PCWorks: Google

Harold, I can agree with you whole heartedly. Naysayers
aside, the same 
with investing in Microsoft, Apple, Whistler/Blackcomb
resorts, etc. 
before they made it big. Even Dell before they began to fall
out of 
favour and started buying out the competition to cushion the
decline 
would have been favourable, did you know they bought out
Alienware so 
they could have a better stake in gaming computers?

Me, I like investing time in something which isn't as
financially 
evident as all the above: Ubuntu Linux. It's free to buy,
freely 
supported, and freely updated but most people would pay to
have it 
tweaked and tooled with.

Just my 2 cents, and happy holidays to all!

Peter Kaulback

Harold B. wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> PS: Google went public at $85 a few years ago and
recently went over $500.
> Here we all are experts in using Google, we know what
it is for, we know how
> to use it ... do you guys feel as stupid as I do by not
having put a bundle on
> it? --- Harold
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Glad to hear there's another Ubuntu fan out there.
I installed this on my extra machine a couple of weeks ago,
and it's 
probably the best Linux distro I've fooled with yet.
The install was very fast and trouble free, the media apps
worked 
without any tweaking (Fedora was a real pain) and it runs
reasonably 
fast on my ancient board.
Adding a second HD and getting Samba to work was much more
difficult in 
Ubuntu than in any other OS I've ever tried, but all is well
now.
With the bloated and security-crippled Vista coming soon,
Ubuntu has a 
lot going for it.


> 
> Me, I like investing time in something which isn't as
financially 
> evident as all the above: Ubuntu Linux. It's free to
buy, freely 
> supported, and freely updated but most people would pay
to have it 
> tweaked and tooled with.
> 
> Just my 2 cents, and happy holidays to all!
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Hugh, did you install the latest release, 6.10 or was it
6.06?

I'm still running 6.06 on an old Sempron based mobo and it
offers far 
more installed than any other OS. I haven't had problems
with hdd 
swapping but Samba was a chore.

I try to encourage it to people who can't afford new
hardware for XP or 
Vista or even those OS's themselves. I have tried in on an
AMD 64 and it 
is very speedy, but I haven't tried it on an old Mac yet.

It's what I like about Ubuntu and other distro's, it enables
older 
hardware to continue to serve owner's smoothly and securely
into the future.

I'm glad you do enjoy Ubuntu as well!

Just my 2 cents,

Peter Kaulback

Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> Glad to hear there's another Ubuntu fan out there.
> I installed this on my extra machine a couple of weeks
ago, and it's 
> probably the best Linux distro I've fooled with yet.
> The install was very fast and trouble free, the media
apps worked 
> without any tweaking (Fedora was a real pain) and it
runs reasonably 
> fast on my ancient board.
> Adding a second HD and getting Samba to work was much
more difficult in 
> Ubuntu than in any other OS I've ever tried, but all is
well now.
> With the bloated and security-crippled Vista coming
soon, Ubuntu has a 
> lot going for it.
> 
> 
>>
>> Me, I like investing time in something which isn't
as financially 
>> evident as all the above: Ubuntu Linux. It's free
to buy, freely 
>> supported, and freely updated but most people would
pay to have it 
>> tweaked and tooled with.
>>
>> Just my 2 cents, and happy holidays to all!
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It's 6.1, Peter.
The HD problem may have been caused by not paying enough
attention 
during install. I had Win 2K installed prior to this, and
even though I 
didn't want to dual-boot, that's where I ended up. I then
formatted the 
2d HD, and it took many hoops to get this drive recognized.
On the other 
hand, now I know where FSTAB is.
I would be very happy to help people with any Linux distro,
but there 
just isn't that kind of curiosity amongst my acquaintances.
I did 
install Fedora for one friend, but he's given up on it. It's
very rare 
for me to get a question that goes beyond email, or some
hardware/OS 
glitch that affects immediate operations. I don't know what
this means.
Happy holidays to all.


Peter Kaulback wrote:
> Hugh, did you install the latest release, 6.10 or was
it 6.06?
> 
> I'm still running 6.06 on an old Sempron based mobo and
it offers far 
> more installed than any other OS. I haven't had
problems with hdd 
> swapping but Samba was a chore.
> 
> I try to encourage it to people who can't afford new
hardware for XP or 
> Vista or even those OS's themselves. I have tried in on
an AMD 64 and it 
> is very speedy, but I haven't tried it on an old Mac
yet.
> 
> It's what I like about Ubuntu and other distro's, it
enables older 
> hardware to continue to serve owner's smoothly and
securely into the 
> future.
> 
> I'm glad you do enjoy Ubuntu as well!
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