ferhr (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ferhr) wrote,@ 2008-07-09 12:59:00 |
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Imagine that.
I could run Windows Vista for ten minutes.
Yeah, I bought some new hardware (dual core and stuff, finally) and it came with this newfangled thing called "the WOW Operating System". Turns out it took about 5 minutes to start and reach the login screen (!) and, after that, it found my wireless network after seven different steps, including two authorizations, only to lock up (apparently, I guess it was a "Windows Shell Meltdown") five minutes later.
Vista is no more. Installed latest Ubuntu on it and it's a match made in heaven. I had to use ndiswrapper, unfortunately, for the awful Broadcom wireless stuff, but I'm wired all the time (since it's a machine for work), so it's kind of moot. The builtin webcam works nicely, which is a sign of 2008 finally coming to me.
Too bad I even opened the enclosed Vista pack to see what's inside. I should have left it intact, in a dark, forgotten room.
I could run Windows Vista for ten minutes.
Yeah, I bought some new hardware (dual core and stuff, finally) and it came with this newfangled thing called "the WOW Operating System". Turns out it took about 5 minutes to start and reach the login screen (!) and, after that, it found my wireless network after seven different steps, including two authorizations, only to lock up (apparently, I guess it was a "Windows Shell Meltdown") five minutes later.
Vista is no more. Installed latest Ubuntu on it and it's a match made in heaven. I had to use ndiswrapper, unfortunately, for the awful Broadcom wireless stuff, but I'm wired all the time (since it's a machine for work), so it's kind of moot. The builtin webcam works nicely, which is a sign of 2008 finally coming to me.
Too bad I even opened the enclosed Vista pack to see what's inside. I should have left it intact, in a dark, forgotten room.
