ubuntu - who's using it?

[NJC]

Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
A while back there was a poster who had the signature line "This post brought to you by the letter u - ubuntu

"

I think that was user Papabear, as I also started using Ubuntu for the same reason. I dual-boot XP and Ubuntu 9.10 and WOULD use Ubuntu as a primary OS except my camera, printer and Skype all work like Hades in Linux.

 

[uc50ic4more]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
eljefino, adobe has a flash player on their website packaged for ubuntu.


http://www.medibuntu.org/ keeps up an entire repository of all the plugins (Flash, Java), codecs (mp3, Windows Media, DVD) and other stuff that has to get got post-install. There are instruactions there on how to enable it and it will keep you up to date.

http://debian-multimedia.org/ for us Debianites.

 

[uc50ic4more]

Originally Posted By: NJC
Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
A while back there was a poster who had the signature line "This post brought to you by the letter u - ubuntu

"

I think that was user Papabear


It was - He's my dad, but I switched him to Debian Stable (Lenny) a good while back and haven't looked back.

 

[The_Jeff]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
eljefino, adobe has a flash player on their website packaged for ubuntu.


Yes but isn't there some non-GPL license "controversy"? I don't care, I got it, was just an extra step to make it "turnkey".

 

[labman]

Flash stinks. A new version every month and no backward compatibility. Not everybody's hobby is updating their system or has an IT guy to do it for them.

 

[uc50ic4more]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
eljefino, adobe has a flash player on their website packaged for ubuntu.


Yes but isn't there some non-GPL license "controversy"? I don't care, I got it, was just an extra step to make it "turnkey".


Ubuntu uses - and even *produces* - a lot of non-GPL software, and there are more than a few Ubuntu community members that don't like it. Flash has never been remotely close to being GPL or open source, but it's ubiquity for internet content has made it, for now at least, a regrettable must-have.

 

[uc50ic4more]

Originally Posted By: labman
Flash stinks. A new version every month and no backward compatibility. Not everybody's hobby is updating their system or has an IT guy to do it for them.


Hang in there - HTML version 5, being implemented in the newest versions of all major browsers, may very well render Flash unnecessary.

 

[berniedd]

I'm an Ubuntu user as well (started on version 5) and have been using version 6, 7 and 9 on a few desktops at home and a new eMachines laptop. The dean of our college where I teach has heeded my recommendation to switch to Ubuntu on the latest computer additions for training and library use. She has been griping about the high cost of Microsoft licensing lately, and she has, er, seen the light of open source software, with the added bonus of being almost entirely virus-safe.

 

[The_Jeff]

^That's a win for schools, that usually get a super sweet MS (or MAC!) deal hoping to "hook" the students for life.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Use Ubuntu on a USB stick on your computer to kick the tires.

What you'll need:

--2GB or larger USB stick
--Ubuntu ISO file downloaded on your Windows computer somewhere
--The utility to make it all work for you:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer.exe

...then follow the directions from this page:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/create-a-ubuntu-9-10-live-usb-in-windows/

That's it. Works great. Tried it on a Dell E6500 laptop today. Wireless worked out of the box.

 

[chuckerants]

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 inside VM Player with Win 7 x64 to run Folding at Home.

 

[mormit]

Two out of the four computers under my roof are Ubuntu.

One Windows XP system that is the central home/media computer.
One system I built last year for the kids that is Ubuntu 9.10 with the Edubuntu package.
My netbook running Ubuntu 9.10 desktop - didn't like the remix.
My wife's Win7 laptop.