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A buddy of mine had me build him a computer. I gave him a price list
for parts, he decided to go cheaper on a mobo, which is probably the
main source of the problem I was having.<br>
I started him off with Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit worked like a charm. Got
three monitors on two video cards working. Recognized the 8gigs of
ram. Ran like a dream. He decided that the videos he was watching
didn't play very well in vlc. He wanted his Windows Media Player
back. So I tried installing win7 pro x64 instead, per his request. It
would not load the installer with the 8 gigs of ram or with the two
video cards. So had to strip out half the ram and the pcie video card
to get it running. Long irksome task of troubleshooting. And the Bios
is Uber limited in features. (in case your wondering here is the
mobo <br>
<h1><small><small><small>ASUS P5N-VM WS/TW100-E5 LGA 775 NVIDIA
Integrated Quadro FX470 uATX Intel Core2 processors / Pentium D /
Pentium 4 /Celeron CPU / 45nm, Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo
Server Motherboard - OEM</small></small></small></h1>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131385">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131385</a> )<br>
<br>
Well, the copy of win7x64 is genuine and not pirated and it was
free... msdn has an academic site where they allow students to
download free copies of their os's. ( And win7x64 would not work with
8gigs of ram on that mobo, but ubuntu does, it will not support two
nvidia video cards, but ubuntu does, and it is generally a pain in the
ass, which ubuntu can be, but not as a matter of course and design.
<br>
<b><big>(GRR!)</big></b><br>
So, ubuntux64 is going back on it this weekend with win7x86 in a vm, or
maybe xp instead. Gotta have that media player!!<br>
Besides that he likes everything else about Ubuntu, well except for no
Exchange...<br>
And Novell is free and clear from the grasps of SCO.<br>
<br>
+++ Linux wins again. +++<br>
Joshua Roberts<br>
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