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Return to Vista-land, part 1

*sigh* As much as I’m reveling in the familiarity of the Windows operating system, I have to say that I miss Ubuntu and the blazing fast start up times I experienced. With the Ubuntu OS, it was actually easier to shutdown and restart the PC versus hibernating. Whereas, it was ridiculously painful to do either (shutdown/hibernate) with Vista. Now that I’ve reinstalled Windows Vista, I’m taking great pains to avoid installing craplets that serve no purpose. However, I’m sad to report that I am still experiencing issues that seem little, but are starting to drive the O.C.D. part of ...

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Return to Vista-land, part 1 was published on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 10:21am and tagged , , , , , , , , , , and . There are currently 2 comments on this article. Share your thoughts by writing your own.

My Workarounds in Ubuntu and Getting Weaned Off Windows.

However, there are alternatives to the key programs I'm missing such as Microsoft Office Outlook which is being replaced by Evolution Mail. I'm getting used to Evolution's email interface and finding out that it's not so bad. I imported my contacts and while it wasn't smooth (i.e. mis-identifying imported items), it's doing the job of checking my email for me. :) So here goes (it's an evolving list):...

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My Workarounds in Ubuntu and Getting Weaned Off Windows. was published on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 10:41pm and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . Respond to this article by writing the first comment.

Wiping off Windows and installing Ubuntu

Welcome back to part 3 of my foray into the Ubuntu/Linux system. To recap:...

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Wiping off Windows and installing Ubuntu was published on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 8:15am and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . There are currently 5 comments on this article. Share your thoughts by writing your own.