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linux?
    #7925180 - 01/24/08 05:08 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

yeah im thinking of switching to linux but im not really sure of the pro's/con's. any experienced users care to shed a little light?


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Re: linux? [Re: mycopsycho]
    #7925218 - 01/24/08 05:16 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

make a partition and try it out yourself..

so many different releases..

too much hassle for me though, windows works fine for what i need.

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Re: linux? [Re: mycopsycho]
    #7925328 - 01/24/08 05:32 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

do a search in this forum for linux mint. i did a review of it not too long ago. it is the distro i think most new linux users should use. it's ubuntu with all the codecs and good drivers included so you can play mp3s, watch dvds, etc.


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Re: linux? [Re: automan]
    #7925691 - 01/24/08 06:38 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

awesome thanks. i'll go check it out.


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Re: linux? [Re: mycopsycho]
    #7935695 - 01/26/08 03:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

once you get the hang of linux through mint, check out gentoo. just installing gentoo will be a crash course in linux. i just set up my ruby dev box with gentoo.


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Re: linux? [Re: automan]
    #7935722 - 01/26/08 03:24 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

i think linux isnt going to like my laptop.. seeing as how i have ATI drivers.


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Re: linux? [Re: automan]
    #7936063 - 01/26/08 04:28 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Yea I installed gentoo at some point recently to see how it is. The OS is alright, but I don't like how you update software. I think Im going to hit up Suse next, as the newest Ubuntu version is buggy

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Re: linux? [Re: TheCow]
    #7936221 - 01/26/08 05:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

thats funny... portage is what i like most about gentoo. iirc, most, if not all, of the shroomery runs on gentoo


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Re: linux? [Re: mycopsycho]
    #7936707 - 01/26/08 06:51 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Install VMWare on Windows, then install Linux on a VMWare virtual machine. That way you'll have the best of both worlds and can minimize Linux to the task bar when you're not using it.


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Re: linux? [Re: Diploid]
    #7939347 - 01/27/08 08:43 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Or download and burn yourself a liveCD, pop it in your computer, reboot and enjoy trying linux without installing/partitioning/modifying anything.

Better yet, just download it and boot it directly inside VMWare, no CD burning needed.

I would recommend Gentoo LiveCD, or SLAX for its slick factor. Is there a Ubuntu LiveCD ? That would probably be great also.

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Re: linux? [Re: deimya]
    #7939517 - 01/27/08 09:56 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Try Ubuntu or Kanotix distros.
I know kanotix has a nice livecd. I am using kanotix now but I plan to switch to Ubuntu.

BTW fuck windows.

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Re: linux? [Re: automan]
    #7940178 - 01/27/08 12:53 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Eh it fucked up some software because it didnt check for a dependency issue I think. I never had that problem with apt-get

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Re: linux? [Re: TheCow]
    #7940199 - 01/27/08 12:57 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

i've never heard of portage doing that. maybe it was a USE flag issue?


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Re: linux? [Re: automan]
    #7940337 - 01/27/08 01:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Yea really Im not sure I know what the problem was. I just read on a forum that the gentoo system doesn't check dependencies so if something is updated, some other program might fail. Maybe thats a thing of the past, Im not entirely sure why my system fucked up

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