atw: Re: Windows-free at last.

Valid points to a dgree, Evan (R) although try running them on less than
half a Gb of RAM and see how you go. Turns your WinDoze box into a hard
disk coffee grinder. "Safe mode" isn't really a usable choice unless you
need to fix a dying PC.

Oh and I forgot to mention that the single, 690Mb CD .iso image is a
"one with the lot" proposition. It installs the entire Open Office
suite, graphics tools, backdrops and many other useful tools along with
Ubuntu. Nothing missing that you can't simply download and install
through the new (with this latest October 09 release "9.10") through the
inbuilt Ubuntu (free) software Centre.

Mind you, if you do want or need a more compact install than that, say
for older or less capable PCs, you get much the same using Kubuntu (KDE
desktop) or the even more efficient Xubuntu, without any tangible
reduction in functionality or usability.

Please Note: the PowerPC architecture seen in legacy Macs, Amigas and
some IBM and Sun workstations is supported in Ubuntu releases up to
7.04, which you can still get on line.

Cheers,

Micky G.

Write Ideas
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
http://www.writeideas.com.au/


On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 09:39 +0800, Evan Read wrote:

> Windows and Mac OS shouldn't require a lot more, provided unnecessary
> drivers are not installed.  For example, Mac OS X 
> 10.5 installed 3.1 GB of printer drivers by default. It meant that all
> supported printers would would out of the box, but 
> wasted space.
> 
> In the new Mac OS X 10.6, the default is to not install these drivers.
> When you connect a printer now, you can run Software 
> Update (like Windows Update) and the required driver is pulled off the
> internet.  I believe that Windows 7 is the same when 
> compared to Windows Vista.  In the case of Windows 7, these and other
> examples of disk space efficiency are designed to 
> make Windows 7 more attractive to the Netbook market.
> 
> Unlikely you'd get down to 4GB though.
> 
> Evan.

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