vista to ubuntu

mrdaveyk

mrdaveyk

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long story short i've got fed up with windows and moved to linux

easy question, i have a few gig of files in vista i want to move over to ubuntu

ive got dual boot of vista and ubuntu

how do i go about moving these files? or am i searching in the wrong places? cant seem to find and files i have from vista

cheers, Dai
 
gto286

gto286

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good move. i left windows aswell. i'm running the latest ubuntu. and i'm very happy with it
i've used other flavors linux had many issues with them from compatability to missing software all together. this ubuntu works great! i even have all me files etc on a external b4 i installed

microsoft can go and stick it where the sun don't shine in my opinion.....

laterzzzz
Gto
 
Bodaggit23

Bodaggit23

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I agree, if you need just a basic operating system to browse the web, check your email, and watch Youtube, Ubuntu is great.
 
Michael

Michael

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Bodaggit23 said:
I agree, if you need just a basic operating system to browse the web, check your email, and watch Youtube, Ubuntu is great.
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If all you need is a bloated operating system to spend hundreds of dollars on, hundreds of hours updating and maintaining, hundreds of (more) hours keeping free of viruses and most of your time playing games and alienating your friends with, Windows is great :rolleyes:

-Michael
 
Gooberman

Gooberman

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hmmmm, i've spent $0 on vista 0 hours updating and maintaining (because of my noob dial up lol) and i've gotten like no viruses(also because of dial up lol) :) and i play games and have friends! muhahaha
 
Michael

Michael

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Gooberman said:
hmmmm, i've spent $0 on vista 0 hours updating and maintaining (because of my noob dial up lol) and i've gotten like no viruses(also because of dial up lol) :) and i play games and have friends! muhahaha
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Pirated Vista and pre-installed Vista don't count. If you haven't updated Vista, you should.. you're putting your computer at risk by not updating it (Ubuntu, on the other hand, is virtually never at risk because of failure to update it), having 'like no viruses' isn't none. If you get just one, you've had more than me.

Oh, and friends with pocket protectors don't count ;)

-Michael
 
Gooberman

Gooberman

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I don't have pirated vista my computer is really never at risk due to my shitty bandwidth so i don't really download anything lol xD ubuntu is fun to mess with like at school i boot off live disk which is fun!

If i got to choose between ubuntu and windows i would go windows hand down
 
Michael

Michael

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Gooberman said:
I don't have pirated vista my computer is really never at risk due to my shitty bandwidth so i don't really download anything lol xD ubuntu is fun to mess with like at school i boot off live disk which is fun!

If i got to choose between ubuntu and windows i would go windows hand down
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You can contribute that choice to never 'being at risk' or having viruses. I guarantee you wouldn't feel this way after a few attacks and some nasty spyware streaming your private information to a remote server :good:

I'm sure the vast majority of users here won't have had to deal with these issues, but those same users have antivirus and antispyware hogging resources in the background at all times. So what, just buy more RAM and a better CPU, right? Those are added costs that I don't have to deal with.

I'll agree to disagree here, being as you've never fully experienced Ubuntu, and possibly Linux in general.

-Michael
 
Michael

Michael

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Bodaggit23 said:
Lol, struck a nerve eh?

Sounds like OS envy. :D
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Is this 'OS envy' something that exists, or did you make it up in your nerd-cave in your parent's basement? :rolleyes:

I can't imagine any possible way for me to envy someone for something I already own. I have 4 legitimate Windows licenses: 2 Vista Home Premium licenses, 1 Vista Home Basic license and 1 XP Professional license.
My wife runs XP on her Gateway netbook, I have an inactive Vista Home Premium partition on my laptop and our desktops have sat unused for months, both of which use the final two licenses.

-mak

EDIT: Holy cow! I just saw your post count vs. join date.. brother, you need to get out more! What is that.. 20 posts a day?!
 
Vizy

Vizy

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holy crap why is everyone taking shots at each other out of nowhere? This is why no one likes America.
 
Bodaggit23

Bodaggit23

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Vizy said:
holy crap why is everyone taking shots at each other out of nowhere? This is why no one likes America.
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:confused:

How would you know where we're from?

Anyway, I simply stated that Ubuntu is a great basic OS and someone got defensive and thought I was bashing it, and decided to get personal. :rolleyes:
 
Michael

Michael

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Bodaggit23 said:
:confused:

How would you know where we're from?

Anyway, I simply stated that Ubuntu is a great basic OS and someone got defensive and thought I was bashing it, and decided to get personal. :rolleyes:
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You've missed the point entirely. Mull it over for a few days and come back, hopefully then you'll see that this isn't personal, short of the nerd-cave comment.. because wow, you really do spend too much time here.

-Michael
 
gto286

gto286

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well... ya'll can take your windows and stick it........:cool:
i've had many windows legit and pirated... and spent more time tossing off attacks, viruses, spyware. etc etc..... then it's worth!

and i've tried all sorts of linux systems. i like ubuntu
it's what i have on all my machines and i never been happier
i won't go back to windows if it was the last o/s on earth...


and i'm a geek. but i don't have a pocket protector.
but i do know someone like that tho!! :p

laterz...
gto
 
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