New Ubuntu Problem

bigfellla said:
this all sounds a great deal harder than windows 7 which takes 15 minutes to install on my machine.
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Cruncbang Linux takes the same amount of time. It's just about whether you know what your doing or not. Dual booting is by no means a hard task, at all.
 
Never happened to me on the countless windows 7 installs ive done. My point here is, Win 7 does everything linux or any open source os does, with a much larger driver support out of the box. I just think more attention should be given to the pitfalls when a newbie is recommended this os.
 
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Mine cost $11 shipping via Donortec.

Either way, its lets than 100 bucks on newegg. If you value (in dollars) your time, its a bargain. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

oh, and it works.

Not saying don't try it, but a young user who I spent 2 days with just getting his computer functional, shouldn't just go for it with an open source distro without proper warnings. I see it over and over again. Supporters (which i am one) of open source software are too keen to push people to it, without a proper assessment of their skills.
 
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i am just saying, nothing is free.

and btw it takes not much longer than 15 minutes to install on my machine. is there something wrong with that?
 
Are you saying ubuntu is as easy and as quick to install on the average machine as Win 7?

It also appears that 11.04 buggers up the bcd. Not cool.
 
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bigfellla said:
Are you saying ubuntu is as easy and as quick to install on the average machine as Win 7?

It also appears that 11.04 buggers up the bcd. Not cool.
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how do you suggest that they multiboot without messing up the copywritten windows MBR (assuming that you mean by BCD)?
and its only really an issue when removing the ubuntu partition, where the install writes the grub install.


Yes, it is as easy, if not easier to install in a normal machine than Windows.
For example, comes with 99% of the needed drivers for most machines. My acer needs a driver for Ethernet and Wireless under windows, but all the way back to 6.04 has the drivers necessary for my machine right from install. You (nobody for that matter) can argue against the security advantages, and price advantage of Linux over Windows.
 
Ive never had a virus with Windows either.

My OS was free.

Windows 7 has the largest driver support of any OS.

Read the forums and see the troubles with multiboot stuff ups. Which clearly jonny (OP) may agree with.

Lets not argue, but linux is hardly market ready. Almost all attempts to commercialise it (ie replace windows) have failed. BTW, this is my opinion, doesn't require your acceptance ;)
 
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Again,although free, the OEM market is huge, and attempts by many major sellers have tried to sell computers with linux etc installed. All have failed. Why because it is not as user friendly as Windows, nor is it as supported by 3rd party software, nor do many ISPs offer linux technical support. All of this adds up to one big headache.

Google is free. You think Google isnt a commercial organisation?

And btw, i meant BCD, not MBR as I was talking about Windows 7. :rolleyes:
 
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its plenty user friendly if you even try to learn.
3rd party software, hmmm... Its called wine, or just simply installing it as is. Office 2003, 2007, BC2, MOH, 18WOSALH, photoshop, Call of Juarez 1 & 2 and im sure more (these are ones I have used) will install and run on linux just fine.
 
well i just said screw it and after reinstalling 11.04 with wubi, i restarted and it went fine, no problems, so, yep.

is the gnome 3 for 11.04 or 10.04, cuz i don't wanna do it again if it's gunna do that again.
 
so only 11.04, cuz hat's what's in now, but on windows currently, guess i'll reboot and start that stuff, and can you get flash on ubuntu, cuz it said it couldn't find the required driver or whatever when i tried to run jango (less commercials than pandora) and when on comp. it's too boring without music.
 
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