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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I'm installing it now. |
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type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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Guess we get next status report tomorrow?:P
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Oscar Giner
Member #2,207
April 2002
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bamccaig: is your computer broken? I've been using Win 7 since the first public beta and I still haven't seen a BSOD or system crashes. Even in XP they were very rare (I used to have some... and after a pair of weeks my CPU definitively blowed -- |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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I only had BSOD's with a crappy video driver and a crappy wireless card, but Windows needs reinstalling every 6 months due to the registry constipation according to the windows fanboys. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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kenmasters1976
Member #8,794
July 2007
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bamccaig said: ... Hell, two or three times a day Seven locks up completely on me and the 'busy' circle suddenly enlarges and blurs, etc. Well, I haven't seen any BSOD for years. If I had any, then I could probably have some complaints about Windows, but... Quote: ... Linux can do it all and does it well, but sometimes it requires the user to make it. GNU/Linux distributions are written by programmers for programmers. Ubuntu tries to be n00b friendly, but there's still a long way to go. I agree completely, yes. Kibiz0r said: I haven't noticed any mouse lag in particular, but the UI options for Linux are pretty horrid. Agreed completely on that, too. Quote: For a while, I was trying every distro, desktop environment, custom theme, etc. I could find. Pretty much what I do. Arthur Kalliokoski said: ... and I hate Windows. ... "Your computer isn't protected" and "You have unused icons" ... had me ready to put my fist through the monitor glass. Yes, Windows has its annoyances, too. I particularly hate the "Your computer isn't protected" one that won't go away! until you manually close it. I'm on XP, I don't know if newer versions are more or less annoying, but these annoyances are (somewhat) minor considering the better performance I get compared to any Linux distro I've tried. Arthur Kalliokoski said: ... Windows needs reinstalling every 6 months due to the registry constipation according to the windows fanboys. Well, there's new versions of popular Linux distros every 6 months, too. That, by the way, is something that has always puzzled me.
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 now. As always, had to plug in the network cable to download the proprietary wireless drivers. Video was stuck at 1024x768. So of course, I just typed the newb-friendly xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1200 and fixed it. It's very shameful that they cannot get the display dialog to show the right resolutions. Anyway, I use Ubuntu more than Windows now. I basically only use my computer for web development, and I prefer Linux's powerful shell and buggy graphics over Windows 7 lame shell and supercharged graphics. I have nothing major against Windows 7, but Compiz's wobbly windows own my soul. |
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verthex
Member #11,340
September 2009
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yum install epiphany, it kicks Firefox ass! Anyways I got a huge malware bug on my xp and I'm too lazy to reinstall that junk so I'll just use Fedora 12 Linux from now on. Heads up for May 18th its Fedora 13!
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Matthew Leverton said: Compiz's wobbly windows own my soul. I'd use the stuff I see on YouTube concerning Compiz if I were trying to impress some lamer, but since no lamers want to see what Linux can do, it's pretty much a waste of time. I'll stick to windows that lay flat, thanks. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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Arthur Kalliokoski said: Compiz if I were trying to impress some lamer, but since no lamers want to see what Linux can do, it's pretty much a waste of time.
Come on! Matthew Leverton said: I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 now. Why so sad Master?
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Arthur Kalliokoski said: I'd use the stuff I see on YouTube concerning Compiz if I were trying to impress some lamer Once you use wobbly windows, there's no going back. Windows 7 feels broken due to its stiff windows. |
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xhoch3
Member #11,833
April 2010
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I installed ubuntu 10.04 Beta weeks ago on my Dual Core laptop and everything worked at first sight. Kibiz0r said: Linux neckbeards see themselves as being at war with Microsoft
There is no war. You can't be at war without an opponent The best practice is a good theory. |
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Mokkan
Member #4,355
February 2004
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Everything worked perfectly after updating my netbook. Interesting new look to things.
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I hate the new look, but I didn't like the old look either. Every computer should have a plain black background. I love sshfs. The first app I always install: |
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xhoch3
Member #11,833
April 2010
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There are plenty of window decorators out there. If you don't like the new look, get one of them. The best practice is a good theory. |
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type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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IE, under wine? Or is it a joke? If it's not, may I ask WTF?
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xhoch3
Member #11,833
April 2010
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IE should work quite fine with WINE The best practice is a good theory. |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I don't use WINE, it's buggy. |
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xhoch3
Member #11,833
April 2010
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Or maybe virtualbox-ose The best practice is a good theory. |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Rootless mode under VirtualBox or VMware? -- |
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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type568 said: IE, under wine? Or is it a joke? If it's not, may I ask WTF?
If I'm not mistaken there's even port of IE that can be run natively. I've fiddled with it some time ago. But I guess this one uses wine. Or ML has some weird sense of humour... wait a minute, ML has some weird sense of humour Anyway, I'm quite interested to see what 10.04 is up to. I've upgraded to 9.10 just week ago, everything went smoothly until I tried to run Battle for Wesnoth. They managed to break sound horribly and now nearly all games freeze up on exit and sound isn't working. If the problem persists I'm gonna try Mint. Or just swallow my pride and install Debian even on my laptop. kenmasters1976 said: And yet it's not enough. I find myself going back to Windows every time and I'm one of those willing to dive a bit into Linux. Most casual users wouldn't survive without Windows. I found myself in that position back then too. But it was mostly because of outdated distro (some old Suse) or trying to install Gentoo as a noob. All it took was some determination and when I bought larger harddrive for my laptop I've set up OpenSuse as my primary OS. Since then I've become unable to get back to Windows. Windows now serves me as a bootloader for games. Nothing more. I can't get to use them again, they annoy me, I feel like I don't have control over them and they lack good shell. But to be fair, sometimes I get really fed up with annoyances on Linux as well. Most notably sound issues (like two programs using sound running concurrently aren't working out of box) and a gut feeling that my harddrive is cluttered with thousands of libraries that I don't think are needed. But then again, no registry to be cluttered [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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type568
Member #8,381
March 2007
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Aaaaah, I know! I bet he's a Web-dev, isn't he? Quote: Copyright ©1999-2010, by Matthew Leverton Yeah.. He is!
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Goalie Ca
Member #2,579
July 2002
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This is the first version of ubuntu since well... the 2nd version that ever existed that i wont be playing with right away. I only have a mbp now and linux on this is nasty. ------------- |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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linux on a mac book pro is nasty? I thought a MBP was a rather nice system -- |
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Shravan
Member #10,724
February 2009
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May not be a completely relevant question but, why do software releases have a code name ?Is that really required or just because they need to have one.
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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To answer your question, Member #10,724, a name is easier to remember than a number. You wouldn't want to use numbers for labels in your programs, would you? And there is the coolness factor for weird names. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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so it was actually a hardware issue).
That lasts anywhere from 5 minutes until it BSODs. 
