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Thinking about reinstalling OS

curtisgcurtisg Banned
edited January 2013 in Help

So, I'm thinking about "reinstalling" (using ubuntu wubi to have a ubuntu area to develop stuff) what are the major advantages in Ubuntu? I haven't used it lots at all because I've always used CentOS.

What do you guys say? Right now I run Windows 7

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  • DavidxDavidx Member
    edited January 2013

    I never cared for Ubuntu on wubi.. always crashed or had some weird arse issue. Never installed it full either..

    advantages; well known typically, disadvantage: slower support (community based), decent amount of software

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    Last time I tried it with that install method, my disk io was so pathetic that it felt like a VMware instance on a single core machine with a IDE drive. Normal installation fixed it.

  • gubbytegubbyte Member
    edited January 2013
    • free
    • free
    • pretty (if you choose Xubuntu)
    • customizable
    • fast
    • more software
    • help yourself seem pretentious

    PS: Wubi is horrible (to me)

  • rskrsk Member, Patron Provider

    Wubi has been excellent .. it installed fine for me.

    I am literally using it right now on the desktop next to me.

    However, I do not love their new "tablet" looking feature - whatever they call it (launcher?) - so I installed version 10.10 and use that.

  • gubbytegubbyte Member

    @rsk said: However, I do not love their new "tablet" looking feature - whatever they call it (launcher?) - so I installed version 10.10 and use that.

    ...really? Ubuntu 10.10 is not supported any more. You could have installed another variant with different desktop environment (Xubuntu) if you don't like Unity.

  • rskrsk Member, Patron Provider
    edited January 2013

    @gubbyte said: ...really? Ubuntu 10.10 is not supported any more. You could have installed another variant with different desktop environment (Xubuntu) if you don't like Unity.

    Who cares about support :P

    It's just for my own private use hhhh .. @gubbyte Like they say .. if it works, don't touch it.

  • gubbytegubbyte Member

    @rsk said: Who cares about support :P

    It's just for my own private use hhhh .. @gubbyte Like they say .. if it works, don't touch it.

    Okay, enjoy no package updates, lol.
    http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/

  • ShardHostSarahShardHostSarah Member

    @curtisg said: what are the major advantages in Ubuntu? I haven't used it lots at all because I've always used CentOS.

    You'll have plenty of up to date packages. Try not Wubi, can you not run it in virtualbox?

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