Comments on: I Bought A New Computer And I’m Switching To Linux

By: Amit

Amit — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:40:09 +0000

I just installed Ubuntu. The installation itself is very easy. Setting up the Internet connection with a cable modem in Israel was a bitch, though. It wasn’t trivial, but luckily I got help from some forums (I’ll probably tell about it in a different post).

Ubuntu seems to have a “Hibernate” option. I didn’t try it yet, though. It also seems to have support for wireless connections, but I can’t test that. I’m surprised about the partition thing. However, my installation is Linux only (not dual-boot).

By: Ariel Cohen

Ariel Cohen — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:53:55 +0000

I heard lot’s of good things about Ubuntu. I’m currently pissed off with the Linux that I have (it is red hat though):
1. No wireless
2. No hibernate
3. It does not recognize a fat partition that I left especially for it to share files with Windows.
4. More sensitive for the processor temp (than windows) – my laptop actually crashed twice today for that reason.

I guess all could be fixed but I have no time for this shit. Maybe I’ll switch to Ubuntu as well — after all you’ll be familiar with the installation… :)