couchtripper

Can't get into windows on this laptop, it has vista installed, yes, I know, so I looked for a safe way of getting to the files. It won't boot in safe mode, just gets BSOD.
So I installed Ubuntu on a 4 gig usb 2 stick.
I can get to me files no problem, so I'm moving all the important stuff to a new drive and it is finally goodbye windows, I think anyway ..

I am impressed, it is a lot faster than windows ..

nice one, if it's fast enough even using the USB for the swap file then that's great

I think that is what Marcella is using on all of their laptops in Germany....

I am quite impressed with it. I might do a proper install shortly, just installing the apache mysql myphp stuff is so easy with the terminal. Plenty of good advice on the net too.

And it's free, ..

Linux has come a long way. I sill don't use it as my main desktop, but do have a webserver setup (Slackware) and that's where all my automated podcast recording/downloading takes place.

Kudos to you if you make the move. When MS support for XP runs out, I'll very likely do the same.