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Shame that. Everyone is too concerned about money. "OH I HAVE TO BE RICH OR I'M NOT A MAN" or something... ridiculous.
I agree with most of that post, but there's something you're forgetting. This is the Internet, where no discussion is stupid enough not to have. I've seen discussions over whether the toilet paper should face away or towards the wall, or how to clean your ass. Once you reach that point, software wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
In any case, I haven't really seen any discussions about OSs here. We're rather platform agnostic. Well, some of us.
Everyone who uses both Windows and some UNIX, raise your hands. *Raises hand*
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In any case, I haven't really seen any discussions about OSs here. We're rather platform agnostic. Well, some of us.
Everyone who uses both Windows and some UNIX, raise your hands. *Raises hand*
EDIT: Aww... He deleted it.
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@chrisname
Money makes the world go around. It has nothing to do with being rich -- it has to do with not being in the red. Bad business decisions == failure. Favorite software/hardware != good business decisions.
@helios
True. *Raises hand* (Windows XP Professional and Kubuntu 9.04 dual boot -- but I spend most of my time in Windows...)
Money makes the world go around. It has nothing to do with being rich -- it has to do with not being in the red. Bad business decisions == failure. Favorite software/hardware != good business decisions.
@helios
True. *Raises hand* (Windows XP Professional and Kubuntu 9.04 dual boot -- but I spend most of my time in Windows...)
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I was wondering what you where taking about.
Edit: This is one of the reasons I don't like the edit/delete ability after someone has responded. I can see that there are some good reasons to allow editing. Recently I have seen people delete their original post when they get a resolution to the proble... /Edit
*Raises hand* (XP, Vista, MacOS, and Debian)
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Me too. Ubuntu and Vista. I don't really use Vista any more, only really to burn CDs as my drive doesn't seem to be compatible with Ubuntu. I'm planning to install FreeBSD and then replace Ubuntu with Linux Mint 7.
I run only Ubuntu. :p
I can't wait for Karmic.
It may scare you, but I actually have these conversations in real life. Maybe I just hang out with a lot of 4chaners.
I can't wait for Karmic.
| I agree with most of that post, but there's something you're forgetting. This is the Internet, where no discussion is stupid enough not to have. I've seen discussions over whether the toilet paper should face away or towards the wall, or how to clean your ass. Once you reach that point, software wars are nothing out of the ordinary. |
It may scare you, but I actually have these conversations in real life. Maybe I just hang out with a lot of 4chaners.
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I had a conversation on those things some times in real life too...
I boot both Kubuntu and Vista.
I use almost only Kubuntu, some days ago I booted Vista and it welcomed me with a BSoD, even before log in...
You can already install alpha 6 if you want to try it: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha6
I boot both Kubuntu and Vista.
I use almost only Kubuntu, some days ago I booted Vista and it welcomed me with a BSoD, even before log in...
| I can't wait for Karmic. |
| Maybe I just hang out with a lot of 4chaners. |
There's no avoiding the chanclan...
I don't know if I want Ubuntu anymore. As I say, I like Linux Mint....
| I don't know if I want Ubuntu anymore. As I say, I like Linux Mint.... |
I tried Linux Mint once. I really don't know what made me switch back. I've tried a lot of distros, but I always come back to Ubuntu. Arch was great, but the repos weren't really up to par, and I didn't like my system breaking so often, even if it did mean I got the latest and greatest.
| You can already install alpha 6 if you want to try it: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha6 |
Yeah, but I don't want to ruin the surprise.
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| I tried Linux Mint once. I really don't know what made me switch back. |
Possibly familiarity?
Although I guess Mint as Mint is based on Ubuntu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint#Releases
When I first got into Linux (I used it before I used Ubuntu) I was constantly switching between Linux and windows to get used to the former. Then some guy convinced me to try Ubuntu. So now I'm installing mint on a 9GB partition, have windows on a 520GB partition and Ubuntu on a 68GB partition. The MBR is on it's own 1.43GB partition :l
I just realised, for anyone that was into computers in the '90s when a 20MB hard disk was unspeakable, mine must seem ridiculous... and to think, I could have gotten the 640GB one for about £50 more :O
| Yeah, but I don't want to ruin the surprise. |
Me either. That's why I didn't install LM7 x64 until I knew it was stable (which was like 2 months after it's release (June 24, I started using it in August) :l)
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The master boot record is cylinder 0, head 0, sector 0, so I seriously doubt it's taking up and entire partition. You must be thinking of /boot, or perhaps GRUB.
