ncomputing and Ubuntu 9.10

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Hey Karl,
> 	After installing WindowsXP and Ubuntu 9.04 on a Shuttle Bare 
> Bones with a fast AMD cpu and a 640GB hdd and 2 gb RAM I 
> discovered why I like Ubuntu.
>   

Can I have your old parts/computer please? Just send it to Fourah Bay 
College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

> 	The brand new windows could not reach the wired Internet. 
> Ubuntu found it right away and had the driver needed.
>
> 	Had to get a DVD reader so that I could install all the 
> drivers windows needed. Not sure how many were installed.
>
> 	Then installed the D-Link WiFi hardware. Ubuntu came up and 
> Network Manager displayed two WiFi signals and I selected mine 
> and it asked for the password which I gave it, and forgot the 
> darn Keyring! I just didn't do a thing to it. It complained 
> the password would be unsafe but I could care less! But now 
> WiFi works fine.
>
> 	Had to use the D-Link cd-rom to load the windows driver so 
> that WiFi works on Windows. You need to save the cd-rom 
> because the driver sometimes goes away.
>
> 	Summary, windows is harder to load than Ubuntu 9.04 on a 
> computer.
>
>   


Well, you can mostly skip the driver portion for Linux distros...the big 
plus really is not having to reboot, then install, then reboot again, 
etc, etc...then get infected when connecting to the Net before getting a 
chance to install updates. :-D