ubuntu or vista

[Dan Amitai]

I'm running on a significantly older machine (Dell Latitude D600, 1gb
ram, 1.9ghz  pentium m) but I can tell you there's a noticeable speed
difference for me between gnome and kde.  You might not notice a
difference since your machine is so much faster... But get the gnome
environment in addition to kde just in case. :)

in other words, download kubuntu like Jake said, and then if that's
too slow (or you want faster!) you can apply gnome and even switch
back and forth whenever you want.

To install Gnome on Kubuntu: sudo apt-get install gnome

2009/9/3 J Bickhard <jbickhard at gmail.com>:
> Jake (dats me)
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> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Gray Malkmus<nxtinventor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i am using vista home premium 64x bit on a dell wih 4 gb of ram intel core 2
>> duo 2.53 ghz processer and a 256 mb ati mobility raedon card. would ubuntu
>> be considered a downgrade?
> I would have to say "no". I would get the latest Kubuntu CD
> immediately, and try it out under Windows. Chances are, it will run
> crazy-fast on your computer. It ran pretty fast on my 900MHz machine.
> If all you need is simple text, graphics, email, internet, then you
> can do most of that with Kubuntu. If you absolutely *need* to run a
> Windows-only program, then a Virtual PC could be installed under
> ubuntu, with XP or Vista installed in the Virtual PC. You could use
> WINE, but I wouldn't reccommend it if you are not expirienced.
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> The reason I keep saying Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu is because the KDE
> desktop is almost identical to windows, and you can theme it to look
> indistinguishable from Vista or 7 (then again, I themed my XP to look
> like KDE...).
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