Ubuntu UNR will Stay on my Dell Mini March 13, 2009
Posted by AlisterComputeron in Operating Systems.Tags: Dell Mini 9, Linux, Ubuntu, Windows
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Earlier this week I posted about installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) on my Dell 9. I said it runs great, and the apps, such as Firefox, open and run very well on Ubuntu. However, I also said that I thought it wasn’t ready for mainstream yet.
During my lunch hour today, I browsed over to ABC.com to catch up on Scrubs. Didn’t realize ABC is still playing re-runs of episodes 1-10 of Season 8, so no new episodes today. Anyhoo, my Dell Mini was booted to UNR, so when I clicked on one of the episodes, I was greeted by a message that essentially said ABC.com only supports Mac OS X and Windows. Bummer.
My frustration level with Linux began to rise again, as I booted back to Windows. I thought a lot today about running Windows exclusively on the Mini, since I can’t run everything under Ubuntu, and just uninstalling Ubuntu. However, every time I thought about how much more quickly Firefox, for example, launches in Ubuntu than it does in Windows, I just can’t stand the thought of moving back to an inferior OS after experiencing Ubuntu, even with its own set of flaws.
Ok, Scrubs is the only thing I watch at ABC.com, and this is its last season. I should probably watch streaming movies from Netflix on my larger screen MacBook. And I don’t use mobile broadband all that often.
So Ubuntu stays.
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Can’t you just spoof the user agent to pretend to be Safari or IE or something? (Install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 if you haven’t already.)