made by Simon
Lugi.
He is to be forgiven, as a recent convert to Linux / Ubuntu he can not be
expected to know the history. First Linux is not a company, and Ubuntu is
a product developed by many hands, mostly as free input.
Marketing
Note to John and others : *building a PC*. Anyone can go to ANY small
computer shop, talk to a techie, and have a computer built, CHEAPER and
BETTER ! Ask your techie which O/S he/she is using, if it is not Linux, get
another techie. Every techie that I know that is any good, uses Linux. Most
they are following the logical
path, do it right.
Why don't you lobby Broadcom ? You (and so did I) purchased their wireless
product.
Join the community, the waters' fine !
Allen Graham
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Dereck Wonnacott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
It's really part of Bug # 1proprietary software, perpetuated by
Microsoft, Apple, and many other companies is there for those groups to hold
a market niche, or worse a major grab! FOSS, free open source software,
Good point !!
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Srikrishna Das [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
My laptop came with linpus and no X.
Thats really great!!! And moreover atheros wi-fi was not working in linpus
either.
They could just have put any graphical version or atleast mention in their
website
Good post Iain !!!
The problem is not lack of interest to that we could add: in what ?
My friends who visit me here, in Mazatlan Mexico have no choice but to use
my Ubuntu laptop, do they complain, not once ! Oh they miss the blue screen
of death, but...
They notice that it's quicker, easier, but
Wow ! Mr. O Wyssis one ticked-off user.
Starting from the bottom. Mac O/SX which is sloppy at best is a
Unix/Linux derivative and I've only used it when helping Mac owners, is not
impressive.
Is Ubuntu stalled ?? No . While the number of computer users grows wildly
worldwide, especially
Note: ptoye makes some valid, and strong points. Every user will have a
different experience and one aspect will be the type of equipment that
person is using. How many of us shop for Linux friendly computer
equipment ?
Four years ago my system of choice, for Ubuntu was an AMD 64 based mobo.
A sr, Narea, which suggestion ?
gracias, Allen (in Mexico, where MS dominates)
*
My suggestions: Allow as many people as possible to use your Linux system
Load Ubuntu / Linux on systems belonging to your
friends
On systems previosly ruined
Well done Richard, a step...
Look at Richard's comments re: converting docs, and Photoshop, note that
G-Thumb image viewer will do most things that most users need and is part of
the UBUNTU package, http://gthumb.sourceforge.net
BUT: the real demon in this picture is best described on GROKLAW,
Right on !! Kilz !!!good going. 64bit Ubuntu works great, no other O/S
can cut it. And for mission critical stuff it's the only way.
Looking forward to seeing your nsplugin wrapper', although , thanks to
Ubuntu, no strong need here (yet).
Tell people the truth ! There are way too many
Thanks OK Amir !
Lots of us are equally curious. With the latest forays into cross-licensing
and other such ilk it would seem apparent that proprietary drivers will
be ground into dust. There are many free operating systems, most will just
hack' the drivers, or come up with a workaround. The
proprietary code to
prove theur case.
Allen Graham, an 'oldtimer' from Bobcaygeon Ontario (prev: Toronto and
Key West , yes that AG)
--
Microsoft has a majority market share
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is the bug
code to prove
theur case.
Allen Graham, an 'oldtimer' from Bobcaygeon Ontario (prev: Toronto and Key
West , yes that AG)
On 5/16/07, Conrad Knauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://limulus.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/microsofts-new-business-model-
extortion/ for more details.
--
Time
Buenas Dias ! y hola Jesus !
You have raised some excellent ideas, (muy poco Espanol)
It would be very easy to start a business such as this one:
http://system76.com/index.php/cPath/1
And with Vista coming from Microsoft it will be very difficult for
students to buy new computers, it is very
Hi, to me Linux is so superior to Microsoft Windows or Mac that I put up
with the problems,
BUT , you're right. And I keep a MS Windows laptop handy.
Allen
On 5/11/07, dsula [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The difference between windows and linux is, that windows simply works,
whereas for linux you
To: F+P at mommedia,
first, uninstall Firefox completely after you have saved your bookmarks.Next,
install 'Opera' or Konquerer or ??
This assumes you have done a full antivirus, sweep, and anti-everything ,
ads, popups, etc.
Which Distro are you using ? If you're using a Windows O/S you will
Hold on Kilz !ill
For 2+ years Ubuntu 64 bit was and is the only O/S that will work and does
work on my 64 bit system.
On 3/24/07, Kilz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The gap in market share may get worse. 32bit hardware is no longer being
sold or manufactured. The 64bit version of
John, you said it all !!
Thanks,
Allen
On 3/17/07, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a complete newbie at this and I thought I would share some comments.
I love anything Open and found out about Ubuntu when installing
OpenOffice. Have been using Gmail and Firefox for years.
I have never
Right on !
On 1/25/07, Michael Erskine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vista will fix this one ;)
--
Microsoft has a majority market share
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1
--
http://adventures-with-the-rascals.blogspot.com/
--
Microsoft has a majority market share
, but not for the
'feint of heart'.
Help us overcome the big nasty problem created by the Patent Office, call
or inundate with email, your elected representative, get him/her/it onside.
The U.S. created the problem, but there are many more of us out here in the
real world.
Allen Graham (Canada-Mexico
We note that Mark makes an excellent point, but most of us believe that the
spirit of co-operation emanates from Ubuntu. Again, thanks to Canonical.
We need more people like Mark, that would overcome the BUG problem
Allen
On 10/28/06, Mark Shuttleworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Allen
It looks like Medical-Wei has hit on one of the biggest problems, namely
the variety of Linux distros. There is too much unnessary friction among
the various groups, some for the valid reason that they are commercial, such
as RED HAT. But Debian-Ubuntu-Mepis for example should work together, they
Halo Sopo !!!
23 years ago I was using a PC in my business, along with a colour monitor,
and I was not an IT specialist. Even then there was a choice between DOS and
Unix. But today everyone needs to access a computer and the 'net. Everyone
needs to understand the computer they are driving. At
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