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General Category => The Sump => Topic started by: ShaneJ on May 21, 2010, 09:56:17 PM
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Just wondering if anyone here uses linux for anything?
For the last few years I have been using PCLinuxOS on my desktop computer at home and I'm currently testing PCLinuxOS 2010 on a test computer.
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G'day
I have played with various flavours over the years. In my new job there are lots of computers running mainly Ubuntu and Debian Linux but there are several running SUSE, Redhat and even UNIX.
There are several servers running multiple sessions of virtualbox:
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (http://www.virtualbox.org/)
http://www.packtpub.com/article/installing-virtualbox-on-linux (http://www.packtpub.com/article/installing-virtualbox-on-linux)
The reason is that particular software is looking for a operating system configuration that is unique.
You can run virtualbox on windows or Linux and then run another operating system in it.
When running windows within a virtualbox on Linux, a crash is fixed by shutting a window and opening a new one.
But if you want to be a real man run BSD. why?
(http://freebsd-image-gallery.netcode.pl/_freebsd-vs-linux/bsd-vs-linux-s.jpg)
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Can't argue with that ;D ;D
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I run a Linux server as my gateway, Smoothwall is awesome!!
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G'day
Just had a look at pclinuxos 2010. Looks very interesting. I am downloading it now.
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I've been using virtualbox since the beginning. Infact I was in the group of initial testers. I use it for testing new/beta apps in test installs of windows and linux.
BSD?? pfft. BSD and even Unix all together just isn't developed/polished as linux these days.
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I have to agree with that. Smoothwall is a top notch firewall/gateway. In my last job I used it in a large business as the corporate gateway.
I run a Linux server as my gateway, Smoothwall is awesome!!
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Ive done a partial install of ubuntu on an old work laptop to have a play and it seems to speed up the old girl.
Its my first time playing with it, but Im gettng sick of Vi$ta andamthinking of deleting it of my home lap top
Work is still all MicroSoft based though.
Warren
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BSD?? pfft. BSD and even Unix all together just isn't developed/polished as linux these days.
haha gotcha.
I only played with BSD once.
It's just that if I got really hungry and had to eat a mascot, I know which one would be more tasty.
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If you're impressed with the speed on ubuntu on your old laptop, check out PCLinuxOS LXDE, it will fly.
Ive done a partial install of ubuntu on an old work laptop to have a play and it seems to speed up the old girl.
Its my first time playing with it, but Im gettng sick of Vi$ta andamthinking of deleting it of my home lap top
Work is still all MicroSoft based though.
Warren
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i feel like i have landed on another planet, you guys are as bad as my 21yr old son, he starts going off about pcs, its another language. wrong era lol ;D ;D my mate came back from vegas not so long ago, the vegas technology show, kid in a candy store. lol
george
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If you're impressed with the speed on ubuntu on your old laptop, check out PCLinuxOS LXDE, it will fly.
Ive done a partial install of ubuntu on an old work laptop to have a play and it seems to speed up the old girl.
Its my first time playing with it, but Im gettng sick of Vi$ta andamthinking of deleting it of my home lap top
Work is still all MicroSoft based though.
Warren
Might have to give it a spin Shane
George there are only 10 type of people in this world - those that understand binary - and those that dont :D
Warren
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hey warren. . theres actually only 0 to 9 types of people ;D ;) skippy the binaroo .. i use linux mint just for surfin basically sets it all up for u & converts all windows stuff to mint applications fast n easy to use i found ,it uses firefox for its browser .hav it set on other half of hd found windows stuuf set it all up for mint hav set up disc if anyone wants a copy.. cheers
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what was you said Skip l didn't understand?? :o :( ::)
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hey warren. . theres actually only 0 to 9 types of people ;D ;) skippy the binaroo .. i use linux mint just for surfin basically sets it all up for u & converts all windows stuff to mint applications fast n easy to use i found ,it uses firefox for its browser .hav it set on other half of hd found windows stuuf set it all up for mint hav set up disc if anyone wants a copy.. cheers
Dont you mean 1001
Obviously your on of the ones that dont :D
Warren
Binary runs from right to left with the weighting doubling each time, the selection for each can only be off or on or 0 or 1
8421
0001 = 1
0010 = 2
0011 = 3
0100 = 4
0101 = 5
0110 = 6
0111 = 7
1000 = 8
1001 = 9
8421
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A bit of a diversion.. but today we got loaned an external HDD full of a terrabyte of stuff. When I went to plug it in it wouldn't spin up.
I pulled it apart and found the smd diodes on the pcb of the SATA HDD had shorted. I pulled a couple of diodes out of a dead ADSL modem and repaired the pcb. When I pluged it in and had a look, the newest files were nearly 7 weeks old.
Do you think I was a setup?
I am now copying the files off and I reckon I will give it back and not say anything.
A tip is that if you get a SATA HDD that won't spin up, check the diodes near the power plug. I have repaired a few and saved a lot of data that would have been lost.
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Pull the hdd out of the case next time.
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A tip is that if you get a SATA HDD that won't spin up, check the diodes near the power plug. I have repaired a few and saved a lot of data that would have been lost.
Isn't that what backups are for?
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warren!! waddaya expect ffs? ???everyone knows roos cant count ;) but. . i am literate ::) ;D ;D
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hey rogue th best backup ive seen to date performed is johnnos v6 "down lows :o th way to go" piccy ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Dont you mean 1001
Warren
8421
0001 = 1
0010 = 2
0011 = 3
0100 = 4
0101 = 5
0110 = 6
0111 = 7
1000 = 8
1001 = 9
8421
hey warren ,just had a good look at that formula ??? an i reckon ( youll get this rossie ;D ) youve just copied down scotty,s calculations for trans warp beaming instead. ::) ;D ;)
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She canno takeit no more cap'n :D
I'd try and explain it a bit more, but I think your ears would bleed Skip :o
Warren
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Skip, l had a bloke show me a program today and an hour after he left, l stuffed it. Rang him up laughing, he didn't see the funny side.. COMPUTER =0 ROSSIE = 1 ;D ;D ;) ;D
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yes warren i reckon they might :D wen i had to do end of school exams just before i left i got. . :P 2 outta 100 on my maths exam.i think that was for gettin my name rite, lol ;D. ??? Q. wot did skippy get on his exam paper ? ?. . . . . . A. dribble ::) the best i could relate to th formula was . . .-0.h . . .i woz 1ndrerin how binary worked ;D ;D hey rossie know wot u mean. ;) a sense of humor is imperitive to 1,s sanity when dealin wiv anything pc. . only ever had >:( 1 pc win on me . put me workboots on an jumped up an down on it for2 ,3 mins then trans warped it out the window then thought. . :-[. . buga!! ??? will hav to ::) buy anuvver one now. yep gotta laugh mate :D never sit down in front of one wivout a good stash of it . ay ;)
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G'day
I use an old P3 laptop to surf the Net and it has been way too slow running XP. Today I blew XP away and upgraded to the new version of Xubuntu. It is very stable and fast so I give it the thumbs up.