Comments on: XPUbuntu: My Saga http://www.itsananderson.com/2008/12/xpubuntu-my-saga/ Ramblings of a Computer Scientist Fri, 21 May 2010 02:32:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Will http://www.itsananderson.com/2008/12/xpubuntu-my-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Will Sun, 31 May 2009 03:21:40 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=270#comment-278 Aha, hadn't heard of that before. Thanks. Aha, hadn’t heard of that before. Thanks.

]]> By: James http://www.itsananderson.com/2008/12/xpubuntu-my-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-277 James Sun, 31 May 2009 03:06:25 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=270#comment-277 Clearly, you need to look up the Super Tango Patcher and get convert your icons over to the Ubuntu style as well. Clearly, you need to look up the Super Tango Patcher and get convert your icons over to the Ubuntu style as well.

]]> By: Will http://www.itsananderson.com/2008/12/xpubuntu-my-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Will Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:04:32 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=270#comment-66 And we can now get Maple 12, which from what I can tell works on Vista. I'm definitely thinking about this now. And we can now get Maple 12, which from what I can tell works on Vista. I’m definitely thinking about this now.

]]> By: Nick Ohrn http://www.itsananderson.com/2008/12/xpubuntu-my-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Nick Ohrn Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:43:54 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=270#comment-65 Yeah, you should definitely go dual boot. Make the Ubuntu partition 10-15GB, and you should be just fine. You won't need any more than that. After that, set the GRUB boot loader to boot to Vista by default and you should be fine. Also, pretty much all software that I know of runs on Vista by now, especially anything you're going to use. I think the only thing I had problems with was Maple (9) but you can use Windows terminal services on campus for that. Yeah, you should definitely go dual boot. Make the Ubuntu partition 10-15GB, and you should be just fine. You won’t need any more than that. After that, set the GRUB boot loader to boot to Vista by default and you should be fine.

Also, pretty much all software that I know of runs on Vista by now, especially anything you’re going to use. I think the only thing I had problems with was Maple (9) but you can use Windows terminal services on campus for that.

]]> By: Will http://www.itsananderson.com/2008/12/xpubuntu-my-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Will Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:34:38 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=270#comment-64 I need to check to make sure all the software I need is compatible with Vista, but I might do that. I had bad experiences with Vista on an old laptop, but with 4 gigs of RAM and a much better processor, I should no longer have any problems. Dual boot's not a bad idea either. My only concern is the extra space taken up by having two operating systems installed. That's one reason I didn't do that before. I'm impressed by the new way Ubuntu installs though. It's actually created as a Windows application. This makes uninstalling it WAY easier than it was before. I need to check to make sure all the software I need is compatible with Vista, but I might do that. I had bad experiences with Vista on an old laptop, but with 4 gigs of RAM and a much better processor, I should no longer have any problems.
Dual boot’s not a bad idea either. My only concern is the extra space taken up by having two operating systems installed. That’s one reason I didn’t do that before. I’m impressed by the new way Ubuntu installs though. It’s actually created as a Windows application. This makes uninstalling it WAY easier than it was before.

]]> By: Nick Ohrn http://www.itsananderson.com/2008/12/xpubuntu-my-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Nick Ohrn Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:18:46 +0000 http://www.itsananderson.com/?p=270#comment-62 Kick XP to the curve and upgrade to Windows Vista! You get it for free from MSDNAA, so gear up and use it. It is a huge upgrade over XP and has so many usability enhancements it is ridiculous. Plus, if you decide to upgrade, you could split your partition and install Ubuntu side by side with Vista. That way, when you go to take OS or Computer Graphics, you'll have a ready installation that you can write C and C++ code in and compile! Kick XP to the curve and upgrade to Windows Vista! You get it for free from MSDNAA, so gear up and use it. It is a huge upgrade over XP and has so many usability enhancements it is ridiculous. Plus, if you decide to upgrade, you could split your partition and install Ubuntu side by side with Vista. That way, when you go to take OS or Computer Graphics, you’ll have a ready installation that you can write C and C++ code in and compile!

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