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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2011, 02:36:11 AM »
You can make your PC run slow if you give the VM too much ram.
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« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2011, 08:23:27 AM »
OK thanks for that...things are running fine right now so I musta done something right, lol. :)
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2011, 09:52:40 PM »
Have not gone much further but am going to check out ubuntu site right now and check things out.
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2011, 06:40:33 PM »
Well after reading up on a lot of distributions from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions

I think I will play it safe and load the laptop with Ubuntu. This may not be the best choice for my business but it is familiar. So with that said, I go to get ubuntu. :)
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2011, 08:54:54 PM »
So, I have the latest ubuntu version installed. I must say. I am impressed. They have come along way since I last played with it. I couldn't understand why it was so slow at first but then after a bit of investigation I saw it was downloading updates and backing up the system. Which was great. I have all the business software on there I need so far and all of it was free. All drivers where installed and work except for graphics, not sure that makes a big difference though. All in all I am satisfied so far. We will see what happens when I take it on the road on battery power. :)
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2011, 12:34:59 PM »
If it takes optimal use of your graphics card you will be even more impressed ;)
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« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2011, 12:40:18 PM »
Yeah I gotta find drivers for it soon. :) it works good though. I am on it now.
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2011, 09:28:44 AM »
So, Ubuntu was running a bit slow. I went out and bought another 512 mb or ram for the laptop and now it runs like it should. Nice and fast. So far I have transferred 95% of all of our business files onto it. I am using a program called Kontact for this and it seems to have all I need really. So far I am happy with my choice to use Linux.
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #23 on: November 17, 2011, 03:30:30 PM »
Isn't Kontact for KDE? Does it run well on GNOME?
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #24 on: November 17, 2011, 05:14:56 PM »
It runs great for me. I am running the latest Ubuntu Linux 11.10 or something I think it is. I don't know much about gnome or KDE or how that differs from what I am running but I am running it. :)
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #25 on: November 18, 2011, 01:21:05 AM »
By default Ubuntu uses GNOME. Kubuntu uses KDE.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE
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Re: Laptop/Linux Project
« Reply #26 on: March 14, 2012, 12:03:05 AM »
Hows the laptop going?
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