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Jenda

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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #60 on: 24 April 2005, 17:59 »
It seems we are all waiting for an enthusiastic programmer who is also an engineer in electronics and will write us a Free circuit simulator...

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I'm at work at the moment when I get home I'll tell you how much memory Vector Linux uses on my PC.
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Well all of your distros suck of you've installed lots of shit because my Vector Linux installation uses fuck all memory, it's light and fast.
 
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I'm not dissing Linux it's great look at how much memory Vector Linux uses:
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I'm just amazed that X only uses 11MB of memory on my Vector Linux installation!

Alright, I think we all get the point...
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #61 on: 24 April 2005, 18:28 »
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It seems we are all waiting for an enthusiastic programmer who is also an engineer in electronics and will write us a Free circuit simulator...


I wish I could program, infact I used to but I lost interest in it, maybe one day I'll go back but maybe not, anyway I'm not confident enough that I'll ever be a good enough  programmer to write a circuit simulator, electronics is my main strength not programming.

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Alright, I think we all get the point...


Ok I'll say it once more and then I promise I'll shut up.  :D

[SIZE=8]Vector Linux Roooooolzzzzzz![/SIZE]
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #62 on: 25 April 2005, 06:34 »
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I'm just amazed that X only uses 11MB of memory on my Vector Linux installation!

People here have bitched and said X is bloted and it uses >150MB, but why the fuck does it only uses 11MB on my machine and shit loads on everone else's?


Let me guess, you use a lightweight window manager like Fluxbox?
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #63 on: 25 April 2005, 07:16 »
He didn't say what version of Vector he was using. According to Distro Watch, Vector had been using mainly IceWM; only the latest release uses KDE.
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #64 on: 25 April 2005, 07:24 »
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He didn't say what version of Vector he was using. According to Distro Watch, Vector had been using mainly IceWM; only the latest release uses KDE.
judging by his process list on that screenshot, he is running xfwm
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #65 on: 25 April 2005, 07:34 »
judging by his process list on that screenshot, he is running xfwm

Still way lighter than KDE. If he upgrades and takes KDE, those stats are going to go way up. (As for myself, I installed Enlightenment when I put Slack 10.1 on this rig. The Slack folks should offer that on the install CDs.)
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #66 on: 25 April 2005, 23:36 »
Ok, I was running Xfce 4.3, but that's not the point the latest Knoppix distro can run KDE on 96MB with out a swap partition, and X only uses 17MB under knoppix and that's with KDE too. :p

Anyway BobTheHob, are you into Electronics too?
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #67 on: 26 April 2005, 01:36 »
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Ok, I was running Xfce 4.3, but that's not the point the latest Knoppix distro can run KDE on 96MB with out a swap partition, and X only uses 17MB under knoppix and that's with KDE too. :p

Anyway BobTheHob, are you into Electronics too?

Yes, I have been building electronics as a hobby for awhile now. I enjoy making little gadgets and stuff, lol
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #68 on: 26 April 2005, 10:40 »
I may have met you before in http://www.electronics-lab.com are you tweak232?

If so the post in the "What is your favorate programing language?" thread.

I'm Alun by the way.
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #69 on: 26 April 2005, 16:38 »
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I may have met you before in http://www.electronics-lab.com are you tweak232?

If so the post in the "What is your favorate programing language?" thread.

I'm Alun by the way.
Nah, thats not me.
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #70 on: 26 April 2005, 20:50 »
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Yes, I have been building electronics as a hobby for awhile now. I enjoy making little gadgets and stuff, lol

Can you make me a low voltage/current shock collar for my 1 year old son with a remote control. He allways gets into stuff, and he doesn't comprehend 'no'. i smack his hand sometimes when he gets into something dangerous, but he giggles and thinks I'm playing when I do it. I don't want to hit him hard, and that wouldn't be productive/good. :D

Yeah...a shock collar is  defenitely what I need. :thumbup:
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #71 on: 26 April 2005, 22:48 »
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Can you make me a low voltage/current shock collar for my 1 year old son with a remote control. He allways gets into stuff, and he doesn't comprehend 'no'. i smack his hand sometimes when he gets into something dangerous, but he giggles and thinks I'm playing when I do it. I don't want to hit him hard, and that wouldn't be productive/good. :D

Yeah...a shock collar is  defenitely what I need. :thumbup:

500V @ 10A should be enough, but it wouldent be wireless :D
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #72 on: 26 April 2005, 23:11 »
I could actually build a portable circuit to charge a very large capacitor & give that voltage and current for a 100 or so milliseconds. :D
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #73 on: 26 April 2005, 23:19 »
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I could actually build a portable circuit to charge a very large capacitor & give that voltage and current for a 100 or so milliseconds. :D
Yea, but ya but he needs to be able to have a toggle switch to turn it on and leave it on if he needs, fuck momentary switches, lol
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Re: advice for linux newbie
« Reply #74 on: 29 April 2005, 22:33 »
I have a very important question.

When installing a dual boot* (for those of us who do not have the courage to make the plunge (into freedom)) on a system with a single unpartitioned drive, is there a way to partition it with minimal risk of data loss?

If not, my friend needs to backup his whole disk. He doesn't have a burner, and doesn't know anyone in the area who has an external one. He has a fairly decent internet connection. I have a burner, and we have two flash drives, with a total of 384 MB. No external HDDs in sight. Any Ideas?

*Ubuntu/Win2k
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