Comments on: Are netbooks making Linux more mainstream? http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/ Philippines, Technology News & Reviews Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: vince http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-255425 vince Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:17:21 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-255425 after discovering so many things concerning ubuntu, I am now ready to abandon windows. I have never seen a window OS better than UBUNTU... sorry windows, I would really have to say Bye bye... Why did I changed to ubuntu??? maybe some of you are thinking about that. Well, here are just some of the reasons. First of all, I am sick and tired of cracked softwares and OS'es. And why should I pay for another 3K just to have an OS when i can have it totally free without violating any copyrights. Secondly, UBUNTU have just gave everything I need for a PC (except games). Unfortunately, I am not so much of a game lover. Simple games already makes my day. This is why concerning games, ubuntu is already enough. Third, I really love the UBUNTU community in which you can never find in windows community. We help each other in that community while for windows, I haven't seen anyone who wants to help you unless of course if it is about cracking windows again. Fourth, everything is FREE... Technical support (via ubuntu forums), OS, office etc. Should I really have to spend money to have all these??? not all in ubuntu. See some of my posts: www.wsmuniversity.blogspot.com after discovering so many things concerning ubuntu, I am now ready to abandon windows. I have never seen a window OS better than UBUNTU… sorry windows, I would really have to say Bye bye…

Why did I changed to ubuntu???
maybe some of you are thinking about that.
Well, here are just some of the reasons.

First of all, I am sick and tired of cracked softwares and OS’es. And why should I pay for another 3K just to have an OS when i can have it totally free without violating any copyrights.

Secondly, UBUNTU have just gave everything I need for a PC (except games). Unfortunately, I am not so much of a game lover. Simple games already makes my day. This is why concerning games, ubuntu is already enough.

Third, I really love the UBUNTU community in which you can never find in windows community. We help each other in that community while for windows, I haven’t seen anyone who wants to help you unless of course if it is about cracking windows again.

Fourth, everything is FREE… Technical support (via ubuntu forums), OS, office etc. Should I really have to spend money to have all these??? not all in ubuntu.

See some of my posts: http://www.wsmuniversity.blogspot.com

]]> By: myk http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-254649 myk Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:29:51 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-254649 i currently have my laptop (toshiba tecra m6) dual-booted to vista business and ubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron). my vista is really for working while my surfing os is ubuntu. i must say, ubuntu works well for me and i do not find any problem using it, although i am not quite ready to abandon microsoft oses completely just yet. i currently have my laptop (toshiba tecra m6) dual-booted to vista business and ubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron). my vista is really for working while my surfing os is ubuntu.

i must say, ubuntu works well for me and i do not find any problem using it, although i am not quite ready to abandon microsoft oses completely just yet.

]]> By: Vince Olaer http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-253491 Vince Olaer Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:00:08 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-253491 I like Linux, Ubuntu to be exact, and I am using it a lot. In fact, I am now planning to totally erase my xp in my Acer Aspire 4330. I think this OS is really great after using it for more than a month now. It is a lot better compare to XP, as far as the benefits that it is giving me. I have used XP for years. But Ubuntu is really far better. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy. It works well in my laptop.:) See also my posts in: www.wsmuniversity.blogspot.com I like Linux, Ubuntu to be exact, and I am using it a lot. In fact, I am now planning to totally erase my xp in my Acer Aspire 4330. I think this OS is really great after using it for more than a month now. It is a lot better compare to XP, as far as the benefits that it is giving me. I have used XP for years. But Ubuntu is really far better.

I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy. It works well in my laptop.:)

See also my posts in: http://www.wsmuniversity.blogspot.com

]]> By: cy http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-251146 cy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:26:58 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-251146 @anton try to use wine so that you can run your windows games. visit winehq.org for more info on playable games and some tweaks. @anton

try to use wine so that you can run your windows games.

visit winehq.org for more info on playable games and some tweaks.

]]> By: jhay http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-247117 jhay Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:58:50 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-247117 I agree. Ubuntu with its variants are among the easiest distro's to use in the Linux family. I agree. Ubuntu with its variants are among the easiest distro’s to use in the Linux family.

]]> By: -anton- http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-247113 -anton- Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:53:06 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-247113 It was great until I wanted to play my PC games! Hahahaha It was great until I wanted to play my PC games! Hahahaha

]]> By: sundownproject http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-247053 sundownproject Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:36:57 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-247053 Ubuntu is very easy to use. It's the perfect distro for those who are making the big switch from windows. Ubuntu is very easy to use. It’s the perfect distro for those who are making the big switch from windows.

