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dead mike
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i'd try the new ubuntu beta test, or for a proper desktop i have had great success using ubuntu 8.04 LTS. my leet trick is to right away after install go to software sources and disable all updates except for the security ones, the recommended and other updates all are bloat and really put stability at risk. so yeah, 8.04 out of the box is pretty much perfect imo.
i tried a whole bunch of distros, mint, fedora, centos, sabayon, backtrack, puppy, slackware, arch, and all i uninstalled after like 2 hours it's really way to repetitive, most are the same shit, somebody taking another distro and putting their name on it.
Ubuntu 8.04 man, everything else is a waste of time.
i tried a whole bunch of distros, mint, fedora, centos, sabayon, backtrack, puppy, slackware, arch, and all i uninstalled after like 2 hours it's really way to repetitive, most are the same shit, somebody taking another distro and putting their name on it.
Ubuntu 8.04 man, everything else is a waste of time.
dead mike
TD Member, Legend, Puncher of Faces, Chatbox King
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/?catid=desktop
thats some next linux shit to get your computer goin real fast experts only
thats some next linux shit to get your computer goin real fast experts only
OG buckshot jr
TD Admin
For those of you who know/run/have experience with Linux, hook a brother up. I'm so uneducated with that OS (out of all).
Why run it?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Why over OSX/Winxx ?
What do you do with Linux?
Why run it?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Why over OSX/Winxx ?
What do you do with Linux?
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[503]Hoggslayer
TD Member
Linux is haxx
td|35mm
TD Admin
[quote1271657936=OG buckshot jr]
For those of you who know/run/have experience with Linux, hook a brother up. I'm so uneducated with that OS (out of all).
Why run it?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Why over OSX/Winxx ?
What do you do with Linux?
[/quote1271657936]
Linux is hardcore!!!
For those of you who know/run/have experience with Linux, hook a brother up. I'm so uneducated with that OS (out of all).
Why run it?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Why over OSX/Winxx ?
What do you do with Linux?
[/quote1271657936]
Linux is hardcore!!!
skd_mrk
TD Admin
Buckshot, linux is generally quite stable, uses less system resources to run, and in certain respects gives the user more control over what happens with their system.
If you haven't used it in awhile...it's come a long way in the past several years. I remember setting up my first linux box back in the late 90's. Was a real bitch finding drivers and setting up all the hardware. Now it's pretty painless.
If you haven't used it in awhile...it's come a long way in the past several years. I remember setting up my first linux box back in the late 90's. Was a real bitch finding drivers and setting up all the hardware. Now it's pretty painless.
Narf!
TD Admin
[quote1271681804=Leroy]
yeah ubuntu is a good if you're n00b
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Fixed.
Debian is the way to go. Ubuntu = Debian, but easy mode. If you want easy, go Windows. Linux has a steep learning curve, but you'll also gain a lot of understanding of how a computer works if you just stick with it.
I use SuSE/CentOS at work and I'm also dicking around at home with BackTrack right now.
[quote1271681998=skd_mrk]
Buckshot, linux is generally quite stable, uses less system resources to run, and in certain respects gives the user more control over what happens with their system.
If you haven't used it in awhile...it's come a long way in the past several years. I remember setting up my first linux box back in the late 90's. Was a real bitch finding drivers and setting up all the hardware. Now it's pretty painless.
[/quote1271681998]
Agreed. You still have to search for the right drivers sometimes, but you also don't have to do a lot of digging to find them.
With proprietary OS's, if there's a problem, you report it and you wait for a fix/patch to come out.
With Linux, people post up in forums and report via distribution lists and (chances are) someone else has encountered the same problem and has a fix/workaround for it or is working on one. NOne of that "Thank you for reporting your problem. We'll look at it when we feel like it and maybe give you a patch sometime next year."
yeah ubuntu is a good if you're n00b
[/quote1271681804]
Fixed.
Debian is the way to go. Ubuntu = Debian, but easy mode. If you want easy, go Windows. Linux has a steep learning curve, but you'll also gain a lot of understanding of how a computer works if you just stick with it.
I use SuSE/CentOS at work and I'm also dicking around at home with BackTrack right now.
[quote1271681998=skd_mrk]
Buckshot, linux is generally quite stable, uses less system resources to run, and in certain respects gives the user more control over what happens with their system.
If you haven't used it in awhile...it's come a long way in the past several years. I remember setting up my first linux box back in the late 90's. Was a real bitch finding drivers and setting up all the hardware. Now it's pretty painless.
[/quote1271681998]
Agreed. You still have to search for the right drivers sometimes, but you also don't have to do a lot of digging to find them.
With proprietary OS's, if there's a problem, you report it and you wait for a fix/patch to come out.
With Linux, people post up in forums and report via distribution lists and (chances are) someone else has encountered the same problem and has a fix/workaround for it or is working on one. NOne of that "Thank you for reporting your problem. We'll look at it when we feel like it and maybe give you a patch sometime next year."
dead mike
TD Member, Legend, Puncher of Faces, Chatbox King
"I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux."
