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Get the great, free guide:
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download.html

Get Ubuntu:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu

(Optional - if you downloaded the Ubuntu package as an ISO file) Get ISOBurn to quickly and easily burn the file to a CD which you can use to boot from:
http://isoburn.sourceforge.net/download.html
This is not necessary if you know how to burn ISO CDs with your current software.


Stick the CD in your CD/DVD drive and just reboot. You can boot off this CD and will be able to check out Ubuntu without installing anything.
If you like what you see, you may consider actually installing on your hard drive - the Ubuntu installation will set up dual booting, so you will get a menu on startup to select either Ubuntu or Windows.

Check out the guide for details.

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at my uni they have some computers with Linux on it.
They are slower then the windows computers (and windows isnt really fast either;( ), and firefox often crashes on it:/

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Originally posted by Crowley
Get the great, free guide:
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download.html

Get Ubuntu:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubunt

(Optional - if you downloaded the Ubuntu package as an ISO file) Get ISOBurn to quickly and easily burn the file to a CD which you can use to boot from:
http://isoburn.sourceforge.net/download.html
This is not necessary if you know h ...[text shortened]... ll get a menu on startup to select either Ubuntu or Windows.

Check out the guide for details.
In what ways is it better than Windows?

Is it just that you get a warm feeling telling Microsoft to run and jump?

I was thinking of it a while ago as I didn't get MS Office on this laptop (cost) and thought there may be better ways of spending the money.

I've drank the beer now that I bought with the money I saved and am now Officeless. Is it the way forward.

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Originally posted by Roosty
I've drank the beer now that I bought with the money I saved and am now Officeless. Is it the way forward.
If, while u were drunk, u met the woman of your life, and shes also very rich, so u dont even need ur job anymore,
Then, no, its not the way forward.

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Originally posted by zozozozo
If, while u were drunk, u met the woman of your life, and shes also very rich, so u dont even need ur job anymore,
Then, no, its not the way forward.
I never met her unfortunately, or maybe I did but woke up and forgot.

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Originally posted by Roosty
I never met her unfortunately, or maybe I did but woke up and forgot.
or maybe u woke up next to her and kinda concluded she wasnt the love of ur life anyway?:p

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Originally posted by zozozozo
or maybe u woke up next to her and kinda concluded she wasnt the love of ur life anyway?:p
Ok, So, I haven't got the love of my life, OR MS office. Can Ubuntu help?

With either actually though I don't hold out much hope for one of them.

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Great, thanks for cluttering up the thread with your inane chatter...


Anyhoo, I'm a Windows user and won't switch quickly. Ubuntu is just a great economic choice for an old, unused PC - if you have one lying around and want to give it a new lease on life.
Ubuntu is not the way to go if you want to game or use very specific software.

Ubuntu is very easy to install and play around with, if you are that way inclined...


RE: Office
You don't need MS Office, as you can download OpenOffice or StarOffice, that both work pretty well on Windows. StarOffice is not free though, but MUCH cheaper than MSO...
If you are a big VBA user/developer like me, then only MS Office will do, but OpenOffice will open any basic MS Office file with little fuss.

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Originally posted by zozozozo
at my uni they have some computers with Linux on it.
They are slower then the windows computers (and windows isnt really fast either;( ), and firefox often crashes on it:/
Linux is not some magic bullet, what were you expecting? It's still just software and software crashes.

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Originally posted by Crowley
RE: Office
You don't need MS Office, as you can download OpenOffice or StarOffice, that both work pretty well on Windows. StarOffice is not free though, but MUCH cheaper than MSO...
If you are a big VBA user/developer like me, then only MS Office will do, but OpenOffice will open any basic MS Office file with little fuss.[/b]
*Standing in the corner*

Thanks for that, seems like what I'd find useful I'll take a look at those.

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Originally posted by Crowley
Linux is not some magic bullet, what were you expecting? It's still just software and software crashes.
i was expecting it to be more simple, therefor faster then windows

my idea of linux is that its for ppl who know alot about computers, since its more easy to code in and stuff (ive heard).

and, well, i did kinda expect it to normaly run firefox, whitch it cant, really crashes ALOT, like every 5 min...and i dont even browse for porn at uni;(

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Originally posted by Crowley
RE: Office
You don't need MS Office, as you can download OpenOffice or StarOffice, that both work pretty well on Windows. StarOffice is not free though, but MUCH cheaper than MSO...
If you are a big VBA user/developer like me, then only MS Office will do, but OpenOffice will open any basic MS Office file with little fuss.
or download full version of hacked MSO illegally?

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Originally posted by zozozozo
i was expecting it to be more simple, therefor faster then windows

my idea of linux is that its for ppl who know alot about computers, since its more easy to code in and stuff (ive heard).

and, well, i did kinda expect it to normaly run firefox, whitch it cant, really crashes ALOT, like every 5 min...and i dont even browse for porn at uni;(
Ubuntu is about as close to Windows simplicity as you can get at the moment.

Linux was traditionally only for the tech-savvy, but it's very much matured into a great desktop replacement that anyone can use.
It's not easier to code in Linux than Windows.

If your university PCs with Linux on are crashing this much, then Linux was installed by an idiot or the hardware is failing. I wouldn't blame the OS.

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Originally posted by zozozozo
or download full version of hacked MSO illegally?
Why would you do that, when you can get legal replacement open source software for free?

OpenOffice installs without a hitch and works just as well as MSO 90% of the time - even quicker than MSO if you just need the basics - there just isn't VBA support and some formatting doesn't look as sharp as in MSO.

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Originally posted by Crowley
Why would you do that, when you can get legal replacement open source software for free?

OpenOffice installs without a hitch and works just as well as MSO 90% of the time - even quicker than MSO if you just need the basics - there just isn't VBA support and some formatting doesn't look as sharp as in MSO.
Downloaded openoffice.

I just wanted to use this computer to look at a few things and it's done that no probs.

Cheers Crowley!

I haven't tried to create a spreadsheet, database or "word" document with it yet but it looks like it'll do that. If it doesn't then fair enough, it worked fine for what I needed.

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