Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 10 - Still a disaster zone.

On 02/08/15 21:07, Barry Drake wrote: I had Windows7 on a removable drive in a caddy on my desktop. A couple of days ago, I downloaded the Win 10 iso and did the free upgrade. the install process is painfully slow - but it worked. I was surprised MS allowed me to do it! Windows 10 itself is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 10 - Still a disaster zone.

On 02/08/15 19:24, Gareth France wrote: Today I have upgraded a family member's laptop from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. I had Windows7 on a removable drive in a caddy on my desktop. A couple of days ago, I downloaded the Win 10 iso and did the free upgrade. the install process is painfully s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows?

On 22/01/15 13:52, Barry Drake wrote: > On 22/01/15 13:43, Dave Morley wrote: >> Why would it mention Linux it is a report on the Windows 10 tech >> review launch yesterday > > Because it mentions Google Chrome and Android - both of which are > non-Windows operating systems (and both of which ar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows?

On 22/01/15 13:43, Dave Morley wrote: Why would it mention Linux it is a report on the Windows 10 tech review launch yesterday Because it mentions Google Chrome and Android - both of which are non-Windows operating systems (and both of which are Linux based). Regards,Barry. -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows?

On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:00:25 + Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there I quite like this: > http://view.email.telegraph.co.uk/?j=fe8917787060077572&m=fe991570766c027975&ls=fe1d1d70766c0d7f7d1176&l=ff051570746503&s=fe1b15767067037a7c1c76&jb=ff991674&ju=fe2615747c610774741c71&r=0 > > Pity it doe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

> >There is also the point that trying to open an ODT file in MS Office >prompts a message suggesting that file may be corrupt or contain >unreadable elements. This cleverly plants the idea in the MS user's >mind >that ODF files are in some way dodgy or of dubious quality. This is >clever, b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30/01/14 21:21, Barry Drake wrote: Microsoft has been forced into supporting ODF and is clearly very annoyed by this. A little humility and listening to ordinary folk might have gone a long way. Humility seems to be in short supply in Redmond; here is a quote about ODF standards from a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30/01/14 21:04, Gibbs wrote: > > The only files I've ever encountered which I couldn't handle were a > few Microsoft Publisher .pub Pub files are a right pain in the neck. I had a colleague once who did EVERYTHING in Publisher - and as we all know, the ONLY app that will open pub files is Publi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30 January 2014 16:34, Bea Groves wrote: > Y'know the comical thing is: when I read the subject line I had a sudden > vision of Microsoft finally giving in and going open-source! ;-) Well, quite. It should have said "Windows-free at last!" The missing hyphen changes the meaning. With a hyphe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30 de enero de 2014 21:21:18 GMT, Barry Drake wrote: >On 30/01/14 21:04, Gibbs wrote: >> I've noticed a lot more people using Libre Office, including big >> companies like British Gas, which makes life easier for /everyone/. > >Now that is interesting! Not so many years back, there was a d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30/01/14 21:04, Gibbs wrote: I've noticed a lot more people using Libre Office, including big companies like British Gas, which makes life easier for /everyone/. Now that is interesting! Not so many years back, there was a deep suspicion of open source programs. It is excellent complex sy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 29/01/14 21:03, Barry Drake wrote: > When I looked at my very rare need for Windows, I found that I only > have occasional need to use Microsoft Word to open a docx file which > is heavily formatted and shows complete garbage in Libreoffice, and > for the very occasional publisher file I am sen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30/01/14 16:34, Bea Groves wrote: Y'know the comical thing is: when I read the subject line I had a sudden vision of Microsoft finally giving in and going open-source! ;-) Nice one! Oh, but if they do that folk might find out that bits of their code are tortuous and outdated Althoug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

Within schools I think it is important to remember that Microsoft has been outdoing itself to bring educational establishments into migrating to Office365, which when you have Office 2013 and Windows 7 and above is great. It's just not so good with everything else (as the IMAP thread on this li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

Hi! Y'know the comical thing is: when I read the subject line I had a sudden vision of Microsoft finally giving in and going open-source! ;-) On 30/01/14 16:15, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/01/14 16:07, Barry Drake wrote: I've also been looking at the Open Documents thread. I think i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30 Jan 2014 16:07, "Barry Drake" wrote: > Schools are still teaching Microsoft This is changing. Slowly, but it's changing. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30/01/14 16:07, Barry Drake wrote: > I've also been looking at the Open Documents thread. I think it was > the last time we met, at a government consultation about this issue. > Government grinds very slowly Schools are still teaching > Microsoft BUT with kids using Android table

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30/01/14 11:20, alan c wrote: Congratulations Barry! I am surprised you could hold out so long! I said good bye to Windows years ago now and I actually think my health improved! Yes, really. Hi Alan .. One thing I have to use a Windows program for is to visit my local e-library. I h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 29/01/14 21:03, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... A couple of weeks ago, I did a BIOS (UEFI) update as > requested after reporting a bug. The result was that an installation of > Windows 7 which I had on a removable drive died completely and I lost > it. How unstable Windows can be at time

