Kubuntu is the best OS and KDE !!

[MoonRise]

VIC20/C64! The Best!

[christw]

It didn't, the ZX81 was monochrome and as for being "hi-res" it was as hi-res as early TV sets.

Its big brother the ZX Spectrum had "hi-res" (compared to that of the ZX81) and had colour. The base ZX Spectrum computer started at 16KB of RAM and was upgraded to 48KB. The last model had a massive 128KB of RAM

Ah yes... more popular in the UK as I remember - there were very few of those in Australia - All us nerds in the early 80's had system 80's and then went on to the Commodore Amiga... A machine with multitasking and 1024 colours well before the IBM compatibles had 8 colours :-)
btw I was super amazed that my Vaio loaded Kubuntu without a hitch and all the function keys and touch screen is operational - don't know if the sound is working but I don't play games so don't really care lol.

...i think the zx81 had hi res graphics and colour from memory
they did a good job with very little RAM all in all ;-)

It didn't, the ZX81 was monochrome and as for being "hi-res" it was as hi-res as early TV sets.

Its big brother the ZX Spectrum had "hi-res" (compared to that of the ZX81) and had colour. The base ZX Spectrum computer started at 16KB of RAM and was upgraded to 48KB. The last model had a massive 128KB of RAM

[christw]

You were privilaged to have 32KB, the very first computer I had was a Sinclair ZX81 with 1KB which was expandible to a whole 16KB. The only thing you could do with it was write code. It was the Raspberry Pi of its day.

u must not remember the trs-80... lown res graphics, monochrome.... programming in qbasic - i think the zx81 had hi res graphics and colour from memory
they did a good job with very little RAM all in all ;-)

[mparillo]

...are there T shirts for sale?

They look to be sold out.

Yes... NewDOS80 was the DOS that came out for the "TRS-80" in U.S. and the Dick Smith "System 80" in Australia. I began using it in 1981 when I got my first 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive worth $330.00 at the time. I had also upgraded my RAM to a massive 32kB from the standard 16kB lol

You were privilaged to have 32KB, the very first computer I had was a Sinclair ZX81 with 1KB which was expandible to a whole 16KB. The only thing you could do with it was write code. It was the Raspberry Pi of its day.

[christw]

Sorry can't help it, DOS is in my DNA

@christw I'm assuming that came out in 1980, I was 11 year then and not yet discovered computers.

Yes... NewDOS80 was the DOS that came out for the "TRS-80" in U.S. and the Dick Smith "System 80" in Australia. I began using it in 1981 when I got my first 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive worth $330.00 at the time. I had also upgraded my RAM to a massive 32kB from the standard 16kB lol

dude, you promised you wont be smoking that stuff no more!

Sorry can't help it, DOS is in my DNA

@christw I'm assuming that came out in 1980, I was 11 year then and not yet discovered computers.

[christw]

Sounds like you've never used DOS.

DOS is the best OS

I first used NewDOS80... anyone remember that?

[millusions]

Sounds like you've never used DOS.

DOS is the best OS

dude, you promised you wont be smoking that stuff no more!

Kubuntu is the best OS and KDE

Sounds like you've never used DOS.

DOS is the best OS

[christw]

Back to Linux again....

KDE was always the best looking desktop and I always built my own kernels and integrated KDE as the UI but I was wary of changing my Vaio from Windows 8 to Linux this time as there is no going back easily if things headed south (with a machine that is OEM loaded with Windows 8). It was with great trepidation that I finally told myself that leaving PhotoImpact behind was my only "con" and made the switch to Xubuntu which has been getting rave reviews. I set up an encrypted filesystem on install and everything went extremely smoothly as I gave it open slather on my hard disk partitions (which somehow Sony had 9 thereof!!!)
The resultant Xubuntu install was indeed very simple and rock solid - installing apps was a breeze, but nothing really looked that enticing- the desktop was flat and without life... the app launcher was simple and without any niceties. long story short I knew I should have gone to a KDE desktop. Kubuntu was just as easy to install (except the encrypted filesystem which I don't need anyway) and after installing it the wealth of information and apps that have appeared in the last six years is great to see. The old apps I was used to seem to have finally come-of-age and are very usable. There seems to be so much to choose from it will take a while to work it all out (and learn how to use Gimp in place of PhotoImpact of course).
The only thing I see that is lacking is a simple font management interface. Some might like editing configuration fiiiles but like I have always said - The delight of a great cup of brewed coffee is in the drinking, not the preparation.
Cheers, another Windows convert

[anika200]

Nice thread linuxboy, I was just coming in here to say the same thing myself. I find this distro and KDE to be so stable, functional and good looking that I can not even believe it is free. I love it, are there T shirts for sale?

Actually I have donated to kde and related projects many times but it still does not cost as much as running windows or the hardware cost of OSX.

[millusions]

great post!

sometimes this needs to be said out loud lol


the other thing is,
Unity: what the frak is that supposed to be? it's so horrible to use, its like something made by microsoft
Gnome I dont mind but KDE is way better.
Cinnamon I found a little buggy and lots of crashes-> very frequen crashes with proprietary ati driver on my laptop, fixed by installing open source drivers..

[XenoNorth]

True words