Comments on: Linux Is Now A Little Easier With Wubi http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:42:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mark Spearman http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-2007 Mark Spearman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:22:37 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-2007 By using the term "common people" I meant people who have non-computer related jobs and cannot spend 14 hours a day exploring the finer points of Linux. Nothing against those who do, nothing against those who do not. If you pay much attention to Linux forums, you'll understand what I mean. There are some folks who take great pride in their depth of Linux knowledge and will flame any post from someone who does not. Ubuntu has much less of this garbage to sort through in their forums. Wubi and Ubuntu are targeted towards those of us who do not have the time to worry about the enormous amount there is to learn about Linux. The older installs required you to learn many new things just to run the operating system. There is as much technical information one could learn with Windows if they wanted to, but since Windows was programmed with the user's ease of use as their primary objective, you can have a "common" non-technical person performing productive tasks very quickly. By using the term “common people” I meant people who have non-computer related jobs and cannot spend 14 hours a day exploring the finer points of Linux. Nothing against those who do, nothing against those who do not. If you pay much attention to Linux forums, you’ll understand what I mean. There are some folks who take great pride in their depth of Linux knowledge and will flame any post from someone who does not. Ubuntu has much less of this garbage to sort through in their forums.

Wubi and Ubuntu are targeted towards those of us who do not have the time to worry about the enormous amount there is to learn about Linux. The older installs required you to learn many new things just to run the operating system. There is as much technical information one could learn with Windows if they wanted to, but since Windows was programmed with the user’s ease of use as their primary objective, you can have a “common” non-technical person performing productive tasks very quickly.

]]> By: John http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-2006 John Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:06:34 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-2006 I am a windows user. Last week I installed ubuntu using Wubi. Had some problems getting my monitor resolution right. The people on the ubuntu forum are super nice and very helpful and want you to succeed. You have to do a bit of checking around but its worth it in my option. I find myself spending more time in ubuntu than windows. I have no idea who the author thinks are "common people". I am a windows user. Last week I installed ubuntu using Wubi. Had some problems getting my monitor resolution right.

The people on the ubuntu forum are super nice and very helpful and want you to succeed. You have to do a bit of checking around but its worth it in my option. I find myself spending more time in ubuntu than windows.

I have no idea who the author thinks are “common people”.

]]> By: Everitt Mickey http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1625 Everitt Mickey Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:12:03 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1625 speaking of giggle bites. We've come a long way huh? My first computer was a Trash Eighty. It has KILO bytes of main memory and not too damn many of them. RAM?....it is to laugh. It had a cassette drive. 8 giggle bites is soooooo far beyond that.... and in such a short time. speaking of giggle bites.

We’ve come a long way huh? My first computer was a Trash Eighty. It has KILO bytes of main memory and not too damn many of them. RAM?….it is to laugh. It had a cassette drive.

8 giggle bites is soooooo far beyond that…. and in such a short time.

]]> By: Mark Spearman http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1573 Mark Spearman Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:27:40 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1573 I tried it too. I picked the wrong option and wiped out Windows once. It was basically a wasted weekend by the time I was done. Things like Wubi are sure helping though. I tried it too. I picked the wrong option and wiped out Windows once. It was basically a wasted weekend by the time I was done. Things like Wubi are sure helping though.

]]> By: Mark Spearman http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1572 Mark Spearman Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:25:28 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1572 Try Wubi Everitt. If the LiveCD works, Wubi most likely will too. Running off the CD is so slow, but the Wubi install flies. At home on a fast connection, everything Internet related worked faster and smoother. You need at 9gb for the install, 8 was the absolute minimum. Try Wubi Everitt. If the LiveCD works, Wubi most likely will too. Running off the CD is so slow, but the Wubi install flies. At home on a fast connection, everything Internet related worked faster and smoother. You need at 9gb for the install, 8 was the absolute minimum.

]]> By: Everitt Mickey http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1556 Everitt Mickey Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:07:39 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1556 I too want to migrate to Linux. I'm hesitate to make the move. It's inevitable though. I refuse to use VISTA and after a while XP will become unsupported/unusable. In a short time XP will no longer be available on new computers nor retail. I've taken steps to stave off that day,however. I have an unopened box containing a shiny new version (as of several months ago) of XP Professional stashed away. When I'm forced to buy a new computer(s) I'll get a geek to reformat the hard drive and install XP as the operating system. Still....I see Ubuntu in my future. Perhaps I should begin to "test the waters" by using a LiveCD version of Linux. Probably won't. I view computers as some to USE...not something to tinker with. When I need it I just want it to work....and not have to mess with it. So it'll be panic-city one day........hope that day's a long time off. I too want to migrate to Linux. I’m hesitate to make the move. It’s inevitable though. I refuse to use VISTA and after a while XP will become unsupported/unusable. In a short time XP will no longer be available on new computers nor retail. I’ve taken steps to stave off that day,however. I have an unopened box containing a shiny new version (as of several months ago) of XP Professional stashed away. When I’m forced to buy a new computer(s) I’ll get a geek to reformat the hard drive and install XP as the operating system.

Still….I see Ubuntu in my future. Perhaps I should begin to “test the waters” by using a LiveCD version of Linux.

Probably won’t. I view computers as some to USE…not something to tinker with. When I need it I just want it to work….and not have to mess with it.

So it’ll be panic-city one day……..hope that day’s a long time off.

]]> By: Jeffro http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1554 Jeffro Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:16:16 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/04/06/linux-is-now-a-little-easier-with-wubi/628.html#comment-1554 I tried Red Hat on a laptop several years ago. Since it wasn't a mainstream generic box, not all my hardware worked correctly - like the video display. The keyboard had a secondary numeric keypad overlay, but when it booted up, the keyboard was defaulted for the numbers rather than the letters. So, the first thing I'd have to do is go through a procedure to switch it to "normal." There were other issues, but mostly I found the PITA factor to be much higher than Winders, and the performance gains not worth the effort. I tried Red Hat on a laptop several years ago. Since it wasn’t a mainstream generic box, not all my hardware worked correctly - like the video display. The keyboard had a secondary numeric keypad overlay, but when it booted up, the keyboard was defaulted for the numbers rather than the letters. So, the first thing I’d have to do is go through a procedure to switch it to “normal.”

There were other issues, but mostly I found the PITA factor to be much higher than Winders, and the performance gains not worth the effort.

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