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 29 January 2014 21:03, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... A couple of weeks ago, I did a BIOS (UEFI) update as > requested after reporting a bug. The result was that an installation of > Windows 7 which I had on a removable drive died completely and I lost it. > How unstable Windows can be a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 19/02/13 17:40, Gareth France wrote: On 19/02/13 17:14, Rowan Berkeley wrote: My friend in Denmark has now got her Ubuntu. The main thing was, she had to re-make the stick; she had made it wrongly in some respect, the first time. It is not clear yet whether she managed the successful installa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 19/02/13 17:14, Rowan Berkeley wrote: My friend in Denmark has now got her Ubuntu. The main thing was, she had to re-make the stick; she had made it wrongly in some respect, the first time. It is not clear yet whether she managed the successful installation without having disabled all the se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

My friend in Denmark has now got her Ubuntu. The main thing was, she had to re-make the stick; she had made it wrongly in some respect, the first time. It is not clear yet whether she managed the successful installation without having disabled all the security features in the BIOS or not. If sh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 18/02/13 22:39, Alan Bell wrote: On 15/02/13 17:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the traditional BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows 8 PCs boot so fast that you’d only have a 200 m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the traditional BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows 8 PCs boot so fast that you’d only have a 200 millisecond (that’s 0.2 seconds) windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

My friend in Denmark has finally got into the BIOS on her Fujitsu machine (the one on she installed Ubuntu to replace Windows 8 without making the necessary alterations in the BIOS settings first), by hitting F2 when she sees the Fujitsu logo. She has sent me a series of photos of the screens.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 18:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 15/02/13 17:40, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:40, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15 February 2013 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 15/02/13 17:34, Gareth France wrote: >> >> On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >>> >>> >>> Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the >>> Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the traditional BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows 8 PCs boot so fast that you’d only have a 200 millisecond (that’s 0.2 seconds) window of opportunity to press the key com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 15/02/13 17:34, Gareth France wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:34, Gareth France wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the Win

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the Windows 8 machinery for getting into UEFI us

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the >> Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu >> 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the >> Windows 8 machinery for getting into UEFI us no longer there, how in fact >> wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 15/02/13 16:44, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: "Windows 7 won't solve the problem, because it won't give you access to UEFI. What does that mean? UEFI is something which Windows 7, Windows 8, 64-bit Ubuntu, Fedora and prob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 16:44, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: "Windows 7 won't solve the problem, because it won't give you access to UEFI. What does that mean? UEFI is something which Windows 7, Windows 8, 64-bit Ubuntu, Fedora and probably other Linux distros support. It's bak

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: "Windows 7 won't solve the problem, because it won't give you access to UEFI. What does that mean? UEFI is something which Windows 7, Windows 8, 64-bit Ubuntu, Fedora and probably other Linux distros support. It's baked into the machine just like the B

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: I managed to get back in touch with my luckless friend in Denmark. She said she was thinking of installing Windows 7 on the machine, which she thought would give her access to BIOS. I replied as below. Comments and corrections will be welcome, since afte

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

I managed to get back in touch with my luckless friend in Denmark. She said she was thinking of installing Windows 7 on the machine, which she thought would give her access to BIOS. I replied as below. Comments and corrections will be welcome, since after all I know very little. "Windows 7 won

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 14/02/13 19:29, Dave Morley wrote: On 14/02/13 19:24, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 14/02/13 18:28, Dave Morley wrote: On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and tried to i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/02/13 19:24, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 14/02/13 18:28, Dave Morley wrote: >> On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >>> An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical >>> reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 14/02/13 18:28, Dave Morley wrote: On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and tried to install Ubuntu direct from the website, despite my detailed explanations and warni

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 14/02/13 17:57, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >> Hi, >> >> An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical >> reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and >> tried to install Ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 14/02/13 17:57, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >> Hi, >> >> An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical >> reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and >> tried to install Ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 14/02/13 17:57, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Hi, An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and tried to install Ubuntu direct from the website, despite my detailed explanations and warnings about this. She now has no Win

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 08 June 2010 16:15 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD Hi James, On 5 June 2010 16:29, James - SJ Computers wrote: > I'm pretty sure that Microsoft don't have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

Hi James, On 5 June 2010 16:29, James - SJ Computers wrote: > I'm pretty sure that Microsoft don't have issues with the duplication of > their disks. It's the licences that matter. After all, Microsoft even offer > an option to download the ISO direct from them: > > http://www.microsoft.com/downl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD Hi Guys I would caution that just because Microsoft (or any other software supplier for that matter) says that a particular action constitutes a copyright infringement does not necessarily make it legally true. For the time being at le

