APCMag has a lenghty article on switching from Windows to Ubuntu. "When I was first given this task I had to sit and blink a few times, if for nothing else than dramatic pause. I'm a self-confessed Linux nut, as some of you may know, but even I'm cautious to do away with Windows completely. There's a reason I have a dual-boot Windows and Linux machine. Several of them, in fact. But have I just been conditioned into using Windows because of past experience, or applications, or file formats, or the myriad other reasons that make Windows a comfort zone because it's all so familiar?"
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Member since:2006-08-29
> Well, I'm a Linux-nut and I have Vista on sda1.
> I paid for it (laptop tax), and I don't want to
> wipe it off just yet.
Assuming you're using an OEM pre-activated version of Vista and you *do* eventually choose to wipe it I found a cool program that can backup and restore Vista's activated state.
http://directedge.us/node/24
It's at the very bottom of the page, "ABRbeta3.zip", and it works perfectly: if you ever want to reinstall Vista just do so with any Vista DVD, choosing the correct edition and leaving the CD key blank field blank, when it's installed, just run the restore program and reboot and you're laughing.
It's perfectly legit and also *very* handy for fresh Vista reinstallation to strip away OEM bundleware.
Member since:2006-08-29
Just to absolutely clarify it is _not_ a crack. the restore procedure will only work on the machine on which you backup the activation, since it's tied to the BIOS. You may be able to do 32bit -> 64bit upgrades with it though (Since 32 bit licenses are valid for 64bit use)
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2007-05-16
Well, I'm a Linux-nut and I have Vista on sda1. I paid for it (laptop tax), and I don't want to wipe it off just yet. I'm getting the Orange box in a few days and my hardware won't be able to take the extra hit that Wine will ask of it.
I also boot into it every now and then to remind myself why I use Linux
But seriously, say I need to do something quickly, and it requires Windows. Then I can boot in, get it done, get out. Sometimes I don't want to have to fight with Wine.
Just because you dual boot doesn't mean you're less of a fan!
*EDIT* Let me just say that if Dell offered Ubuntu laptops in South Africa, however, I wouldn't have chosen to get one with Windows on it. It would be Ubuntu only.
Edited 2007-10-22 11:59