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Soleron on 16 February 2009
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Words Of Wisdom said:
Soleron said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
I don't really see the point of even trying Ubuntu if you know that XP will fulfill your needs unless you just want a new toy to play with.

1. XP costs money.

2. XP is slower on netbook hardware. The underlying OS may not be, but applications will.

3. He liked the Linpus interface.

4. If it still doesn't work out, XP is always an option.

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@Senlis

Never tried it. Ubuntu has all of that stuff in the repositories anyway, and prompts you to install Flash/codecs/restricted drivers when you open a file that would need them. I'll take a look when they do Jaunty.

 

1)  Depends on whether he already has a copy or not. 

2)  That's a lie.

3)  Which says nothing to say if he likes the XP interface or not.  It's possible for those of us not so narrowminded to like both.

4)  If you know XP has the required features, there's no reason not to make it your first option.

1) He bought the netbook without a Windows license. Even if he has 'another' copy, it would be illegal to install that one copy on two PCs? Unless he's OK with that?

2) OK then. For specific applications, it is possible to make Linux run faster than Windows because you can strip away more graphics and services than XP can, and you can run more programs in the terminal only. For general use (not deliberately going for speed and using default programs), Windows XP is about the same Linux. The proof is that Linux's system requirements are lower than XP's.

3) Of course. But conversely there's no reason to give up Linux if it's working for him except for a few glitches that can be resolved by installing Ubuntu.

4) Yes, unless XP costs for him, which I suspect it does. If it does not, then I agree that just installing XP is the simplest way out.