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Linsux and Winbloze - There is no decent operating system for the PC!
xyle_one:
XP takes 1.2 gigs to install, and to install everything on a redhat distro, including all the exta software, is around 6 gigs. That is alot of extra software though. I know that once I am done updating and installing my software for windows, its around 20-25 gigs, far more than my linux box after the same treatment.
Predator:
I fucking hate XP with a passion. I mean, what's up with the skinnable startmenu and fucking error messages? XP service pack should be called Demolition pack.
Aloone_Jonez:
Thanks for you all your opinions/help on the matter.
quote:Use Windows 2000, not XPee.
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Good Idea Xeen. We use Win2k at work, but I don't want to send off any more money to Microcock.
Do you think I should borrow a copy of a friend? or Should I dig out my old Winbloze 98 CD?
quote:you really can't expect to migrate to a new operating system and not have a learning curve.
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Couldn't agree you more Rio, I don't think Linsux is hard to use I just think it sucks, it was hard
enough to migrate my family away from M$ works to OpenOffice.org. Linsux will be impossible, and I don't like to force things on people.
I will however, continue to duel boot me system. I will check out the linmodem stuff too. I'm glad my PC came with Winbloze because if I had bought a blank PC, I would be fucked, unless I installed Winbloze.
How could I have got Linsux to work then?
If I didn't have a Winbloze CD I would've borrowed one and the removed it when I found a driver for my modem. These no legal way to set up a blank PC with Linsux!
quote:Another thing to keep in mind...the standard kernel is somewhat bloated, and recompiling the kernel without the things you don't need will speed it up.
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How the Fuck do you do that?
I'm a newB remember.
quote:Maybe you should have read up on Linux before attempting to use it?
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Well xyle_one, I did but obviously not enough, when my colleague recommend duel booting he also told me to read the Redtwat linsux manual CD on a Winbloze machine before I installed.
It was so fucking big!
I just briefly scanned through the relevant bits.
quote:maybe next time, look at what you are installing before saying that it is bloated.
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You're right I should.
quote:I ran a 128mb install of linux for a while
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How the fuck did you do that?
What settings did you use?
quote:and I am actually surprised that WindowsXP gave you so many errors without you actually fucking something up, or installing some crap ass software.
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Perhaps it's my PC vendors fault!
quote:I have been able to run XP rather solid for quite a while now
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You're obviously joking of course.
quote:I do not install warez, or misc software.
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Be more descriptive, what do you mean by
KernelPanic:
quote:Originally posted by xyle_one:
Maybe you should have read up on Linux before attempting to use it? The 1gig to install Linux comes from installing a shitload of applications that come with the cds. maybe next time, look at what you are installing before saying that it is bloated. I ran a 128mb install of linux for a while, so do not for a minute try to say that it is bloated.
And I am actually surprised that WindowsXP gave you so many errors without you actually fucking something up, or installing some crap ass software.
I have been able to run XP rather solid for quite a while now (amazing, especially reading some of my earlier rants ;) ), mostly because I am not an idiot. I do not install warez, or misc software. And i certainly do not get online without up to date virus software. I am more inclined to believe that you just do not know what you are doing, rather than its "Linsux" or "Winblowz" fault.
My redhat machine boots up faster than my XP box.
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PS This guy is a Mac Bitch :D
Col:
I use Windows 98, and it ran fairly smoothly for about 3 years when we got it in 2000, but now it's ran into so many problems. It's really doing my head in! Maybe I'll list a few of the error messages and problems when I get time...
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