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Tried that. Plus Kubuntu but always seem to end up back with Mint. Keep meaning to try Ubuntu itself againWindows entirely removed from hard drive, Xubuntu 15.04 installed.
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Tried that. Plus Kubuntu but always seem to end up back with Mint. Keep meaning to try Ubuntu itself againWindows entirely removed from hard drive, Xubuntu 15.04 installed.
Very happy
Ubuntu has too many bells and whistles for my laptop - it ran like a pig last time I tied it (but then I did have it on a ext4 partition but with all my actual data in a separate NTFS partition so Windows could read it too - don't think that helped - I've removed Windows entirely now)Tried that. Plus Kubuntu but always seem to end up back with Mint. Keep meaning to try Ubuntu itself again
Ubuntu has too many bells and whistles for my laptop - it ran like a pig last time I tied it (but then I did have it on a ext4 partition but with all my actual data in a separate NTFS partition so Windows could read it too - don't think that helped - I've removed Windows entirely now)
I have used Kubuntu (ages ago - laptop wouldn't suspend), Ubuntu (was great until it got bloated and slow), Lubuntu (lightweight, fast but at cost of slick interface) Mint (quite liked it) and Xubuntu (like Ubuntu used to be)
Red Hat and Mandrake were the first distros I used extensively so Fedora is a natural fit for me. I have it on one machine but for non-free stuff like some codecs you need RPM Fusion and I had a couple of problems with that in the past. It seems better now. I really like Mint for being so well put together and slick. I might switch my laptop from Mint to Fedora + RPM Fusion though.I'm on Fedora, when I got my new computer earlier this year I started with Mint but had some stability problems so swapped to Fedora, in the past I've used both Ubuntu and Lubuntu.
Red Hat and Mandrake were the first distros I used extensively so Fedora is a natural fit for me. I have it on one machine but for non-free stuff like some codecs you need RPM Fusion and I had a couple of problems with that in the past. It seems better now. I really like Mint for being so well put together and slick. I might switch my laptop from Mint to Fedora + RPM Fusion though.
Very wise. That's how I got my laptop back. I use Acronis True Image, have done for years, and it hasn't let me down yet.I think I'll clone my disc with my OS (win 7) before I download/install win 10 - then I can go back under my own control.
I have Ubuntu on my other laptop and it works well. Dual boot with Windows 7. Ubuntu is as noted a bit bloated but works faultlessly, and Libre Office runs fast with it. With my present computer use there're only two programs I use which have to have windows, so unless MS sort out Win 10 in a satisfactory way I could be only using Microsoft for those.Once I had Fedora on the computer and set up it just worked and continues to just work.
Yeah, it's solid alright. There was a glitch with Core 5 where CD burning stopped working but other than that any issues I've had were with RPM Fuson.Once I had Fedora on the computer and set up it just worked and continues to just work.
Doesn't the printing just default to high or Standard quality?Well I do like Windows 10 but issues with installing Fedora as a dual boot (that I'm sure I'll get past once I have time) mean that I need W7 to be able to print. Very disappointed in the throwaway attitude of Canon (my printer is only a couple of years old) but hey ho
Nope just didn't recognise the printer properly so docs would stick in spooling. More Canon's failure than MS but hey ho, rolling back was straight forwardDoesn't the printing just default to high or Standard quality?
Well I do like Windows 10 but issues with installing Fedora as a dual boot (that I'm sure I'll get past once I have time) mean that I need W7 to be able to print. Very disappointed in the throwaway attitude of Canon (my printer is only a couple of years old) but hey ho
Yes but that's not really a fix. I can also print from a dual boot Linux but if I want to print from Windows, thanks to Canon, it has to be W7 apparently. I have given them a rough idea of what I think of them on Twitter.do you have a smart phone, my canon printer will let me print directly from my android device
Yes but that's not really a fix. I can also print from a dual boot Linux but if I want to print from Windows, thanks to Canon, it has to be W7 apparently. I have given them a rough idea of what I think of them on Twitter.