Live and let live
Predictable puns aside, just finished running the Ubuntu Live CD on my flatmate’s laptop (a Dell Inspiron 6400). He’s been annoyed at Windows for a while, what with getting a blue screen every time he shuts his computer down (which means he either keeps it on or hibernating, which isn’t really a problem) and sound issues, along with numerous minor little niggles that get on his nerve (like, his left-click button doesn’t work all the time).
Running the live cd, I demonstrated that all these issues would disappear under Ubuntu. Wireless was flawless, graphics were perfect (integrated Intel), and does what he needs it to do. I explained it wasn’t very fast loading programmes because of the limitations of running from a cd, but he knows my older system is pretty responsive so his should be fine.
Comment of the day: “It’s odd how it’s better than Microsoft, isn’t it?”
I’ll set up a dual boot for him at the weekend.
