Switch to Ubuntu from Windows xp 64 pro
Charlie Kravetz
cjk at teamcharliesangels.com
Wed Jan 14 17:58:39 UTC 2009
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:39:10 -0500
Richard Sutton <rsutton at optonline.net> wrote:
> Have any of you made this switch, and what were the results? I'm
> concerned about my devices and my software -- are any of these
> use-able under Ubuntu? I have had to install 64-bit device drivers
> for the version of xp I'm running, and it can be difficult to find
> them. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Richard Sutton
>
Why not download a desktop-amd64 iso and try it. That is a livecd, if
it works, then your system should be fine switching over to Ubuntu.
Get the cd image here:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/getubuntu/download
I am running an Athlon 64-bit processor in this system, but never
loaded windows on it.
Good luck,
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Charlie Kravetz
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