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General Discussion / Re: OS Questions
« on: October 29, 2009, 12:59:40 pm »
Man! I was all excited about my reply because I thought it was super awesome then I realized I kind of just made a statement not an argument. Shrug. 
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Help! We're trapped in the computer, and the computer is trapped in 2008! Someone call the time police!
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General Discussion / Re: OS Questions
« on: October 29, 2009, 11:43:46 am »
It's all in how the end user actually uses the OS, iago. Slackware and Ubuntu use the same linux kernels, and have the same CLI that can be used. Ubuntu offers a Linux distribution that's easy to use, easy to setup, and user friendly. Slackware offers a distribution that takes a lot of work to get many of the basic 'laptopy' things working.
My girlfriend [average (below??) user] has no problem starting my Ubuntu laptop, entering the passwords, and getting to the desktop. From there my laptop auto-connects to my wireless and she can browse away. On the other hand, if I want to use that same setup to do many of the things that Ubuntu *hides*, I can. Such as compiling from source, editing configurations, setting up apache, web, basically anything a Slackware user can do.
It's all in how you plan on using your setup. Ubuntu has a great community (#ubuntu,#ubuntu-offtopic @ freenode), forums, and plenty of people willing to help you.. even with those non-windows like tasks.
My girlfriend [average (below??) user] has no problem starting my Ubuntu laptop, entering the passwords, and getting to the desktop. From there my laptop auto-connects to my wireless and she can browse away. On the other hand, if I want to use that same setup to do many of the things that Ubuntu *hides*, I can. Such as compiling from source, editing configurations, setting up apache, web, basically anything a Slackware user can do.
It's all in how you plan on using your setup. Ubuntu has a great community (#ubuntu,#ubuntu-offtopic @ freenode), forums, and plenty of people willing to help you.. even with those non-windows like tasks.
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Unix / Linux Discussion / Ubuntu 10.04: Lucid Lynx
« on: October 28, 2009, 10:30:10 am »
Every two years the Ubuntu project releases a long-term stable version of their distribution with support/updates for three years on the desktop software, and five years on the server. Personally, I'm definitely going to attempt to use this release for long-term. The aim towards UI, boot speeds, and just overall speed is a pretty awesome.
I personally use Ubuntu because it's so easy and painless. Five or six years ago I would've spent hours bothering iago on AIM trying to get my wireless working with Slackware 9.1, whereas with Ubuntu it works on initial install!
Actual Announcement: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1916
I personally use Ubuntu because it's so easy and painless. Five or six years ago I would've spent hours bothering iago on AIM trying to get my wireless working with Slackware 9.1, whereas with Ubuntu it works on initial install!
Actual Announcement: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1916
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General Discussion / Re: Sound not working in Ubuntu 9.04?
« on: October 27, 2009, 10:54:12 am »
I'm sure you probably have checked this, but not too long ago I installed Ubuntu on a machine and sound was muted for some reason.
Check alsamixer at the bottom of 'Master' you should see '00' highlighted, and not MM.
Check alsamixer at the bottom of 'Master' you should see '00' highlighted, and not MM.
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General Discussion / Re: Google Wave
« on: October 25, 2009, 08:43:12 pm »
hildenbrandsteven@gmail.com 
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Lead's House of Shenanigans / Re: Free Zone Alarm Pro Firewall (Today Only)
« on: October 14, 2009, 11:05:17 am »
I used ZoneAlarm in like...... '04. It was actually pretty awesome for me.
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General Discussion / Re: Official "post your desktop" thread!
« on: October 12, 2009, 02:51:08 pm »
KDE looks fucking spectacular.
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General Discussion / Re: Official "post your desktop" thread!
« on: October 11, 2009, 04:01:23 pm »27
General Discussion / Re: Official "post your desktop" thread!
« on: October 11, 2009, 03:47:26 pm »
Ubuntu 9.10 Beta
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[x86] Announcements / Re: x86 on IRC
« on: July 05, 2009, 11:16:32 am »
I don't really go on freenode, but there's usually around 6 members of x86 on irc.tehnet.org in #beta. iago has personal reasons for not liking this server, but if you ever looking for people to talk to we're on there.