Re: Appalling Vista

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:40:48 +0000 (UTC), Adrian
<toomany2cvs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

judith (judith <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

If I am to try Linux - please can you advise which version and download
from where?

I'd suggest Ubuntu - www.ubuntu.com

There's a live CD which you can download & burn to a disc, boot from, and
you'll be running (albeit slowly) without actually installing anything to
your hard drive. It'll give you a good indication, but not _perfect_ - I
found a few drivers which installed automatically after a proper
installation which didn't work on the live CD.


Thanks
Downloaded - made CD - booted from CD:
MP-BIOS bug 8254 timer not connected.........

I just cannot be arsed.

I cannot remember a version of Windows (even all those disks with
3.11) which did not at least boot up.

.

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