Another Thing Ubuntu Can do that Windows Can't

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.

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Alias

On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

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Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?

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640k ought to be enough for anyone.
(Bill Gates, 1981)

Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.


Windows does the same friggen thing.
Its called backing up your data.
You can save all those passwords, settings in Windows too.
Sheesh!
Do you think I remade my X-Face for each OS I use?

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Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.


Windows does the same friggen thing.

No, it doesn't.

Its called backing up your data.

Not what I'm talking about.

You can save all those passwords, settings in Windows too.

Not what I'm talking about.

Sheesh!
Do you think I remade my X-Face for each OS I use?


You need to read what I wrote again.

--
Alias

Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!

--
Alias

Alias wrote:

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.


Windows does the same friggen thing.

No, it doesn't.

Its called backing up your data.

Not what I'm talking about.

You can save all those passwords, settings in Windows too.

Not what I'm talking about.

Sheesh!
Do you think I remade my X-Face for each OS I use?


You need to read what I wrote again.


No, I don't.
I can export my email data, reinstall Vista, them import it.
Same end result, no?
I can save passwords.
I can save favorites...bookmarks in your world.
I can save google earth collections.

Why are you saying it can't be done in Windows?

The big problem with your way is people will end up formatting the home
partition during install...unless they know what they be doing.

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Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.

Windows does the same friggen thing.
No, it doesn't.

Its called backing up your data.
Not what I'm talking about.

You can save all those passwords, settings in Windows too.
Not what I'm talking about.

Sheesh!
Do you think I remade my X-Face for each OS I use?

You need to read what I wrote again.


No, I don't.

Have someone explain it to you then because you obviously still don't
get it.

I can export my email data, reinstall Vista, them import it.
Same end result, no?

Yes, but not the same thing. The Windows way takes MUCH longer. No
exporting or importing required with Ubuntu.

I can save passwords.
I can save favorites...bookmarks in your world.

Bookmarks is the correct terminology for everything except Internet
Explorer.

I can save google earth collections.

Why are you saying it can't be done in Windows?

It can but it takes a lot longer. With Ubuntu, it's done automagically
when you reinstall a program that didn't come installed as default.
Those that are installed by default, like Firefox and Compiz, don't need
to be reinstalled nor tweaked. In fact, the chess game I was playing was
at the same point where I left it, in the middle of a game. When I
reinstalled Exhaile, my library of songs was intact, no import
necessary. When I reinstalled Pidgen, all my contacts and accounts were
intact. This was true with ALL the applications, wallpaper, etc.


The big problem with your way is people will end up formatting the home
partition during install...unless they know what they be doing.


As with any OS, knowing what you're doing is a prerequisite to success.
How many times have you seen someone post that they ended up with two
installs of XP because they didn't know what they were doing and did
"press any key to boot from the CDROM" the second time round?

BTW, my procedure took less than half an hour, another thing that a
clean install of Windows cannot do.

--
Alias

Alias wrote:

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

Death wrote:
Alias wrote:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.

Windows does the same friggen thing.
No, it doesn't.

Its called backing up your data.
Not what I'm talking about.

You can save all those passwords, settings in Windows too.
Not what I'm talking about.

Sheesh!
Do you think I remade my X-Face for each OS I use?

You need to read what I wrote again.


No, I don't.

Have someone explain it to you then because you obviously still don't
get it.


Yes...I get it, dumbass.
You said what some dumbass distro could do *that Windows Can't*.
Windows can, you are now saying it is just faster...then change the
thread title.

I can export my email data, reinstall Vista, them import it.
Same end result, no?

Yes, but not the same thing. The Windows way takes MUCH longer. No
exporting or importing required with Ubuntu.

It is the same thing.
You have a saved /home partition.
I have a /"Death saves some ****" partition.

Is that the default way ubuntu installs?
It used to create only a / and swap.

I can save passwords.
I can save favorites...bookmarks in your world.

Bookmarks is the correct terminology for everything except Internet
Explorer.


Favorites are what 80% of the world calls them.
You may call them ubuntard droppings.

I can save google earth collections.

Why are you saying it can't be done in Windows?

It can but it takes a lot longer. With Ubuntu, it's done automagically
when you reinstall a program that didn't come installed as default.
Those that are installed by default, like Firefox and Compiz, don't need
to be reinstalled nor tweaked. In fact, the chess game I was playing was
at the same point where I left it, in the middle of a game. When I
reinstalled Exhaile, my library of songs was intact, no import
necessary. When I reinstalled Pidgen, all my contacts and accounts were
intact. This was true with ALL the applications, wallpaper, etc.


Did you fudge up ubuntu?
Why are you reinstalling it?
Wow! ... your wallpaper worked!
Amazing!


The big problem with your way is people will end up formatting the home
partition during install...unless they know what they be doing.


