Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows 7 features comparison

Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/9/19 Vinothan Shankar : >> Maximum CPU chips: probably 64 (standard in Linux kernel, I believe) > > I thought it could scale to 4096 now? (Or was that just an xkcd comic? > I forget...) > I'm pretty sure that's just XKCD. And it's certainly not in 2.6.28, which i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows 7 features comparison

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vinothan Shankar wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> Hi > >> the following wiki pedia page > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions > >> there is a comparison of windows 7 versions, just wondered if anyone >> could imagine there was a column

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows 7 features comparison

2009/9/19 Vinothan Shankar : > Maximum CPU chips: probably 64 (standard in Linux kernel, I believe) I thought it could scale to 4096 now? (Or was that just an xkcd comic? I forget...) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows 7 features comparison

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > the following wiki pedia page > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions > > there is a comparison of windows 7 versions, just wondered if anyone > could imagine there was a column for ubuntu which features (or e

[ubuntu-uk] windows 7 features comparison

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi the following wiki pedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions there is a comparison of windows 7 versions, just wondered if anyone could imagine there was a column for ubuntu which features (or equilvent ) would be ticked, for ex

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 06/08/09 08:53, Sean Miller wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Alan Lord (News) >> wrote: >> >>> Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue >>> hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 for a locked down, proprietary >>> OS wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On 06/08/09 08:53, Sean Miller wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue >> hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 for a locked down, proprietary >> OS with virtually no applications doesn't float my b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue > hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 for a locked down, proprietary > OS with virtually no applications doesn't float my boat. If you pay £219.99 you've been conned.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 08:34 +0100, Gordon wrote: > "Alan Lord (News)" > wrote in message news:h5dvv8$ra...@ger.gmane.org... > > > > Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue > > hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 > Surely that a description of Kubuntu? -- Seek

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

"Alan Lord (News)" wrote in message news:h5dvv8$ra...@ger.gmane.org... > > Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue > hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 :-) Getting mine for £44 Still thinking of using it in a VM. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On 06/08/09 00:51, Sean Miller wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Gordon wrote: >> Interesting. I'm running RC at the moment and am NOT seeing it "chock full >> of those really annoying popups " at all. > > a. I ran it for several months under Virtualbox with 512mb allocated > and it was fi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

"Alan Lord (News)" wrote in message news:h5ci32$ua...@ger.gmane.org... > On 05/08/09 12:05, Gordon wrote: >> Anyone done this? >> If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? >> > > Yep. > > It ran fine in a VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu. > > I hated it. Win7 was chock full of those really annoying

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Gordon wrote: > Interesting. I'm running RC at the moment and am NOT seeing it "chock full > of those really annoying popups " at all. a. I ran it for several months under Virtualbox with 512mb allocated and it was fine b. I don't remember any annoying pop-ups eith

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 19:13 +0100, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote: > those really annoying popups and > wizards that try to tell you what you don't really want to do... How I love those. Tell us more. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On 05/08/09 12:05, Gordon wrote: > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > Yep. It ran fine in a VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu. I hated it. Win7 was chock full of those really annoying popups and wizards that try to tell you what you don't really want to do... It didn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

I have done it as well, in VMware (I downloaded a premade VMware image of Windows 7). It worked okay, but I will not be buying a copy or using it regularly. It is not as good as Linux, and although an improvement on Vista, it is still not good value for money. Although the free beta which lasts

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

Mike Paglia wrote: > I have been running the Windows 7 beta under parallels for the iMac > and it runs a treat. I have also tried it in virtualbox running in a > virtual instance of Ubuntu on the iMac and again it performs really well. You can VirtualBox on Ubuntu which was running in a VM? That

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

Gordon wrote: > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > Yes, I managed to get it running on VirtualBox. Basically as long as you can give it enough memory (I think it's a minimum of 512MB, but more ideally about 1 to 2GB) then it should work okay. Of course it'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

> Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:05:40 +0100 > From: "Gordon" > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine? > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >reply

