On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:34:03 -0700, none wrote:
> "Canuck57" <dave8762@nospam-please.com> wrote in message
> news:iRoQj.90847$rd2.71018@pd7urf3no...
>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:21:19 -0400, Chris S. wrote:
>>
>>> "Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Oqgp$1upIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> "Chris S." <chris.sidener@verizonxspam.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:eFJa1wupIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Well, just to see what the NG Street Fights are about...
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Downloaded 8.04 x64 version from Argonne Labs... 8 minutes 2.
>>>>> Burned ISO to DVD
>>>>> 3. Booted from DVD
>>>>> 4. No native support for Dual Monitor 5. Butt Ugly! 6. TCP Stack
>>>>> found, Internet OK
>>>>> 7. Firefox works
>>>>>
>>>>> OK it works....
>>>>> However, clearly little more than a curiosity for me at this point.
>>>>>
>>>>> To be fair I will probably play with and explore it in my spare
>>>>> time.
>>>>>
>>>>> For now back to get some work done with the Vista OS and my
>>>>> Applications.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Chris S.
>>>>
>>>> You will find as most users find that Ubuntu/Linux is just a toy for
>>>> the home user. Better off spending your time working with Vista and
>>>> your applications and don't waste any more with Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Point taken, Bill
>>>
>>> My curiosity comes from haven sold Desktop UNIX back in the late 70s.
>>> (On the Motorola 68xx platform.) Linus Torvalds seems to have done
>>> little but port it to the x86 platform. Wrapping a GUI around it
>>> reminds me of Windows over DOS, with DOS having descended from
>>> UNIX/CP/M.
>>>
>>> Remembering the "Bourne Shell", the "Berkley Shell" and countless
>>> others, the plethora of "Distros" suggests that nothing much has
>>> changed with our old Dowager, UNIX.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Chris S.
>>
>> Why not try benchmarking some large file copies. Like DVD-ISO images
>> and the like. Copy in say using Secure shell using the same server as
>> the source, once into Ubuntu and once into Vista. Then copy the file
>> disk to disk. Then examine the times it takes.
>
> Why Use A Piece Of Junk Software Like Ubuntu? Ubuntu Is For Retards And
> If You Use Ubuntu Then You Are A Retard. Just FYI
You don't know what you are missing. )