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Old 20th February 2008, 04:43 PM
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Crash, have you tried Ubuntu? It seems alright.

I had a couple niggly issues so couldn't make the switch perm so I'm back on XP Pro, but what I saw was promising.

If you got an ATI card and a 21"+ widescreen monitor tho you'll have to make changes to the xorg.conf file to get the native res going.


I've got about 10 discs of Ubantu [about 3yrs old] laying around. Too many issues with it. However, I think there is a newer version I haven't tried that's supposed to be a lot better. I'm not sure if it's a later Ubantu or called something else [?]
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Old 20th February 2008, 05:43 PM
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Ubuntu has a lot more polish since you've last tried it from the sound of it.

Download the livecd from their website, it runs the full os off a CD. Boots off it. It'll show you how far its come.
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Old 20th February 2008, 05:58 PM
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Thanks for that info. pengo, I'll give it a whirl.
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Old 20th February 2008, 08:59 PM
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Thanks Racer, seems like a nice program, have just installed it and will report back on its effectiveness in a few days. I usually get about 5 or 6 spam emails a day, and I'm sure they have been on lists that have been sold by the one dodgy site I inadvertly gave my personal address to by mistake.
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Old 4th March 2008, 09:02 PM
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This might explain my opposition to Vista

http://www.theage.com.au/news/techn...4226975087.html

I'll never install it on any computer, neither mine, nor a client's.

When an operating system has a class action against it, you know things are bad.
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Interestingly, after I just did a clean re-install of XP a few days ago, I was
able to validate over the net. and download the updates without any validation key required!

Geez, would I love a boxful of XP disks to sell on ebay to disappointed new computer owners with Vista!
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