]> http://www.ubuntux.org/blog/calindae en http://www.ubuntux.org/new-laptop-has-arrived-first-impression-of-vista <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>I have received my new laptop, the Gateway MT6729, and I have to say I am impressed. After my Thinkpad R60 with 512 MB RAM and 60 GB HDD, this 2 GB RAM 160 GB HDD unit is like a dream boat. Well, coming into this I expected to want to revert back to XP after starting up Vista. However, after the initial breakin, with the OS attempting to define what I want to do, I have to say MS isn't totally off the mark with Vista. There is quite a bit of eye candy, which I thought might contribute to the slowing of my system overall, but as I have yet to really &quot;wait&quot; on anything, I believe I like the pretty stuff. But, alas, just as I am tempted to fall in love with MS (giggle) here come the &quot;..only 25 more uses of MS word before you 'pay up'&quot; and free 60 day trial of Norton security suite, etc. This is where good ol' open source and Linux distros come in. I'm now trying to decide which distro I want permanently installed. I want a really fast, streamlined OS and I booted up DSL with a live CD. However, I also want a pretty functional OS out of the box and as I had some trouble (as to be expected with any new OS) with my ethernet detection, I think I will move on to a more fully featured distro. I'm always leaning towards an Ubuntu derivation, as that was my first Linux love, but there are so many choices!!!</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:37:53 +0200 http://www.ubuntux.org/new-to-ubuntu-and-linux <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Hey guys,I'm about to buy a new laptop, and I am planning on putting Ubuntu 8.04 ( Hardy Heron)on it.My first laptop was a Lenovo Thinkpad R60 with 512 MB RAM 60 GB HDD and ~14&quot; screen...I'm about to purchase this:<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123">Gateway MT6729 Intel Pentium dual-core T2330(1.60GHz) 15.4&quot; Wide XGA 2GB Memory 160GB HDD Dual layer DVD Burner Intel GMA X3100 NoteBook - Retail</a>Hopefully it will be a nice step up, even though it will ship with Vista...I've heard you can do some things to streamline Vista, which I plan on doing. I'm not quite ready to leap fully into Ubuntu by having it as my sole OS, so I have to keep windows around for a while.So any advice on my choice for a new laptop would be helpful... or any info on upcoming sales at New Egg.Well that's it for my first post.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:31:07 +0100