GreytoWhite Posted November 25, 2012 Found this for Silverlight on Linux, don't know how well it works with NetFlix. http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted February 6, 2013 Well anyway ... just to prove to everyone how thick I am ... I researched dual booting Ubuntu 12.4/12.10 and Windows very carefully ... including Windows 8. Didn't seem difficult so I boldly went forth and bought the cheapest Laptop I could find ... I wanted one with Windoze 7 (didn't like the look of those tiles) but more or less every model in the shop had pre-installed Windows 8 so ... I bought one. Got home to find that pre-installed Windows * has a different BIOS ... forgotten what its called and the dual boot which seemed semi automatic easy wouldn't work. Googled around and found that people were having same problem ... there was a solution but it seemed hellishly complicated for the likes of me ... so I gave up and just been using Win 8 but just in the desktop and to back up files into hard drive, openoffice and vlc media player. Now thinking of buying a mac mini ... cos my original back up hard-drive using time machine cannot be read by the Windows machine. damn. tried really hard but ... well damn those Microsofties they got me again .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndoe2012 Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) . Edited August 18, 2013 by chris d Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted February 6, 2013 This is what I bought http://www.amazon.co.uk/Packard-Bell-EasyNote-15-6-inch-Laptop/dp/B009R1537S but only cos I can't afford a MacBook pro which is what i really want .. but I resent the fact that it is 3 or even 4 times the price ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johndoe2012 Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) . Edited August 18, 2013 by chris d Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted March 27, 2013 Well I've had a look round for this but am put off by what most people are saying: http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2013/03/12/dual-boot-windows-8-and-ubuntu-12-04-in-uefi-mode/ so am reluctant to try and might just put up with the awful Windows 8. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