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

> Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? Yes, a couple of times with various betas under VirtualBox... It runs fine, and has nice wallpaper... :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

I have been running the Windows 7 beta under parallels for the iMac and it runs a treat. I have also tried it in virtualbox running in a virtual instance of Ubuntu on the iMac and again it performs really well. Both tests out performed a native install on a dell 620 laptop (ok I know my iMac is zi

[ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

Anyone done this? If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

On 17/07/09 02:39, Liam Proven wrote: > There is a chance for Linux, but it's a very tough battle ahead. > Unfortunately, I think the bad experiences of hundreds of thousands of > people with Linux netbooks will put them off for a long time to come. I don't think it is as bad as the press would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

2009/7/16 Robert Flatters : > Well i have down loaded installed Window 7 RC 7100 and at first glance yes > there seems to be a likeness to  quite a few Linux OS's and for that matter > Mac OS X as well, but i think Micro$oft have learned from their failing of > Vista.  So what i would say is to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

Well i have down loaded installed Window 7 RC 7100 and at first glance yes there seems to be a likeness to quite a few Linux OS's and for that matter Mac OS X as well, but i think Micro$oft have learned from their failing of Vista. So what i would say is to the Linux guy they better wake up cos t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

John Just go here Its a Linux Foundation project. Dale On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:09 PM, John wrote: > What is Moblin, I have an Acer One with Ubuntu 9.04 on it, what does it > do? Does it run off the netbook or what? > > John > > Dale Clarke wrote: > > My two lads use only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

What is Moblin, I have an Acer One with Ubuntu 9.04 on it, what does it do? Does it run off the netbook or what? John Dale Clarke wrote: > My two lads use only one thing outside of web browser and that is > games and that's changing as they prefer Eve rather than paying > through the nose for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

My two lads use only one thing outside of web browser and that is games and that's changing as they prefer Eve rather than paying through the nose for buggy software. I personally, am a Google fan so do everything via that with only my Story 'Writers cafe' software separately. when that appears on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

John wrote: > Has anybody seen this, and does anybody have Windows 7 to compare. > > I find this quite interesting though. > > http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2770&tag=nl.e550 > > John > I did have Windows 7 installed, in fact I'll be sticking it on the wife's PC this week too. I'd agree with so

[ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 same as Ubuntu........

Has anybody seen this, and does anybody have Windows 7 to compare. I find this quite interesting though. http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2770&tag=nl.e550 John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

yep -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Holloway Sent: 22 October 2008 17:26 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 > http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1.html > Haha!! Love

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

> http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1.html > Haha!! Love a good chuckle. Theyre missing one: Windows 7 Crash Free Edition: :~$ uname -a Windows 7 michael-desktop 2.6.39-8-generic #1 SMP Wed Oct 22 01:30:40 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

buntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 > In return I sent him a CD with Ubuntu 8.04.1 and he has agreed to try > it. However, is Windows 7 a joke or what? I like the Mac based based high security version and the EU version designed to not do anything :-) Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

> In return I sent him a CD with Ubuntu 8.04.1 and he has agreed to try > it. However, is Windows 7 a joke or what? I like the Mac based based high security version and the EU version designed to not do anything :-) Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

That link is definitely a joke. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

On Behalf Of norman Sent: 22 October 2008 16:21 To: ubuntu-uk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 My brother, who uses XP on a desktop and Vista on a laptop, has started to ask questions about Ubuntu. Then, today, he sent me this:- http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

2008/10/22 norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My brother, who uses XP on a desktop and Vista on a laptop, has started > to ask questions about Ubuntu. Then, today, he sent me this:- > > http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1.html > > In return I sent him a CD with Ubuntu 8.04.1 a

[ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

My brother, who uses XP on a desktop and Vista on a laptop, has started to ask questions about Ubuntu. Then, today, he sent me this:- http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1.html In return I sent him a CD with Ubuntu 8.04.1 and he has agreed to try it. However, is Window