Microsoft Windows Vista
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From: GUESS WHERE NOW
Microsoft Windows Vista
Hi
As you may gather I am pretty swiched OFF when it comes to Computers.
My computer had VISTA installed when I got it but I recon this is a joke by PB. My question is this, "is there ANY OTHER operating system I could use beside Windows ???. I understand that Microsoft !!! have a monopoly on the systems that most computer manufacturers have to usebut there MUST BE something else ???.
As you may gather I am pretty swiched OFF when it comes to Computers.
My computer had VISTA installed when I got it but I recon this is a joke by PB. My question is this, "is there ANY OTHER operating system I could use beside Windows ???. I understand that Microsoft !!! have a monopoly on the systems that most computer manufacturers have to usebut there MUST BE something else ???.
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From: is everything
Do you want to play with operating systems, or do you want to do something useful? Most people simply need email, a web browser (which may cover the email), and something similar to Microsoft Office. Stick with Vista, it's only an operating system and it gets the job done.
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From: Cambridge
If you have limited computing knowledge, stick with Windows.
Linux is perfectly good enough but for this you'd have to learn a whole new operating system - Not something you want to be doing if you aren't into computers.
Linux is perfectly good enough but for this you'd have to learn a whole new operating system - Not something you want to be doing if you aren't into computers.
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From: Tracey Island
I can't understand people being unable to use Vista.....Many of the old XP stick in the muds just won't do anything with Vista out of bloody mindedness.
The OP is not a computer buff by their own admission. There should be no reason why he can't use it straight from the box. It's all very straightforward.
The OP is not a computer buff by their own admission. There should be no reason why he can't use it straight from the box. It's all very straightforward.
More bang for your buck
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From: land of the clanger
Many of the old XP stick in the muds just won't do anything with Vista out of bloody mindedness.
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From: Cambridge, England, EU
Indeed; I love the way it prohibits me (the system purchaser and owner) from accessing certain directories.
Hello?
Billy Gates sure does have a serious hangup where privileges are concerned......
Hello?
Billy Gates sure does have a serious hangup where privileges are concerned......
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From: Dublin, Ireland. (No, I just live here.)
If you use any UNIX-type system, even Mac OS X, you want to be a normal user most of the time. That way, you don't have to tiptoe around wondering if you might damage something. I don't know what the score is on the Mac, but on Linux, for those times when you need more, you have the "sudo" command, or "gksudo" for running graphical applications as root. Or, you can go "old school" and change the root password to give you full control over the root account - just be careful, it's a loaded gun. (My current netbook installation is the first time I haven't done that, actually.)
As for problems installing Ubuntu "Feisty"... that was 4 versions, or two years ago. It's gotten a lot better, and the standard disc works as a "Live CD" too. If you fancy trying it again, I suggest waiting till mid April, when v.04 "Jaunty" should be on the cover disks of the Linux magazines on the shelves - unless you don't mind downloading huge ISO files and burning discs, that is.
As for problems installing Ubuntu "Feisty"... that was 4 versions, or two years ago. It's gotten a lot better, and the standard disc works as a "Live CD" too. If you fancy trying it again, I suggest waiting till mid April, when v.04 "Jaunty" should be on the cover disks of the Linux magazines on the shelves - unless you don't mind downloading huge ISO files and burning discs, that is.