| Possibly familiarity? |
I wouldn't rule it out. I don't really remember, but I tried it a couple times, and always came back. Considering that I can't remember any reason to come back (I can for most other distros), it's very possible that it was caused by familiarity.
| When I first got into Linux (I used it before I used Ubuntu) I was constantly switching between Linux and windows to get used to the former. Then some guy convinced me to try Ubuntu. |
Yes, me too. Except it wasn't "some guy", I just totally ruined my Fedora partition and decided to try this Ubuntu thing I had heard about. Somehow I removed all of the desktop environments, without realizing it until it was done. It was buggy anyways.
| I just realised, for anyone that was into computers in the '90s when a 20MB hard disk was unspeakable, mine must seem ridiculous... and to think, I could have gotten the 640GB one for about £50 more :O |
I've got two drives:
Maxtor 200GB
WDC 80GB
I've got Windows 2000 on the 2nd, but I never use it (I still have tons of space left on the first).
Ridiculous amounts of space...
I think anything over 320GB is too much. Anything less than about 160GB is too little now...
And I know people with terrabytes. And Apple are saying they can address 16TB of RAM... the thing is, I don't suppose you can disprove that yet, because no-one can afford 16TB.
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Except maybe IBM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner
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WOAH compiz just went insane :l
I might switch back to the non-NVIDIA driver, because that one is damn unstable. I guess the bad driver must be what crashes vista; I thought it was a hardware issue, but Ubuntu does it occasionally too with the 3D driver. Complete crashes, as well not even Caps Lock worked.
Looks like the driver has automatically switched back to the basic 2D one... oh well; I don't really need 3D graphics on my desktop.
And I know people with terrabytes. And Apple are saying they can address 16TB of RAM... the thing is, I don't suppose you can disprove that yet, because no-one can afford 16TB.
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Except maybe IBM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner
| Memory 103.6 TiB Speed 1.71 petaflops (theoretical peak) |
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WOAH compiz just went insane :l
I might switch back to the non-NVIDIA driver, because that one is damn unstable. I guess the bad driver must be what crashes vista; I thought it was a hardware issue, but Ubuntu does it occasionally too with the 3D driver. Complete crashes, as well not even Caps Lock worked.
Looks like the driver has automatically switched back to the basic 2D one... oh well; I don't really need 3D graphics on my desktop.
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| I just realised, for anyone that was into computers in the '90s when a 20MB hard disk was unspeakable, mine must seem ridiculous... |
320 GB? Pfft. I'm considering building a file server with a couple terabytes (it has nothing to do with Earth) because I'm sick of burning DVDs. And also because I don't trust them for long term storage.
The oldest computer I had that I can remember had 64MB of RAM, a 20.4GB hard disk and a Celeron M. That's how young I am :P I remember buying my other computer; 512MB of RAM, an AMD64 Athlon 2GHz and a 156GB hard disk. I had that up to about half a year ago...
Well I guess as there were not GUIs like that of OS X or vista then; and you probably used MS-DOS or some UNIX or something without a GUI; you wouldn't have needed more RAM. I know someone who wants to get 12GB and has 3 (yes, 3) NVIDIA 9600GT grahpics cards... Not because he's an enthusiast. Not because he loves the thought of the technology (that's my incentive for wanting the most powerful computer possible -- I don't even play many 3D games) and all the power in the system... he just wants to have a "better" computer than everyone else. And he's "preparing" for "Cod 6" (must be some kind of fish related game) by buying another graphics card. It annoys me... he thinks because it's a new game it automatically has "better" graphics and needs more graphics cards. What the hell? His theory can be summarised by the following equation:
g = (x = g + y)2
where g is the current amount of graphics cards, x is the amount of new graphics cards needed and y is the release number of the game. Using that theory, when this "cod 6" is released; he will need to buy g + y2 new graphics cards. As he has 3 now and it's "cod" 6; he needs to buy 9*9 = 81 more graphics cards. And just so he can catch some cod and sell them to a fishmonger; and something to do with someone called "Soap" (must be the cleaner) and another charming fellow named "Roach" (probably some kind of infestation of roaches that this Soap has to kill so that the customers buy the cod).
But I digress...
g = (x = g + y)2
where g is the current amount of graphics cards, x is the amount of new graphics cards needed and y is the release number of the game. Using that theory, when this "cod 6" is released; he will need to buy g + y2 new graphics cards. As he has 3 now and it's "cod" 6; he needs to buy 9*9 = 81 more graphics cards. And just so he can catch some cod and sell them to a fishmonger; and something to do with someone called "Soap" (must be the cleaner) and another charming fellow named "Roach" (probably some kind of infestation of roaches that this Soap has to kill so that the customers buy the cod).
But I digress...
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