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wanyo
#11 Posted : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:20:10 AM
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murenj wrote:
does it mean that you can surf the net without an anti virus? and how comes that this free nice sounding system is not used by the majority of computer users?


Ubuntu or Linux is developed by community (read global linux experts comming together to develop a system) where one contributes freely makes the OS to be free unlike Apple-Mac or Windows who are a closed group but paid and the OS must be sold to cover costs and make profit.

the Open Community in the case of linux ensures end product is very stable unlike Closed group Windows hence minimal need for antivirus.

For servers Linux is the most popular. for personal computing is the windows because most PCs/laptops are pre-installed with windows before shipping.

i too
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kachero
#12 Posted : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:10:01 AM
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@ Kyt- if your Mac is running on any of their OSes (snow leopard, Mac OS X etc) you need not run the Linux way as their(Macintosh OS) are built from Unix-consider them as one of the flavor/variant
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kyt
#13 Posted : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:22:21 AM
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snow leopard it is!
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YesuWangu
#14 Posted : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 2:39:21 PM
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Fellow kenyans, you are not helping tmatekwa much. whats up with not giving him all information so that he chooses. linux is about choice isnt it? well, ubuntu is all linux yes, but linux is not all ubuntu. there are so many 'linuxes'. tmatekwa, wachana na ubuntu that cannot play media. please browse www.distrowatch.com and choose the linux you feel and think is best for you. All the linux you will find there are best depending on your circumstance. like quick sand finds ubuntu best for him. personally, i have 2 installed in my laptop. pclinuxos, the main one and linux mint the alternate one.
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selah
#15 Posted : Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:26:49 PM
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I am currently using ubuntu 9.1 it has problem playing mp3 or any multi media but the other functions are superb.

It has its own office which is more or less the same with microsoft office but the best thing about this office is that it can convert the doc. into PDF or microsoft word.

Actually I have installed it side by side with windows.
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quicksand
#16 Posted : Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:26:13 AM
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@tmatekwa: YesuWake is right smile many linuxes out there and everyone fronts their favourite I guess ...however, I have also played with SuSe, Debian, Solaris 10 and an old RedHat (7) ...found most of the functions similar. RedHat 7, was the hardest to get up and running. This was some time back. My advice is to find the distro that has the best multi-media support, and also one that has been a widely installed. For instance, you will find many answers to issues regarding Ubuntu because lots of folks have installed it (as compared to monkeylinux for instance). SuSe has a beautiful multi-desktop feature (don't know if the others have copied) ...for Enterprise software development/service deployment, go RedHat.

As a footnote, I am in IT but I have been cured of the Linux curiosity ...a lot of productivity software is still not available for Linux yet ...when the boss comes running breathing fire with deadlines, time to fiddle with stuff sort of just evaporates. But trudge on, curiosity increases knowledge
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msotoville
#17 Posted : Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:43:21 PM
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tmatekwa wrote:
I am contemplating changing from my windows xp to Linux. Having cut my IT teeth on windows, I am just apprehensive. perhaps some IT savvy wazuarian can give me a helping hand.................what are the pros and cons for both syatems?


If you still need a windows feel or want to run some apps in windows, install wine. Learn more here.
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mzeiya411
#18 Posted : Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:54:11 PM
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Linux mint is very mzuri. To aid in your decision making u ca n install a program called VMware which you can virtualize a linux installation to see which one best fits u.
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mzeiya411
#19 Posted : Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:57:35 PM
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quicksand wrote:


However VMWare costs money and because its emulation runs the installed OS a bit slower than native hardware.



Hey VMware can be downloaded off the net for free. if u have a laptop with decent specs i.e 2.0Ghz, 2G RAM and above u wunt feel the performance lag
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tmatekwa
#20 Posted : Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:39:10 PM
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this is becoming interesting. is there anyone out there with a copy of this operating system?
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