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wanyo
#11 Posted : Friday, July 17, 2009 1:03:00 PM
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Welcome all to the Linux world.

ps dont be so happy to kick out windows. for the heavy users of computing you need to check for compatibility of your applications and drivers. If you really like Linux but are held back by windows you may try Vatualizations utilities - they enable you run an OS (windows for this case) like an applications in Linux.

wish good xperiences @ every1
i too
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subzero
#12 Posted : Friday, July 17, 2009 1:10:00 PM
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if all you want is discover,don't bother installing. just use knoppix.
linux is one cumbersome OS. doing simple stuff becomes such a hustle. mara its mounting drives. etc. like mukiha,phone drivers are a hustle to get on any linux.

but linux is better than windows on only one thing,its shell is superior. you can write scripts to do or automate just about anything,and i love that. but that's not an advantage to a user without a level of programming experienced.

for my desktop by the way,Am a windows die-hard. recently moved to windows 7 and loving it. that i guess is the fastest and most usable OS yet.
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iMANI
#13 Posted : Friday, July 17, 2009 3:19:00 PM
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@Mukiha
You're actually wrong this time.
There is nothing African about the OS,except the name
There is something very MAJOR about Ubuntu as it's developed by Canonical Ltd which is owned by Mark Shuttleworth who is an African (well a South african to be precise).

@Djinn
if Mukiha had accepted the wager,you'd actually have won

@ subzero
linux is one cumbersome OS. doing simple stuff becomes such a hustle. mara its mounting drives
don't be fooled. linux is actually the most simplest...(is that grammatically correct)....OS around. i can give you the 100 advtgs why but i'll just list 3:
1. it's free hence you don't need to fork out sh12,000 and above for the XP license
2. almost 95% of the software associated with it is also free (you don't need to pay for MS-Office when you can get the same functionality with Open Office)
3. no need of worrying about viruses and worms and trojans etc

@ sweetie
hope your download of ubuntu went ok. if not there's an easier way. just log into this site https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ and request a CD and they will deliver one to you for absolutely no cost at all right on your doorstep....(well actually in your postal box...but you get my point)

finally,to the most important question.
Which is the best linux OS?
IMHO Linux Mint is the favourite for this tag. It's simply 'ubuntu done right'. everything works out of the box,it has the best looking theme and it's simple enough for a 6 yr old to use..... (research has actually proven this)....or in to put it in a local context for your Mpig who know nothing about IT to learn and use in about an hr....(I'm still carrying out research on this). you can download linux mint (697MB) from here http://www.linuxmint.com/.

Warning: once you go linux mint way,i promise you M$ Windows will be a long lost relative

It's amazing what you can achieve if you don't care who gets the credit.
Life and beer are very similar........chill for best results.
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mzeiya.411
#14 Posted : Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:06:00 AM
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download vmware workstation 6.0 or higher from vmware.com then install. run the linux distro of our choice. hope ua laptop has 1GB of ram or higher.
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mukiha
#15 Posted : Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:23:00 AM
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@iMANI & @Djinn;

Perhaps I was too categorical in my assertion. Yes; Mark Shuttleworth provided the seed capital for Canonical,the DISTRIBUTORS of Ubuntu. But still,that does not make Ubuntu 'African Linux flavour' as Djinn put it.


Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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mukiha
#16 Posted : Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:31:00 AM
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This is what Canonical says about itself. Note that the word 'AFRICA' does not appear anywhere!!!
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Founded in late 2004,Canonical Ltd is a company headquartered in Europe with over 200 employees working in 23 countries (and counting). Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu project.


Our mission
Our mission is to realise the potential of free software in the lives of individuals and organisations by:


delivering the world's best free software platform
ensuring its availability to everyone
supporting it with high quality professional service offerings
facilitating the continued growth and development of the free software community

Our staff
Our staff has deep roots in the open source community and a proven track record of success in the commercial software industry. Team members include leaders from the Gnome,KDE,Linux,Debian and Bazaar open source projects,helping us to stay at the forefront of the rapidly changing open source software world.

Our community
We believe the open source community simply creates better software. Our community enables us to increase our development capacity many times over. Everyone collaborates. As a result,we deliver higher quality,more secure and more easily integrated software. And we do it more frequently than others do.


Our services
Services include 24x7 support and professional services,engineering services,and hardware and software certification for Ubuntu. Our global partner network offers local support,industry leading hardware and software from 500 companies globally. Our training programme offers classroom-based courses to help administrators obtain 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' status. UCP is a training certification based on the LPI level 1 certification.


Our distribution
Ubuntu is a community developed and supported project. Since its launch in October 2004,Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users around the world. Every six months we select,test and bring together the world's best free and open source software,and make it freely available on common technology platforms.

Ubuntu will always be free to download,free to use and free to distribute to others. With these goals in mind,Ubuntu aims to be the most widely used Linux system,and is the centre of a global open source software ecosystem.

Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Drew
#17 Posted : Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:53:00 PM
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try linux ultimate edition
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sweetie
#18 Posted : Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:38:00 PM
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@ all,thanks for the debate. i'm learning quite a bit. tried to download Ubuntu but it took too long and i gave up. Had a very slow ISP-AfricaOnline so i decided to order a CD to try out. can't wait for the era of High speed,Lower cost internet to start. When are these cables going live?
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kiterunner
#19 Posted : Monday, April 06, 2015 8:45:52 PM
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Linux Mint is very nice and light, you can run it in parallel to your host
our goals are best achieved indirectly
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ole3
#20 Posted : Monday, May 04, 2015 9:58:05 PM
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kiterunner wrote:
Linux Mint is very nice and light, you can run it in parallel to your host


way to have several distros running think i got spoilt with free stuff
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