As with any OS, knowing what you're doing is a prerequisite to success.
How many times have you seen someone post that they ended up with two
installs of XP because they didn't know what they were doing and did
"press any key to boot from the CDROM" the second time round?

BTW, my procedure took less than half an hour, another thing that a
clean install of Windows cannot do.


My ubuntu install took 0 seconds.
Blah.

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Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

"Alias" wrote in message
...
Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!

--
Alias

And nobody in this group really GAF. If they did, they'd be hanging out in
your group instead of trolling here. Duh!

You don't seem to understand that people here run Windows 7 and probably
like it (at least well enough NOT to go to something else), or are trying to
get help with a work-related PC where they have no choice of what they run.
You and your bunch that come in here singing "How Great Thou Art" to the
Ubuntu gods really offer nothing, and have no place here. You're like the
Honda glandes that hang out in the American car groups telling everyone how
terrible American cars are and how great Japanese cars are. Has absolutely
nothing to do with the newsgroup title in either case.
--
SC Tom

SC Tom wrote:

"Alias" wrote in message
...
Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!

--
Alias

And nobody in this group really GAF. If they did, they'd be hanging out
in your group instead of trolling here. Duh!

You don't seem to understand that people here run Windows 7 and probably
like it (at least well enough NOT to go to something else), or are
trying to get help with a work-related PC where they have no choice of
what they run. You and your bunch that come in here singing "How Great
Thou Art" to the Ubuntu gods really offer nothing, and have no place
here. You're like the Honda glandes that hang out in the American car
groups telling everyone how terrible American cars are and how great
Japanese cars are. Has absolutely nothing to do with the newsgroup title
in either case.

And how long do you think it will take for your righteous ass to get
over it?

--
Alias

Alias écrivait news:hhkpqd$8sc$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

That is besides offering multiple workstations, a much safer surfing
environment, a price that cannot be beat and stability.

When one installs Ubuntu properly, one creates a root or / partition, a
swap partition and a home partition. If for some reason the system gets
borked or if one wants to clean install the new version, one can merely
install Ubuntu over itself and mounting the swap and previous home
partition. Once Ubuntu is loaded, all default programs are not only
installed, all the tweaks such as bookmarks, passwords, sign ons and all
other tweaks are just as you left them. If one was using Thunderbird,
for example, reinstalling Thunderbird will have the result of all your
emails, email accounts, passwords, etc. being just as you left them. One
does have to get updates and reenable the video card drivers but that's
just a couple of clicks away. Absolutely amazing and 1000% easier to do
than a clean install of Windows of any flavor.

Before you yell "imaging", one can make an image or clone of Ubuntu as
well but I am comparing a clean install of Windows vs. a clean install
of Ubuntu.


Run PROFESSIONNAL applications designed for Windows.

Doum wrote:

SNIP


Run PROFESSIONNAL applications designed for Windows.

You can run an AV in ubuntu if you want.

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Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

"Alias" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:

"Alias" wrote in message
...
Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because those groups already know what I'm talking about. Duh!

--
Alias

And nobody in this group really GAF. If they did, they'd be hanging out
in your group instead of trolling here. Duh!

You don't seem to understand that people here run Windows 7 and probably
like it (at least well enough NOT to go to something else), or are trying
to get help with a work-related PC where they have no choice of what they
run. You and your bunch that come in here singing "How Great Thou Art" to
the Ubuntu gods really offer nothing, and have no place here. You're like
the Honda glandes that hang out in the American car groups telling
everyone how terrible American cars are and how great Japanese cars are.
Has absolutely nothing to do with the newsgroup title in either case.

And how long do you think it will take for your righteous ass to get over
it?

--
Alias

You can call it righteousness all you want, but your comments still have no
place in a Windows group.
--
SC Tom

You can call it righteousness all you want, but your comments still have no
place in a Windows group.


I agree with that statement.

I have a separate partititon on my computer to try different Linux distros
and at present have Mint. To me testing a new distro is similar to playing
solitaire.

Linux had a window of opportunity between XP and and Windows 7 to make
some impact on the desktop and they lost that opportunity due to multiple
distros competing with each other for attention.

IBM had an opportunity between windows 3.1 and and Windows 95 to capture
the desktop with OS2 Warp but lost is it because they did not place serious
resources into it. I did use OS2 warp in that period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2

Linux is the same story.

ES

On 1/1/2010 6:50 AM, Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 01/01/2010 in message Alias wrote:

[off topic content snipped]

Why don't you run along to one of the advocacy groups sonny Jim?


Because Alias is a troll, he has terrorized the Windows newsgroups on
the microsoft servers for ages, and now he's coming here as most people
on those have him killfiled. I would suggest doing the same.

Just killfile alias now, it will make this group easier to read without
his troll garbage.