]]> By: pinoyapostolic http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-247016 pinoyapostolic Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:48:36 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-247016 I think the netbooks of the future will have internet connectivity on them that wouldn't require a user to use his/her celphone to connect online. By that time, there'll be no need to install and use some celphone software like the Nokia PC Suite. I am using Ubuntu 8.04, a Linux distro that's quite familiar to Windows in it's user interface. All of my online activities and most of my offline works are done through it. It's really amazing that a free OS could do what Ubuntu does... without the common viruses, spywares, and malwares to worry about... Netbook makers know that Linux can help people receive their products more openly. It's the reason why a majority of their releases are powered by Linux. If the first Asus Eee was released with a Windows OS rather than Xandros, It would have cost much higher which would have made the buyers more wary of purchasing one. Linux is a force to reckon with and Windows knows it. Come to think of it, Linux did force Microsoft to abandon their previously publicized plan of dumping Windows XP to the garbage. @yuga- Why not try using VMWare to install and run PC Nokia Suite in your mobile gadget? I think the netbooks of the future will have internet connectivity on them that wouldn’t require a user to use his/her celphone to connect online. By that time, there’ll be no need to install and use some celphone software like the Nokia PC Suite.

I am using Ubuntu 8.04, a Linux distro that’s quite familiar to Windows in it’s user interface. All of my online activities and most of my offline works are done through it. It’s really amazing that a free OS could do what Ubuntu does… without the common viruses, spywares, and malwares to worry about…

Netbook makers know that Linux can help people receive their products more openly. It’s the reason why a majority of their releases are powered by Linux. If the first Asus Eee was released with a Windows OS rather than Xandros, It would have cost much higher which would have made the buyers more wary of purchasing one.

Linux is a force to reckon with and Windows knows it. Come to think of it, Linux did force Microsoft to abandon their previously publicized plan of dumping Windows XP to the garbage.

@yuga- Why not try using VMWare to install and run PC Nokia Suite in your mobile gadget?

]]> By: LiNTEK http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-247007 LiNTEK Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:52:08 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-247007 Go Linux...... GGggggGGGgggOOOooOOO LOL! Go Linux…… GGggggGGGgggOOOooOOO

LOL!

]]> By: yuga http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-247001 yuga Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:35:54 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-247001 @JC - I liked Xandros until the time I needed to install Nokia PC Suite. @Karen, sorry the RSS to email is delivered once a day. You can unsubscribe though if it's cluttering your Inbox already. @JC - I liked Xandros until the time I needed to install Nokia PC Suite.

@Karen, sorry the RSS to email is delivered once a day. You can unsubscribe though if it’s cluttering your Inbox already.

]]> By: Karen http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-247000 Karen Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:16:11 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-247000 you are posting too often, you're cluttering my inbox. pls just send me newsletter only once per week. Thank you you are posting too often, you’re cluttering my inbox. pls just send me newsletter only once per week. Thank you

]]> By: JC John SESE-Cuneta http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-246998 JC John SESE-Cuneta Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:54:20 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-246998 I can sense some hatred eh? Bad experience using Xandros? But Xandros is just one of the GNU/Linux distro out there. Try Kubuntu for a Windows-like experience. <blockquote> And with that comes the idea that the preferred OS should be user-friendly (plug-and-play), familiar and above all, can run any popular software one can install. </blockquote> I don't agree :p The (X/K)Ubuntu distro, and the Debian flavor in general is user-friendly, plug-n-play, (Kubuntu - familiar), can run popular or alternative to popular software. It looks and feels "not" those because of the "windows" experience. But ask a person who first used GNU/Linux and then later turned-on a Windows OS, he'll say the same thing. ^_^ GNU/Linux has matured enough to compete head-on with Microsoft Windows, but Linux was never meant to compete with Windows, it's meant to give the user the best of the best of the best of the best experience in computing. my PoV :D I can sense some hatred eh? Bad experience using Xandros? But Xandros is just one of the GNU/Linux distro out there. Try Kubuntu for a Windows-like experience.

And with that comes the idea that the preferred OS should be user-friendly (plug-and-play), familiar and above all, can run any popular software one can install.

I don’t agree :p
The (X/K)Ubuntu distro, and the Debian flavor in general is user-friendly, plug-n-play, (Kubuntu - familiar), can run popular or alternative to popular software.

It looks and feels “not” those because of the “windows” experience. But ask a person who first used GNU/Linux and then later turned-on a Windows OS, he’ll say the same thing. ^_^

GNU/Linux has matured enough to compete head-on with Microsoft Windows, but Linux was never meant to compete with Windows, it’s meant to give the user the best of the best of the best of the best experience in computing.

my PoV :D

]]> By: BrianB http://www.yugatech.com/blog/personal-computing/are-netbooks-making-linux-more-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-246988 BrianB Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:51:12 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=4076#comment-246988 Schools should support Linux. Especially these preloaded Linux Oses, i.e. Open Office. I dunno why people insist on pirating MS Office when Open Office is almost as good. Schools should support Linux. Especially these preloaded Linux Oses, i.e. Open Office. I dunno why people insist on pirating MS Office when Open Office is almost as good.

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