Comments on: R.I.P. – Windows XP

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:19:58 +0000

Yeah. Ubuntu is pretty nice. Except if you want to connect wirelessly to the Internet. Then, well…let’s say it doesn’t exactly, “just work,” knowwhutI’msayin’?

Have they updated the list of PCMCIA wifi cards that work again? They have? Huh. too bad they’re all unavailable…

By: Systd

Systd — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:31:06 +0000

depending how you adjust xp,it goes as fast as any faster (sic ) new programs like firefox!!
My xp pro now run as fast as firefox.When i surf the internet with explorer,i do one webpage evrery second!!!!!
et voilà

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:43:36 +0000

I’m fairly new to Ubuntu (6 months or so), I really like the idea of getting away from Windows, but I can’t seem to figure out the font rendering correctly, I’ve tried lots of little fixes, but still have fuzzy letters. Everytime I use Ubuntu for more than an hour or so, my eyes really start to hurt, and this is keeping me from using it all the time.

By: lucas

lucas — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:25:15 +0000

if your xp boots in 5minutes then you have a lot of crap installed. mine boots in 20seconds! on 3 year old notebook.

By: tyler

tyler — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:43:33 +0000

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who has switched. I’ve been using Ubuntu exclusively on my Dell laptop for about 6 months and it’s been pretty great. I do not miss XP at all.

By: The Cheat

The Cheat — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:38:21 +0000

Ive been trying to switch for almost a week now but i can’t get my friggin display driver to work, im running an nvidia 9500gs with dvi ti hdmi to my 1080p tv, (tried vga to no avail) and im still running in 800×400 resolution… i really want to get rid of vista but this stupid display driver thing is killing me.

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:37:56 +0000

I would love to try out Ubuntu but unlike Win XP, Ubuntu will not install on my laptop. =/ Maybe one day Ubuntu will be ready for us common people.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:33:50 +0000

If your Windows XP install is taking 5 minutes to boot you have corrupt system files, FF3 doesn’t take any longer to boot on my XP install than on my Ubuntu install and I pretty much live in XP.

By: jack

jack — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:32:44 +0000

> XP takes 5 minutes to load, 5 minutes to launch Firefox
[snip]
> (with ubuntu) I can still go from a turned off PC to browsing the web in 30 seconds. Firefox cold-loads in 2-3 seconds. OpenOffice.org is up in less than 5.

Surely you’re exaggerating. FUD is FUD, and it’s no better when it comes from “our” side.

(I’m a fan of linux and have used it exclusively at home for years.)

By: lostindream

lostindream — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:32:40 +0000

I will one day though. I know it makes sence