Vista Downgrade - Alternate OS Suggestions?

[Wayne]

Not quite, Ubuntu is a distribution of linux. But their are plenty of others

Oh lol. Which would you say is the best/quickest?

[Blinger1]

ubuntu..

thats why they have suggested it every time :rolleyes:

[Wayne]

ubuntu..

thats why they have suggested it every time :rolleyes:

Yes but there are many different variances of it.

[Mentor]

Oh lol. Which would you say is the best/quickest?

Ubuntu... or maybe linux mint if your new. (linux mint is based on ubuntu)

Ubuntu will generally just work, soon as installed. Other distro's usually require quite a bit more configuration to support all the hardware.
Linux mints much the same but includes what many think is a nicer theme and bundles some restricted (non open source) content such as dvd and media support. (easily added though)

Tis a different o/s so does have some very different ways of doing things, which can take a while to get used to though as a warning

[Wayne]

Thank you. I'm installing Ubuntu now.

[Agnostic Bear]

Right time to roll up my sleeves and get busy.

(Thanks to Mentor for using a post format that doesn't bunch everything up into one massive blog (Hey HotelUser, press enter!)

Then download a distro with a theme you like o.0, alot of people like linux mint for example (not myself)

There are no themes I like on any Lunix distro because they're all horrible and have 4304820934824 developers just dragging it down. Unity = Better design, better code (for applications).

The default drivers have increased dramatically - the big jump with vista, gfx drivers though are still needed to use a proper resolution.

Windows 7 jumps even further, I fail to see how this has anything to do with XP being old as hell.

Then set your font render settings to the same used in cleartype o.0

You can't, it's patented to hell and back and nobody has created something that matches it.

Ring switcher is better as i can actually see whats on all of my windows, works by the same keys - although being linux i could use about 40 difference effects to do the same thing if i wanted, its down to preference. I like having choice

And what happens when I use ATI? which doesn't support mipmaps or vsync? I would prefer something that works to something that looks "fancy", flip 3d has mipmaps and vsync. So I use flip 3d.

Thanks for playing Mentor! Hope you had fun.

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Good for you, you can save 3 additional KB while installing a piece of software (then again, the installer's just going to add shortcuts to your desktop and that's lame).

There are things called options, these usually give you the option of adding links to your desktop. I choose not to because I don't want them there, it's ~*magic*~

Clearly, moving one icon to an applications folder is far superior to having to go through an installation procedure. Most apps on OS X are installed like this.

Not really, going through an installation procedure can save you 100mb+, stop crap you don't want being installed and add things extra that aren't in the default installation. I think installing and choosing exactly what you want is far superior.

Easier to use is debatable. They've moved many things around in the UI, so that a previous Windows user would have to re-learn the UI. Securer at a price (which is performance). If these new versions are superior to XP then why is XP still shipping on Netbooks and for Windows 7?

Why is Ubuntu being supported for several years? Because a lot of people use it. Just like a lot of people use XP, 7 should change that though.

And guess what operating system I used to post my previous posts? A Windows Mobile device!??! Amazing, isn't it? How I don't have an iPhone? ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!11

Not really, I don't have an iPhone or a Windows Mobile, or a smart phone for that matter because I don't need my phone to wipe my ass for me whenever I make a phone call. I need texting, calling and the occasional internet browsing. My phone does all of that without fancy "apps" or being a "smart phone".

No, you're not really. You have to know how to use Linux before you give it a chance.

Used lunix, made programs, edited themes, butted about with it for a few months. I think I know how to use lunix.

Apple smooths the fonts better. I can see why some people might not like that because the additional smoothing is annoying, but I for one see no problem with it. Infact, in some cases I think Apple font rendering looks absolutely stunning:


And the Windows version:

If I'm not mistaken the Windows font doesn't have ClearType at all, I can't see any sub-pixel rendering on the text below wordpress.

In my opinion Windows Vista is not a "real" OS, meaning I would not wish to use it.

Your opinion is wrong (yes they can be wrong), Windows Vista is a valid Operating System (and by all definition real) that is used by millions of people across the world who all know it to be real (It's a fact!). Your opinion is moot.

If you check out the post your setup thread you'll notice 2 out of 3 of my computers in that shot are running Windows. I also have a Gateway Desktop dual booting Ubuntu and Windows Vista (sadly) and an IBM thinkpad running Windows as well. I have an HTC Apache running Windows mobile 6.5 and the phone I'm using now, the HTC Vogue, running Windows mobile 6.1. I'm such an Apple fan.

That's like being racist to a black person and saying it's ok because you have black friends.

Thanks for playing guys!

[Wayne]

Omg, I'm on Ubuntu now and it's so amazing. I love it. Shame I can't find an integrated IDM to use.

[xPrecedent]

hoteluser i knew you would post in this thread
you have a weird obsession with vista dude

[Metric1]

I really like Vista, sure it's not fast but if you have a lot of ram and a good dual-core processor, it makes a world of difference!

[Agnostic Bear]

Omg, I'm on Ubuntu now and it's so amazing. I love it. Shame I can't find an integrated IDM to use.

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