Xp sp3 did not support DVD out of the box. A codec was usually bundled as oem provided software.
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It's pretty windows/mac no-brainer nowadays, the biggest differences are at the console and in the directory structures. Once you pass that you're golden. Heck, OSX is based on BSD so if you know your way around the Mac command line you're half way there.
to me none of it is a big deal. i don't do much with my computer anymore. i download and burn DVDs at most, but i can keep a win7 machine around. my new laptop doesnt even have a media drive. so 
welp just got this bitch VM'd onto the ultrabook.... there is a desktop. that screen you see above is the new START menu.
seems pretty decent. multitasking is easy. you can have multiple windows open at once. its very fast on the SSD!!!!
seems pretty decent. multitasking is easy. you can have multiple windows open at once. its very fast on the SSD!!!!
B come help me install Unbuntu on my computer please
the desktop-desktop you are referring to works just as plain as pie. when you open other apps from the "start" menu they appear down below. you have the option to run them "full screen and separate" (think IE F11 behavior) or normal like you would a standard desktop.
VMplayer with basic VM-enabled vga drivers.
VMplayer with basic VM-enabled vga drivers.
I've never done it either. RTFM
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
I installed it on my hp mini this weekend and it was very straight forward. I like it so far.
I installed it on my hp mini this weekend and it was very straight forward. I like it so far.
i'll be installing it again within a few months when we roll it out.
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Ubuntu and Linux Mint are both crazy stupid to install and work with.
The only weird thing is learning you dont have to download software from a website, but instead use your system menu and synaptic (i think is the name).
Once you get used to that little shift it's pretty stupid simple.
I've had at least one Linux machine I use actively 5 days a week for the last 8 years now. If I wasn't a dedicated WOW player even this machine would be Linux too. If i didn't need MAPI calenders at work my Mac would be linux. Really those are the ONLY two things linux doesn't do perfectly well. MAPI/Exchange email and calendars and some video games don't work, along with most voice chat utilities used for gaming (skype is good though).
There's a million ways to do something in Linux but with Ubuntu and Mint there's generally an app to do something that 5 years ago, HAD to be done from the command line. Makes life so much easier for new users.
The only weird thing is learning you dont have to download software from a website, but instead use your system menu and synaptic (i think is the name).
Once you get used to that little shift it's pretty stupid simple.
I've had at least one Linux machine I use actively 5 days a week for the last 8 years now. If I wasn't a dedicated WOW player even this machine would be Linux too. If i didn't need MAPI calenders at work my Mac would be linux. Really those are the ONLY two things linux doesn't do perfectly well. MAPI/Exchange email and calendars and some video games don't work, along with most voice chat utilities used for gaming (skype is good though).
There's a million ways to do something in Linux but with Ubuntu and Mint there's generally an app to do something that 5 years ago, HAD to be done from the command line. Makes life so much easier for new users.
