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kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 26 Oct 2009, 08:19
by M.Bison
Tech savvy's, I summon thee:
got a shit laptop, got a kubuntu disc, laptop:::
vista home
Aspire 3694wlmi
1.86ghz
80gbhd
512mb ddr2
802.11b/g wireless
vista is fucking awful and the shit specs it;s copmplete unusable, I cnt gert kubuntu runnin, se disc in and put into boot from disc, looks like it all going fine then it pops up with some gay errors looks like it goes fine again ten just hangs ona blank desktop screen, can move cursor but nowt else. help?
i dont have vista disc too
Re: kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 26 Oct 2009, 08:52
by jawn galliano
try the standard ubuntu distro instead? i dunno. linux can be a raging bitch to get working if all of your hardware isn't supported out of the box.
Re: kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 26 Oct 2009, 08:53
by Verbal
I don't know, sorry.
Re: kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 26 Oct 2009, 08:54
by M.Bison
[quote name="Famous Mortimer"]try the standard ubuntu distro instead? i dunno. linux can be a raging bitch to get working if all of your hardware isn't supported out of the secretary of state cube.[/quote]
i cant burn cds, i ordred kubuntu for free ages ago...
BUT! FUCK YOU VISTA, I AV DEFEATED YOO!!!.
/lcok
Re: kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 26 Oct 2009, 09:58
by zim
[quote name="Johnny"]I don't know, sorry.[/quote]
Re: kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 27 Oct 2009, 04:41
by Lavabug
Coincidentally, I have been experimenting(wasting my time) with Xubuntu on a low spec laptop I got recently. Everything I needed worked right out of the box, but performance was actually worse than XP, and Xubuntu is supposed to be the fastest of the 3 official Ubuntu distros(U, Kubuntu, Xubuntu).
My suggestion: don't bother with linux unless you have something older than a pentium 3(definitely can't use Ubuntu on something that old, use another distro), just get xp pro and configure it right, it'll save you headaches.
Re: kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 27 Oct 2009, 05:17
by djonni greazo
yup. we have dual booting systems wit XP and ubuntu on every pc@uni, and ubuntu is noticeably slower (for example, FF on ubuntu is much slower than even IE on XP)
linux is overrated as fuck
Re: kubuntu Vs Vista HELP
Posted: 28 Oct 2009, 02:06
by M.Bison
I think you're right, borrowed a copy of XP Prof from my fellating lover and installed that instead, runs pretty darned awesome now, SOOO much faster than Vista
Kubuntu looked like it was having trouble installing the drivers and couldn't get it's head around it, just kept buggering up, i'm happy with XP now though.
Thanks all.
Also, on vista my wireless connection was dire, dropouts galore but with XP and different drivers, immensely better.
I'm chuffed, it's actually useable now and not just a waste of cash.