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• Ubuntu for a Family Computer

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Mon 16 Jul 2007 at 7:38

  Type

  Blog Entry

  Last week I officially converted my family's computer to Ubuntu. Previously, it was running Windows XP and it was littered with spam, viruses, and other junk. Being an older PC, it ran disappointingly slow on Windows. Overall, the computer was due for a fresh install of something; Linux seemed suiting. In the past, I have used various Linux distros and have never been truly satisfied. Hardware configuration always presents a problem, trying to recompile the kernel with various drivers and such. It just never seemed to work like Windows …