Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 25th Apr 2007 10:18 UTC
A month ago I wrote a review on Ubuntu's 7.04 version and in it I promised a second look once the final version was to released. Feisty Fawn was released last week and as it seems so far, it is one of the most (if not the most) successful Linux distro release ever. This means that we can't help it but compare it with XP and Mac OS X, after having tested it in 3 laptops and 2 desktops in my lab.
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2006-08-24
I've been with linux since 2000 and I must say that Ubuntu has a great future and is a real competitor to other proprietary OSs.
I wanted to install it on a home machine, that is
Asus A8N-E, AMD 3500+, ATI X850XT. First I installed it
with -noapic -acpi=off parameters passed to the kernel, otherwise X would crash in every 10 seconds, apps freezing and keyboard locking up. I thought it was because of ATI Drivers, I downloaded binary drivers but the problems still continued. I could not find any usefull info in the internet about my problem. My hardware is ok because I've got XP in dual boot and it does not expose such problems. So my verdict is use Nvidia card with linux and you'll avoid many problems.
Strangely ubuntu runs fine on my work computer that is
Asus P5B Deluxe, Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Nvidia GeForce 7600GS. If anyone know the cure please post.
Edited 2007-04-25 12:00