[DUG] Free Pascal

[Alister Christie]

I agree, I think the old arguments of Linux not being ready for the 
desktop are no longer valid.  If you compare a standard windows 
installation to a modern Linux distribution (Ubuntu as you mentioned), 
you get so much more out of the box.  It also runs on "outdated" 
hardware quite nicely.  I've had a few difficulties with drivers 
(although admittedly windows is no better), but mostly things just run.

Alister Christie
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John Bird wrote:
> Aside - had a look at a 9.04 Ubuntu distribution a few days ago and 
> was very impressed - got the ISO and burnt to a CD. 
>  
> Can boot from the CD drive and run it.  Can install as like a virtual 
> HD partition in the Windows file system (WUBI) and boot either Windows 
> or Ubuntu.
>  
> What impressed me was:
>  
> Slick and polished.
> Easy to find all the stuff - as easy to use as Windows/Mac, rather 
> liked the default of different start points at all 4 corners of the 
> screen rather than everything from one start button and complex menu.
> Recognised ethernet and wireless connections immediately
> Task manager is very nice - moves continuously not once a second like 
> windows.
> Could browse the NTFS HD
> Contained email program, Browser (Firefox), and Office  (Open Office), 
> graphics (GIMP) and more...
>  
> How they fit all of that onto one CD really impressed me.
>  
> Maybe time to experiment with Lazarus - now all I need is some spare time!
>  
> John
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