Thinking about making the switch to Linux...
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I've installed xp at least 50 times from scratch.
Yesterday I installed it again. The disc was XP Sp1. It took me 5 hours to install it, download all the updates and then install base apps: Xp Pro Burner, FF2, Thunderbird, OO, Acrobat, Flash, Shockwave, 7-zip and so forth. Funny thing is that you get all that functionality and more in no more than an hour with Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Mepis family of distro's. So.... why did I bother? Funny I'm still wondering that myself.
Good luck with ubuntu. Post up your questions. I'm a KDE user myself and prefer Kubuntu. But if you have questions about apt or what not post it up.
Yesterday I installed it again. The disc was XP Sp1. It took me 5 hours to install it, download all the updates and then install base apps: Xp Pro Burner, FF2, Thunderbird, OO, Acrobat, Flash, Shockwave, 7-zip and so forth. Funny thing is that you get all that functionality and more in no more than an hour with Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Mepis family of distro's. So.... why did I bother? Funny I'm still wondering that myself.
Good luck with ubuntu. Post up your questions. I'm a KDE user myself and prefer Kubuntu. But if you have questions about apt or what not post it up.
I downloaded the PC (Intel x86) desktop CD iso file (http://releases.ubuntu.com/dapper/ first link) and burned the image on a CD, and I made sure my CD drive is first in the boot order, but it still boots into Windows. Shouldn't it just boot from the CD?
Feeling kinda stupid...
Feeling kinda stupid...
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I downloaded the application they recommended... Infra Recorder, then I followed the instructions to burn the image to the CD, and then I reboot, went into bios, checked that CD Drive is first in the boot order, and then it booted into Windows.
Restarted, and it did it again, so I burned it onto another CD thinking I must have burned it wrong, and same thing happens... 
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NSG: ummm... the latest version is called "edgy eft" - "dapper drake" was the last version
Edgy is even slicker - definitely worth checking out!
Also, if you have a compatible graphics chip (I do
), installation will afford you the opportunity to install and configure compiz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUSn-jBA3CE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YWRJwIIk2I
Makes everyone drool.... I love it!!!! And I can still boot into Windows.. in fact, the edgy install resized my existing windows partition for me, and installed a boot manager.
Cheers,
Kieran
Edgy is even slicker - definitely worth checking out!
Also, if you have a compatible graphics chip (I do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUSn-jBA3CE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YWRJwIIk2I
Makes everyone drool.... I love it!!!! And I can still boot into Windows.. in fact, the edgy install resized my existing windows partition for me, and installed a boot manager.
Cheers,
Kieran
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Well I messed with my install of Ubuntu most of yesterday. Must of installed over 200 packages to get simple things to work (stuff that's out-of-the-box on Windows) like playing mp3's. Took me an hour to install aMSN, and it's quite rubbish. Then I tried my hand at installing GLX and compiz. Rebooted, couldn't load X server. Now I have no interface! I'll have to try reset my configs through the terminal later somehow...
Yeah, AIGLX can be a pain. I spent a couple hours getting it together, then removed it after only 15mins due to the stuff giving me a headache :p
It does look pretty though.
I use Kopete for MSN (it also does ICQ, Yahoo and AIM) and although it is a KDE based app, it should still work in Gnome (which is what Ubuntu uses) as well. Kubuntu uses KDE.
EDIT: On the note of installing the stuff that is out-of-the-box with windows, that will appear as a bad thing at first, but I can almost guarantee that after a while you will come to appreciate why it is a good thing
If you don't already, of course. 
It does look pretty though.
I use Kopete for MSN (it also does ICQ, Yahoo and AIM) and although it is a KDE based app, it should still work in Gnome (which is what Ubuntu uses) as well. Kubuntu uses KDE.
EDIT: On the note of installing the stuff that is out-of-the-box with windows, that will appear as a bad thing at first, but I can almost guarantee that after a while you will come to appreciate why it is a good thing