Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 40 (M)
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so XP is bout to officially stop to be supported from micro&soft...and the thing is i do own xp on my netbook (eee pc), i don't want to shell out x amount of $ for some new software, so i was thinking about installing Ubuntu on the netbook... any ideas about this software, your experience, tips etc.
Joined: May '13
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 2219
If your used to XP then jumping up to Vista or more importantly 7 would be more of a benefit to you since they basically work the same way XP does but with more stuff and more updated things. Stay away from Windows 8.
Paying for or mr torrent for Windows would be your best bet but make sure you back up any files/films/pictures ect you want on a external HDD as everything like that will be deleted by the time the upgrade finishes.
Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
Age: 33 (M)
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Well not too much tech savvy here so i am going to give it a try anyway. If you are not familiar with ubuntu it would be preferable to stay with the classic one, those that you use a lot for example microsoft xp and others.
Also just ask for a windows from your friend that is not linux and you are set, it is illegal copies but who does not use them?
Agree with bowie1984 statement above that linux is much more hassle to learn from scratch anyway hope your issues have been solved pochui!
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 48 (F)
Posts: 14196
The whole story with Windows XP has been a real pain for lots of people. And its not the windows upgrade only, but some need to upgrade some parts of hardware in order for Win 7 for example to run. I will try in my laptop, some time soon, to see if it can run it without memory upgrade, the advisor said i need
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 40 (M)
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well thanks everyone for your responses- gonna have a go at installing ubuntu, if i don't visit the forums for a while then you'll know that i failed miserably & off to look for new piece of technological wonder that is also known as pc/wc/tablet/laptop/netbook/sh1tbook etc. man am i tech prudent or what
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 48 (F)
Posts: 14196
Adding an extra memory or a bigger one in this machine is just a waste of money. The laptop is a 2004 model Installed the win7 and it was running very fast. I didnt configure the updates though, it did an automatic one and became a little slower with all that net framework crap that installed. btw i only have 512 MB RAM . Will see how it will go, since so far its only on date one.
Joined: Feb '12
Location: Canada
Age: 65 (M)
Posts: 6036
Hey poc hui,.... I don't know if I qualify as being 'savvy' as I'm rather duncid when it comes to all this computer stuff...but I DO know when something is GOOD and what I like...and I LIKE my Windows 7... If you can get that, I think you'll be very happy with it...!!!!
Also,.... You explained the 'pochui' thing before,.... I found another type of 'hui' at the tables...
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 48 (F)
Posts: 14196
So far i love the new windows. And whats not to like. I was amazed about how good my computer handles it. If i hadnt made the mistake, leaving it to update by itself, it would be running very fast like in the beginning. I am thinking to remove all those net framework programs to see if it will pick up any more speed, since i had noticed that in Win XP every time i was installing them, the computer was running slower. Anyone one knows if that will speed it up?
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 10090
hahaha @apple i'm still here, but i DID install linux, so now i am one of those geeky nerds who say fcuk windows, i am running linux it does take some time to get used to, but i must admit i'm impressed with os that takes ~10 min to install and which costs $0. @bowie - yeah poker clients for linux are non-existent, i can only play poker in browser, but i have extra pc for poker, so problems here. @dawggy- hehe vsepochui, means (politely)- "i don't give a sh1t about anything", meanwhile pochui means - "i don't give a sh1t"...so it's kinda more narrow range of sh1tiness
