Comments on: Walking the walk: Using open source software in everyday life http://nirak.net/2008/02/15/walking-the-walk-using-open-source-software-in-everyday-life/ Karin Dalziel Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:14:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karin Dalziel http://nirak.net/2008/02/15/walking-the-walk-using-open-source-software-in-everyday-life/comment-page-1/#comment-23589 Karin Dalziel Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:41:27 +0000 http://www.nirak.net/2008/02/15/walking-the-walk-using-open-source-software-in-everyday-life/#comment-23589 Jason - I've had to keep Windows on my laptop, but I dualboot Ubuntu (I'm trying to decide if I have enough room on the thing to triple boot!) I have a tablet PC, and can't get the touch pad working in Ubuntu - also, like you said power management is an issue. But I love booting into Ubuntu (actually, xubuntu- I really like the desktop) when I just want to get things done. I'm really lucky I have multiple computers to play with. :) Ubuntu has definitely improved with 7.10 - the graphical xorg configuration tool is great. Jason – I’ve had to keep Windows on my laptop, but I dualboot Ubuntu (I’m trying to decide if I have enough room on the thing to triple boot!) I have a tablet PC, and can’t get the touch pad working in Ubuntu – also, like you said power management is an issue. But I love booting into Ubuntu (actually, xubuntu- I really like the desktop) when I just want to get things done.

I’m really lucky I have multiple computers to play with. :)

Ubuntu has definitely improved with 7.10 – the graphical xorg configuration tool is great.

]]> By: Jason Puckett http://nirak.net/2008/02/15/walking-the-walk-using-open-source-software-in-everyday-life/comment-page-1/#comment-23585 Jason Puckett Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:30:16 +0000 http://www.nirak.net/2008/02/15/walking-the-walk-using-open-source-software-in-everyday-life/#comment-23585 You're inspiring me to start thinking about using Ubuntu again. I used it on my laptop for the better part of a year, but I ran into some minor hitches with power management and 3d graphics and it annoyed me enough to switch back to Windows. Maybe I'll try out a live CD and see how it's improved (that was about two releases ago). You’re inspiring me to start thinking about using Ubuntu again. I used it on my laptop for the better part of a year, but I ran into some minor hitches with power management and 3d graphics and it annoyed me enough to switch back to Windows. Maybe I’ll try out a live CD and see how it’s improved (that was about two releases ago).

]]> By: OS Agnostic » Post on using open source software http://nirak.net/2008/02/15/walking-the-walk-using-open-source-software-in-everyday-life/comment-page-1/#comment-23491 OS Agnostic » Post on using open source software Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:23:56 +0000 http://www.nirak.net/2008/02/15/walking-the-walk-using-open-source-software-in-everyday-life/#comment-23491 [...] wrote about why it is important to use open source software on my other blog, nirak.net. This is one of those posts that really could have gone on either blog, [...] [...] wrote about why it is important to use open source software on my other blog, nirak.net. This is one of those posts that really could have gone on either blog, [...]

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