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

Hi Guys I would caution that just because Microsoft (or any other software supplier for that matter) says that a particular action constitutes a copyright infringement does not necessarily make it legally true. For the time being at least, the law of the land ultimately overrides a EULA. Nige

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

On 4 June 2010 21:43, Daniel Case wrote: > Alan, > > I was not aware either that it was copyright theft to use another CD > with your original license. > > Infact, i thought the following was true: > ttp://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

On 4 June 2010 22:43, Daniel Case wrote: > (2) The original recovery media or hard-disk based recovery image > associated with the PC. How is a "burnt Windows XP Home CD" (your words) sent via post to someone either 'original recovery' or 'hard-disk based recovery image'? I'm not after an argume

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

Alan, I was not aware either that it was copyright theft to use another CD with your original license. Infact, i thought the following was true: ttp://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%20License%20Guide.pdf According to this, any PC that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

Hi Everyone Please accept my apologies, I posted to the list as I reckoned most were experienced computer users and would probably have an old copy of windows floating around which they were no longer using seeing as they were Ubuntu users. Alan, please note I was not fully aware of the copyright

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

Rob In all honesty, you will stand a better chance of saving your friends 38 GiB of music by using an Ubuntu Live CD (or similar) than you will with a Win XP disc. Personally I would boot the machine from the live CD and then copy the data off to a safe media. Then you can re-install Windows once

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

On 04/06/10 19:38, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Daniel/all > > On 4 June 2010 19:33, Daniel Case wrote: >> As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i >> can post it if you like as i no longer >> have a need for it. >> > > Ugh. Remember where you are. This is an Ubuntu list and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

Hi Daniel/all On 4 June 2010 19:33, Daniel Case wrote: > As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i > can post it if you like as i no longer > have a need for it. > Ugh. Remember where you are. This is an Ubuntu list and it's not really the done thing for us to be dis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

Michael, i have a burnt Windows XP Home CD due to the fact that mine actually snapped As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i can post it if you like as i no longer have a need for it. An OEM copy of XP will work, its just a case of having the drivers. If it has a S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

On 04/06/10 19:11, Michael G Fletcher wrote: >> What make is his laptop? >> >> Rob > > A Dell Inspiron 6000... trying to save his 38GB of music :-( > > I got it to the point where it loads the Welcome screen, but when I > logon the user, it just automatically logs me out again. I can get > into th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

> What make is his laptop? > > Rob > > -- A Dell Inspiron 6000... trying to save his 38GB of music :-( I got it to the point where it loads the Welcome screen, but when I logon the user, it just automatically logs me out again. I can get into the safe-mode with command prompt, and tried to insta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

On 04/06/10 17:47, Michael G Fletcher wrote: > Hi Guys > > Haven't been on the list in ages! Hope everyone is well and enjoying > 10.04 as much as I am :-) > > I'm trying to fix a Computer of a friend of mine and it has Windows XP > Home edition on it. I only have a copy of Windows XP Professional

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

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-type=original > > Anyone done this? > If so, a

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

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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Someone has already thought of this before: http://blog.markvdb.be/2007/10/support-free-software-buy-this-copy-of.html Mj On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Russell Green < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2008/11/19 David King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I think that Microsoft reduced the price of Vis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

2008/11/19 David King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think that Microsoft reduced the price of Vista recently, as it was > selling so badly. Now they have to give it away in competitions, so > trying to sell it probably will not raise much money. > > David King > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

I think that Microsoft reduced the price of Vista recently, as it was selling so badly. Now they have to give it away in competitions, so trying to sell it probably will not raise much money. David King -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Why don't you just sell it and get the baby a new hat (or whatever treat you feel like) Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

++ to the idea of selling it and donating to your fave FOSS project. :) BinaryDigit on UbuntuForums.org Lizzeh.com Support open source! On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:11:53 + > "Alan Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 20

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:11:53 + "Alan Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/17 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw > > and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure > > that it's the retail ver

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

James Milligan wrote: > I know you're all going to hate me lol, but I'm like Paul, I use Windows > Vista a lot for schoolwork etc, and I do a lot of heavy gaming. I can understand using windows for gaming but I have never found any school or college work I could not get done just as easy, if not e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 17:05, davmor2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:53:04 +, "Chris Coulson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/11/17 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

You could sell it on ebay, then donate some or all of the money to your favourite FOSS project. It is the easiest way to use it for some good in the FOSS world as far as I can see. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > So I just won a copy of Wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Paul Sutton wrote: > Javad Ayaz wrote: >> Buy ubuntu get windows free? >> >> 2008/11/17 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> Hey guys, >> >> So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw >> and figured that it's no use to me as an Ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Javad Ayaz wrote: > Buy ubuntu get windows free? > > 2008/11/17 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hey guys, > > So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw > and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:53:04 +, "Chris Coulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/17 Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Hey guys, >> >> So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw >> and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure >> th

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