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lol, what speed your internet?
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IDK, I live out in the middle of nowhere so I can only get 750kbps DSL, or whatever the hell it's speed is supposed to be.
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Well linux is worse than Microsoft
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How often do you download a full new version of Windows as well as every program you have installed on Windows? This isn't some patch to IE8, this is an update to like 50% of the entire operating system and every program combined :D
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LOL 768kbps DSL? I remember having those speeds here. I managed to get by with it, but when I started pulling down large files, it became a PITA. I upgraded to 3Mbps, and then when my ISP created a 7.1Mbps plan I upgraded to that.Originally Posted by garrettroyce
Slow broadband is unfortunately the downside to living out in the country.
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not that often but still, i think it alot.
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Linux distros come with an Add/Remove Program panel like Windows, but it also offers the ability to update ALL programs. This saves a lot of time so you don't have to go to each program's website to see if there are updates, download, and install individually.
He is probably upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 along with his programs.
I wish Windows updated that much....
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And you don't even have to go to a website to get a program... You can just look at the package repo, select, and confirm, and a little later the program is ready to go. All your updates are done from that, automatically if you wish (i.e. one center to control all software installation and upgrade), and you can even upgrade the complete OS using buttonclicks... 1.5Gb isn't a bad amount for a COMPLETE OS upgrade (I don't know if this is, but on my system doing an OS ugrade was about 1.5Gb of work, taking about an hour for me because of high internet speed).. How many cds/dvds does WIndows 7 come one again? (Edit: I searched and it seems a win7 dvd is 2.4Gb - And that doesn't even include any useful software does it? - that 1.5Gb for me included desktop, browsers, development tools, 2 office suites etc. etc., i.e. ALL my software.)
Windows users really are clueless when it comes to software packaging, size and management... One example: my complete GNU/Linux system with all software uses 5.5Gb, while an equivalently equipped Windows system takes up 20Gb, or quite likely even more. An extreme example is DSL with a complete system in 50MB, albeit without much productivity software.
Last edited by ah-blabla; 11-07-2009 at 02:08 AM.
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wow your connection sucks and my desktop computer is upgrading to what fun lol
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