Windows 8 Metro Interface Disabler

[DarkDragon]

That looks like it is likely the Metro UI, which is for tablets not desktops. Am I wrong?

Yes, you are wrong. What you're looking at above is the new Windows desktop for PCs.
According to Microsoft, it's a "natural evolution" for Windows for desktop PCs. OMG.
Read more -> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20115 ... tart-menu/

They want to sell more microsoft surfaces which are designed for desktops, not handhelds.

[Zach]

I've been playing with linux distors the past few days, as I often do every few years out of habit.

Right now the most hopefuly contender seems to be Linux Mint 11, or possibly Linux Mint Debian Edition 2011-09


64bit anything seem to have problems with some of the drivers. But I'm having problems with sound drivers for my sound card on any distro period.. It's an Auzentech X-Fi Forte (Auz. abandoned their attempt at Linux drivers for unclear reasons).. I have to find some kind of universal audio driver to install and hope for at least 2.0 or 2.1 Channel sound. My card is detected as a Creative X-Fi (they are different) and only outputs sound from the back 2 speakers and Subwoofer.

I've also had a weird problem on all Ubuntu based (EXCEPT Mint) distros where my Network performance is spotty at best... I get random connection stalls (not disco, just does nothing) and stuff like that. 32 bit Mint appears to run great though, and I think one or two Ubuntu flavors -did- work OK but my connection kept coming up as 10Mbit on a Gigabit LAN

I've gone through..

Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Lubuntu
Xubuntu
Mint
Mint Debian x64

Liked Mint the most.. especially because it doesn't have that god awful Unity that Ubuntu is pushing on everyone, so they can "be more MAC-like" or whatever. I did have the same network problems with Mint Debian 64, so I am assuming its a 64bit driver issue first and foremost..

I will start a new thread about my experience, later on. I shrunk one of my partitions to put a non-virtual disk (Windows side-by-side uses VHD, native but slower file system access because of the virtual disk image) install of Mint 11 'Katya' x32 on. Hope it goes well.

[Kuron]

Sound card issues are one of the reasons I have to keep a XP system since I can't use Vista/7 due to MS killing off hardware buffers in DirectSound.

Linux-wise, I won't touch Unity, but now that GNOME and KDE have become kludges, so I try and stick with Xcfe. No matter what distro I try, I can never get my system connected online which makes it difficult to do necessary updates and install required runtimes, etc.

[Zach]

Becoming a real pain in the ass...

Just installed Mint 11, off a DVD I burned and its giving me the network problem now... really finicky.. I've tried changing cables, plugging into my switch instead of the router directly, etc..

This is, unfortunately, why I keep dumping Linux after short trials.. Every years its the same thing, if not the same problem, then a different one.

[the.weavster]

This is, unfortunately, why I keep dumping Linux after short trials.. Every years its the same thing, if not the same problem, then a different one.

Maybe you're just unlucky in the hardware you have. For me it's been years since I've had to configure anything to run on Linux - it all just works OTB (except broadcom wifi drivers and then you just have to click a button to say you don't mind installing proprietary software). I tend to always go for HP or Dell hardware so I suppose they're the most likely to be catered for though.

Have you tried PCLinuxOS? I put that on my daughters HP netbook and it's a very nice distro.

I've got CrunchBang on my laptop and by and large I'm pretty happy with it but I'm contemplating changing that over to PCLinuxOS too.

[Kuron]

This is, unfortunately, why I keep dumping Linux after short trials.. Every years its the same thing, if not the same problem, then a different one.

Maybe you're just unlucky in the hardware you have. For me it's been years since I've had to configure anything to run on Linux - it all just works OTB (except broadcom wifi drivers and then you just have to click a button to say you don't mind installing proprietary software). I tend to always go for HP or Dell hardware so I suppose they're the most likely to be catered for though.

Have you tried PCLinuxOS? I put that on my daughters HP netbook and it's a very nice distro.

I've got CrunchBang on my laptop and by and large I'm pretty happy with it but I'm contemplating changing that over to PCLinuxOS too.

Hmm... you might be the person to talk to with my Linux issue...