Ubuntu: the complete beginner's guide

[danrok]

Got a really slow PC that's just gathering dust? Give it a new life by ripping out Windows and replacing it with an open source OS

Ubuntu: the complete beginner's guide - Times Online

[chrisbard]

What Dan wants to say is; rather than using your old PC simply throw it out the windows !

[Daniel ~]

Almost! What I really want to say is... "And save yourself from the fires of HELL! ":O}

[Kaitain]

Originally Posted by Times Online

One slightly annoying thing about Ubuntu is that it doesn't come with built-in wireless drivers. (Whoa! What's that? A wireless driver is a bit of software your computer needs to run the wireless card - a bit of hardware it uses to connect to the internet wirelessly.)

What? Really? Is that a change in 9.10 or just that the author was using a rare or difficult wireless card (like a Broadcom)?

'cos the bootable 9.04 memory stick I have for sorting out other people's computers* seems to have no problem finding and using wireless devices out of the box.

* People do seem to get rather lonely here in Saudi. The number of slightly foolish souls that have managed to download or hand around programs that claim to get naughty pictures through Saudi's firewall, but that leave the computer with a nasty discharge and pain when urinating is both alarming and entertaining.

Perhaps renaming the memory stick "cefixime" would be taking the analogy too far?

[danrok]

Saudi? My uncle worked there along time ago, until he was deported after the police found a bottle of whiskey in his apartment. LOL

[Kaitain]

Originally Posted by danrok

Saudi? My uncle worked there along time ago, until he was deported after the police found a bottle of whiskey in his apartment. LOL

They're a little less strict now... he'd just get lashes.

Saudi is not a place that should appear on anyone's list of holiday destinations.