-rms
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux."
-rms
I've been using Debian (Testing/Unstable/Experimental Mix) for almost 10 years now and I love it.
Debian Stable (the default) is very, well...stable, and has a huge repository (probably the largest of any distro). This stability comes at the expense of newer software packages (Firefox 3.5.9 as opposed to 3.6.3 for example).
I would also stay away from any *buntu. I find their packages are usually low quality, and they have very little cohesion between desktop environments.
If you're a newbie to Linux, I would suggest Fedora. Very well put together.
Debian Stable (the default) is very, well...stable, and has a huge repository (probably the largest of any distro). This stability comes at the expense of newer software packages (Firefox 3.5.9 as opposed to 3.6.3 for example).
I would also stay away from any *buntu. I find their packages are usually low quality, and they have very little cohesion between desktop environments.
If you're a newbie to Linux, I would suggest Fedora. Very well put together.
Leroy
2012 Troll of the Year
[quote1271717669=Narf!]
NOOOOOOOOOOO
Fedora is a piece of shit.
[/quote1271717669]
You ARE retarded. Fedora is a free fork from Redhat, which is one of the few successful commercial linux distros. I wouldn't say it was easy to use, but based on the requirements (its his first time, awww), ubuntu is appropriate.
I think I'm getting sick, I have an allergic reaction to stupid.
haha kidding, narf, you know I love yo.
NOOOOOOOOOOO
Fedora is a piece of shit.
[/quote1271717669]
You ARE retarded. Fedora is a free fork from Redhat, which is one of the few successful commercial linux distros. I wouldn't say it was easy to use, but based on the requirements (its his first time, awww), ubuntu is appropriate.
I think I'm getting sick, I have an allergic reaction to stupid.
haha kidding, narf, you know I love yo.
Leroy
2012 Troll of the Year
[quote1271717773=OG buckshot jr]
For those of you who know/run/have experience with Linux, hook a brother up. I'm so uneducated with that OS (out of all).
Why run it?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Why over OSX/Winxx ?
What do you do with Linux?
[/quote1271717773]
There are a couple advantages/disadvantages. Once again, I believe that the solution should fit the problem. If you need something free, and low processor requirements, to run on select systems, linux is your thing.
If you're a broke college kid with a standard laptop, with high ethics (no downloading), linux and openoffice are your thing.
If you're a DBA, and need to run/test a variety of virtual machines to test interaction points, linux is your thing.
If you want a gaming platform, linux is not for you.
If you have oddball hardware oddball components, linux is not for you.
If you want a file server sitting in the corner of your room clicking away merrily, linux is your thing.
If you want a media centre PC, linux is your thing.
For those of you who know/run/have experience with Linux, hook a brother up. I'm so uneducated with that OS (out of all).
Why run it?
Advantages/disadvantages?
Why over OSX/Winxx ?
What do you do with Linux?
[/quote1271717773]
There are a couple advantages/disadvantages. Once again, I believe that the solution should fit the problem. If you need something free, and low processor requirements, to run on select systems, linux is your thing.
If you're a broke college kid with a standard laptop, with high ethics (no downloading), linux and openoffice are your thing.
If you're a DBA, and need to run/test a variety of virtual machines to test interaction points, linux is your thing.
If you want a gaming platform, linux is not for you.
If you have oddball hardware oddball components, linux is not for you.
If you want a file server sitting in the corner of your room clicking away merrily, linux is your thing.
If you want a media centre PC, linux is your thing.
cranswick
TD Admin
i use the latest ubuntu, mostly cause it's easy for noobs to use (me) all the software is free, you don't have to dick around with cracky software, i can mount NTFS volumes and read and write to them, also open office is MS compatible, and liek video encoding, DVD ripping is free and rather painless initial setup is kinda sucky, i mean you can't just run an executable and click next 5 times when you're installing new software, but in general i prefer it over windows for everyday use, i only use windows for gaming....
DrUgZ
TD Admin
I run Ubuntu (whatever version its rock solid you dont need to update it) on my fileserver. Currently I am running 6 1.5TB drives in a software RAID-5 array. I use it to stream 1080P MKV Bluray rips and to store all of my data (mostly porn) and I do all of my downloading on this machine so i dont use any resources on my gaming rig.
I would never trust this to any other OS because if the OS shits the bed like most do, I have alot to lose. I would never trust a Mac or a PC with that much responsibility.
jay@curse:/$ uptime
21:11:56 up 274 days, 8:46, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.18, 0.17
Linux FTW
I would never trust this to any other OS because if the OS shits the bed like most do, I have alot to lose. I would never trust a Mac or a PC with that much responsibility.
jay@curse:/$ uptime
21:11:56 up 274 days, 8:46, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.18, 0.17
Linux FTW
