Tag Archives: vista

The Ubuntu Project #5: Does Ubuntu Linux Stay, or Go?

When I started my “Is Linux Ready for Word Workers?” series, I thought I’d squeeze a pair of posts from my Ubuntu Linux installation, erase it, and dive right back into Windows Vista.
So much for expectations.

No, I didn’t much like Vista (I’m not alone: a recent Infoworld survey suggests a startling 35% of its readers [...]

The Ubuntu Project #3: An Update From the Road

I’m on a two-week fly fishing trip in Montana, and in the Interest of seeing Ubuntu Linux perform on the road, I brought my work laptop with me.
Not many posts? I’ve been spending my time here.
The results have been instructive, if not always thrilling.
First, let’s talk wi-fi access.
While Ubuntu glommed onto my home wi-fi [...]

The Ubuntu Project: Is Linux Right For Word Workers?

My six year-old HP laptop has never failed me. But lately, it has been making me wait.
It’s running Windows XP, and even after a clean install – once its 512K MB of RAM was burdened with service packs, security updates, anti-viral software and a modern browser – it becomes the Little Laptop That Can’t.
At least [...]

The Failed Computer Blues: The Underground Commences With the Vista Bashing

I haven’t forgotten you, my little Undergrounders. Sure, I haven’t posted anything useful lately, but one look at my to-do list would suggest why.
The snow is piling up by the metric ton, the snowblower is feigning death, the clients are calling, and yes — the old desktop PC has been dead in the water and [...]