HOLY SHIT THAT'LL INCREASE MY PRODUCTIVITY BY 1000000000000000000000000)%
LINUX IS OFFICIALLY DESKTOP READY OK
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Anonymous2006-11-11 16:54
>>9
i lol'd hard
Does anyone actually think that's even remotely useful?
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Anonymous2006-11-11 16:56
#12 gtfo winfag.
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Anonymous2006-11-11 16:57
>>12
nop it only looks cool and makes things harder ;_;
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Anonymous2006-11-11 18:39
Linux is just the kernel. Give credit where credit is due.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 1:43
I did use Ubuntu.
And then I decided I wanted an OS where I could actually get my work done as opposed to fucking with NDISwrapper and xorg.conf...
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Anonymous2006-11-12 2:17
>>11 >>12
Go ahead and lol, but it only shows how ignorant you are.
Things for you to do:
-- Research what Compiz/Beryl and XGL/AIGLX/XeGL are, and what the long-term goals of each project are. This can be as simple as looking them up on Wikipedia.
-- Take a quick look at the Beryl forums. This will show you that while some of the plugins are indeed pointless, they are just stepping stones for future UI development. If it weren't for people like them, we'd still be stuck at a command line. Beryl itself is still only a few weeks old, and plugin development is still in the earliest stages. I guarantee that by June, you'll be seeing some seriously cool AND useful UI advances.
Otherwise, you can remain ignorant and totally miss the point, thinking you're cool while everyone else correctly identifies how retarded you are.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 2:52
Looks pretty but useful? We'll see about that...
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Anonymous2006-11-12 4:51
I just started using Kubuntu and already I've discovered I need to use command prompt to get a SIMPLE AVI FILE to work. It's noticeably faster than win XP even for something as stupid as browsing 4chan but if I can't watch my anime with it why the hell should I use it?
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Anonymous2006-11-12 5:04
>>17 If it weren't for people like them, we'd still be stuck at a command line.
So it's their fault, eh?
Beryl itself is still only a few weeks old, and plugin development is still in the earliest stages.
It's a fork, and it's been developed for months. Anyway, it'll get nowhere because it's programmed by incompetent retards that don't know how you write bug-free code.
Otherwise, you can remain ignorant and totally miss the point, thinking you're cool while everyone else correctly identifies how retarded you are.
What point? The point that Ubuntu users are retards? I wouldn't trust the word of a retard.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 5:14
>>20
You guys are the disease. What's the meaning of something being elegant or beautiful or fast or useful if the only people that can figure out how to use it are the 0.1% of people that have too much free time and like to use it trying to make their computers run perfectly?
>>19
OH NOES! A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLATFORM ISN'T WHAT I'M USED TO! I'M TOO CLOSED MINDED TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT!
GTFO, I visited my parents last month, and in the six weeks since I had seen them last, they had installed Ubuntu because their friend reccommended it. My *MOTHER* knew how to use the command line and had actually RTFM. Turns out they had both used UNIX back when the only word processing apps were CLI.
IF MY PARENTS CAN DO IT, YOU CAN TOO.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 6:46
Turns out they had both used UNIX...
Could this be a hint that they are not the average user?
RTFM is Linux talk for "My GUI sucks ass but if anybody asks a question, I'll act all high and mighty while begging for Linux ports of Window programs."
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Anonymous2006-11-12 6:59
>>19
this slashdotter's comment http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=206050&cid=16803158 explains why this is so. The "problems" in Linux are not due to design issues of technical failures at all. The only thing is the reason Linux can't do them is typically artifical restrictions and not really technical limitations of Linux. Many people who complain about Linux "sucking" tend to do so because if they tried it, they typically ran into a restriction that was imposed artifically by a hardware vendor or some sort of copy protection mechanism. The fact that I can't join Vongo, for example, has nothing to do with Linux distros not being capable of handling streaming video over broadband. It has to do with the fact that Vongo decided to base their service around Windows Media Player with DRM. A completely artifical restrction made in the name of business. The fact that I can't play games like Max Payne unless I want to shell out for Cedega (which does work quite well for the games it supports officially) has nothing to do with Linux "not being up to par with Windows" where games are concerned. It has to do with the copy protection that the publisher chose which it is a crime to reverse engineer.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 7:37
Unbuntu sucks pen0r!
Slack it ware[sic] it's at.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 8:11
>>23
So explain to me why >>19 can't use a command line, when my parents can? Sure they've had a bit of experience, but:
1) That was decades ago.
2) They didn't have any real computer knowledge then. Both of them basically typed documents, saved them, and printed them. If you had asked them what a kernel was, or to write a script, they wouldn't have had a clue as to WTF you were talking about.
3) The don't have any real computer knowledge now. They still ask me how to do simple things, like installing SCREENSAVERS in Windows.
The point is, normal email-webbrowse-wordprocessing users can adapt to Operating Systems easier than the semi-savvy users. People like >>19 and yourself are just so set in your ways that anything else is considered stupid.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 11:56
Ubuntu kickass, period.
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Anonymous2006-11-12 16:12
The only thing Linux has going for it on the desktop is price. Don't bother saying that people are set in their ways. I've never used a Mac before but my school's lab has some Apple computers and it was really easy to pick up. Can't say the same for Linux.
I have a live CD and a live DVD version of Knoppix. I want to try SUSE version ten (I read a review for that in Monitor [www.monitor.ca]).
I want to get linux, but I only have one computer to use, and only one hard drive (and I don't want to use a split drive partition or whatever it's called).
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Anonymous2006-11-14 9:38
#39
Its easy to make partitions
You just need 2, one for "/" and other for "swap".
"/" filesystem is 'ext3'
and the swap partition (must be double of your RAM, I got 1024MB Ram then I did 2048MB for swap) filesystem is 'linux-swap'
And if you have Windows and you dont want to remove it, just resize Windows partition.
Easy, and you do that in graphic mode.
(YES, my english is totally crap sorry :P)
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Anonymous2006-11-14 10:08
>>40
|and the swap partition (must be double of your RAM, I got 1024MB Ram then I did 2048MB for swap) filesystem is 'linux-swap'
What? DOUBLE OF YOUR RAM?!? IT'S THE HALF YOU MORON! Meaning if you have 1024MB RAM then 512MB for swap space is sufficient.
>>40-44
It depends completely on what kind of apps you run. And the 'double' thing is really old and not very relevant anymore.
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Anonymous2006-11-14 14:27
I always believed the rule was double, but not exceeding 512meg. Works for me.
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Anonymous2006-11-14 20:33
Anybody using Xubuntu? I'm a tard but Kubuntu has managed to have everything I needed (once I looked in the most obvious place) but I'm thinking of going to Xubuntu just for kicks. Is it as idiot proof as Ubuntu and Kubuntu?
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Anonymous2006-11-14 20:54
Is it as idiot proof as Ubuntu and Kubuntu?
its still the same ubuntu, just different default desktop.