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yoyo on 13 February 2009

u should really try ubuntu. no problems with it.



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highwaystar101 on 13 February 2009
Soleron said:
highwaystar101 said:

oooh, actually, Soleron, maybe Ubuntu would be up my street, I like ubuntu.

 

how would I go about installing Ubuntu lite?

If XP would work, then standard Ubuntu should work too. Failing that, Xubuntu. What is the model of the netbook, so I can look at the specs?

What you would do is burn an Ubuntu LiveCD using the standard disk image, boot that up from the CD, and then use the "Live USB Creator" tool on Ubuntu itself which will make a USB stick into an Ubuntu installer. Then you use that to install it on the netbook.

I'll help you via PM with any setup or whatever, if you want.

 

 

 

It's an Acer Aspire one A150... Mine does not have the 8 GB SSD, it has a 120Gb hard drive. It also has 1 GB of DDR2 RAM and a 1.6GHz intel atom. So it is pretty good. should run Ubuntu I would imagine.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-One-Netbook-Sapphire/dp/B001BZ4QV2/ref=dp_cp_ob_ce_title_0



Soleron on 13 February 2009
highwaystar101 said:
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It's an Acer Aspire one A150... Mine does not have the 8 GB SSD, it has a 120Gb hard drive. It also has 1 GB of DDR2 RAM and a 1.6GHz intel atom. So it is pretty good. should run Ubuntu I would imagine.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-One-Netbook-Sapphire/dp/B001BZ4QV2/ref=dp_cp_ob_ce_title_0

Um, yep. Go for it.

 



Words Of Wisdom on 13 February 2009

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.



Senlis on 13 February 2009
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.

Well, XP costs 130$ where I work at unless you pirate it.

Also, I would highly recommend Linux Mint.  It is 97% Ubuntu but comes bundled with things like pre-installed Java, Flash, Movie Codecs and a bunch of other stuff.  Plus it looks nice.  It is basically a mod of Ubuntu, so it is compatable with it.

 




 

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Soleron on 14 February 2009
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.

 



twesterm on 14 February 2009
  1. Go into BIOS and make sure your CD-ROM drive is set as a boot drive
  2. Insert Windows XP disc into machine
  3. Reset machine

-edit-

whoops, just saw you don't have a CD drive.  Do you have a floppy drive?



 

Soleron on 14 February 2009
twesterm said:
  1. Go into BIOS and make sure your CD-ROM drive is set as a boot drive
  2. Insert Windows XP disc into machine
  3. Reset machine

He doesn't have an optical drive.

 



Words Of Wisdom on 16 February 2009
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.



Soleron on 16 February 2009
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.