Linux

[Gerudo Warrior]

@omfgomfg try linux. the support is endless. i use Linux because of ethics. i believe that everybody should have the right to a free OS. paying $200 for office programs. lol just download Open office for free.

EDIT - BTW a couple months ago i made Gnome look and feel like Mac OS X. i used no programs. that was my challenge. i had it all down from the splash to the finder. i am going to post some screenshots soon

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

while strolling through the desktop thread i decided to bump this thread. anybody tried cross over linux?

it is built up from wine for windows EMU but games usually work. i have it on Mac OS

 

[snoblo]

I would try it, but it costs $40 =(
Wine seems to work sell for me though. Does it support programs much better than wine?

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

it seems to do. i have had no problems with game so far

 

[barboachtraner]

Ubuntu 7.10 user here, dual booting with Windows XP, although I don't have much of a reason to boot into Windows at this point. I like the philosophy that software should be free as in freedom as well as free as in beer, but I'm somewhat of a hypocrite in that respect as I still install some proprietary software when there isn't much other choice. That's about it.

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

wow.... somebody posted in the Linux thread!

 

[okiyama]

My friend installed ubuntu from Vista and said it deleted his hard drive.

Does it actually just go ahead and delete your hard drive if you install a new OS because backing up my entire hard drive is a bit of a put off to switching to Linus.

 

[snoblo]

My friend installed ubuntu from Vista and said it deleted his hard drive.

Does it actually just go ahead and delete your hard drive if you install a new OS because backing up my entire hard drive is a bit of a put off to switching to Linus.

Well that's part of formatting your hard drive. If you want to dual-boot (have both Windows and Ubuntu on the same computer), then just partition your hard drive, format the new partition, and your old files won't be deleted. Then if you want, you can transfer all your old files to the new partition (if you have enough space), and then just delete the old windows (ntfs) partition all together. Much easier than buying a new hard drive and backing up everything in my opinion .

But if you're just a beginner, you would probably just want to dual-boot so you can still go to Windows if you need.

Good luck!

 

[okiyama]

Well that's part of formatting your hard drive. If you want to dual-boot (have both Windows and Ubuntu on the same computer), then just partition your hard drive, format the new partition, and your old files won't be deleted. Then if you want, you can transfer all your old files to the new partition (if you have enough space), and then just delete the old windows (ntfs) partition all together. Much easier than buying a new hard drive and backing up everything in my opinion .

But if you're just a beginner, you would probably just want to dual-boot so you can still go to Windows if you need.

Good luck!

Nah, I have two hard drives that I dual boot it's pretty simple to me.

I dunno if it's worth it to go through the trouble of partioning my hard drive though and also the fact that some of my programs when ported over may not be Linux friendly.

I'll think about it.

In the mean time here's a funny story:
My friened who knows quite a bit about computers decided to try out Linux. Unfortuneatly he didn't know quite enough to know that it reformats your drives. So he downloads Ubuntu, burns to a disk then installs Ubuntu which completely reformats his drive and erases Vista. Needless to say his mom was displeased and he had to get it reinstalled and everythign back on it. His mom no longer trusts him downloading/installing anything.

 

[snoblo]

I dunno if it's worth it to go through the trouble of partioning my hard drive though and also the fact that some of my programs when ported over may not be Linux friendly.

WINE works with lots of things, but if you have a reasonably fast computer, you could use a virtual machine such as VMWare or qemu or something. They're like having a pretend windows xp computer inside Ubuntu, so it's just like the real thing. I personally use vmware, and it runs everything at normal speed.

 

[Biggum300]

i use Kubuntu as a VM not by it self no point.

 

[snoblo]

Whats the point of running kubuntu as a vm anyway? =P

Hey, I was just wondering, has anyone used FreeBSD before? How does it compare to Linux (performance, ease of use, stability, support, etc)?

 

[AltF4]

Doesn't Kubuktu have a live CD? What would be the advantage of running it in VM as opposed to just running it live?

 

[snoblo]

Doesn't Kubuktu have a live CD? What would be the advantage of running it in VM as opposed to just running it live?

Well, with live cd's you can't really save stuff, it's more like a working demo. But I can't think of any good reasons for running linux in a vm, other than maybe trying it out (if you're too lazy to burn a cd). If you like linux so much you should just install it, or if you're just starting for the first time, partition then dual boot.

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

if u are too lazy to download, just ship one in for free.

i am getting an old power g4 soon i am going to do it up and maybe get a boot of linux on it.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PowerMac-G4-...oryZ4607QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

tehe

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

i ended up getting a more powerful g4. I am going to have full time ubuntu on it. (what fun!)

 

[snoblo]

Hey Gerudo, have you had much experience with other distros? I'm thinking of putting debian or gentoo(<--I've heard it's hard to install...) on one of my computers someday, not Ubuntu since I'm already on that on this computer. Any suggestions?

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

uhhhh, not really, My server runs debian but that is about it.

Ubuntu is built up from Debian, you might find it a bit familiar.

i do run fluxboox on my old pc. It is a minimal os.

sorry, can't be much help.