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Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« on: 4 August 2005, 19:37 »
Yes. I've been waiting for this about six months. Finally home, and now I did it. An Ubuntu-Mandrake dual boot!
Count me in, GNU/Linux!

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #1 on: 5 August 2005, 00:08 »
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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #2 on: 5 August 2005, 03:30 »
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Yes. I've been waiting for this about six months. Finally home, and now I did it. An Ubuntu-Mandrake dual boot!
Count me in, GNU/Linux!


should be converting soon until the household occupants get used to ubuntu live cd.

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #3 on: 5 August 2005, 04:43 »
Ubuntu is nice. So far its running great :)

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #4 on: 5 August 2005, 07:35 »
Congrats. Win9x is the scourge of computing.
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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #5 on: 5 August 2005, 21:48 »
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Congrats. Win9x is the scourge of computing.
Yup.  It was torture. Every bootup. Every prog launch. Every keystroke. Every goddamm click.

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #6 on: 18 August 2005, 00:39 »
Well now, how absolutely clever of your avatar.  Might have to start using my proxy anyhow!  

But, hey, you are absolutely right also, my OS does suck or I wouldn't be on this forum, now would I?

My friend at Lobby4Linux is sending me a PCLinux CD to see if it will run on my poor little computer with only a Pentium 3, 256 RAM, and 10 G HD. I'm on that forum too, you ninny. He is nice enough to do that for me so maybe I wouldn't have to spend the extra money that I don't have on a computer before February because as of February Micro$uck will force IE on you if you want XP.  So instead of greeting someone who is on this forum for a reason, maybe you should offer something a little more compelling like "I see you don't like Micro$uck either.

I came here today to look at the posts about Linux to see if I could familiarize myself with their OS, because I am a newbie and it only took me 4 months to figure out the name of the game with Micro$uck. Got it.....Ok then.;)
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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #7 on: 18 August 2005, 04:03 »
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Well now, how absolutely clever of your avatar.  Might have to start using my proxy anyhow!  

But, hey, you are absolutely right also, my OS does suck or I wouldn't be on this forum, now would I?

My friend at Lobby4Linux is sending me a PCLinux CD to see if it will run on my poor little computer with only a Pentium 3, 256 RAM, and 10 G HD. I'm on that forum too, you ninny. He is nice enough to do that for me so maybe I wouldn't have to spend the extra money that I don't have on a computer before February because as of February Micro$uck will force IE on you if you want XP. So instead of greeting someone who is on this forum for a reason, maybe you should offer something a little more compelling like "I see you don't like Micro$uck either.

I came here today to look at the posts about Linux to see if I could familiarize myself with their OS, because I am a newbie and it only took me 4 months to figure out the name of the game with Micro$uck. Got it.....Ok then.;)

Wow, you can read a signature that contains PHP code that checks your systype and IP, then complain about it in a grossly annoying fontsize.  What are you, five?

All kidding aside, I was unaware that Microsoft is now forcing MSIE installs with XP updates (though they've been pre-loading it with Windows for YEARS now), do you have an article link to that or some other hard evidence?

Finally, you seem to have decided to post based on someone else's signature, an ill-informed rationale but not entirely without merit.  What *is* PCLinux?  I'm familiar with Slackware, (K)ubuntu, Mandriva, Fedora, SuSE, Vector, and a handful of others but I'm not familiar with that particular distribution.  As for the whole here, I believe I speak for it when I say we'd be happy to help in your transition away from Microsoft products.

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #8 on: 18 August 2005, 04:44 »
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What *is* PCLinux?

Something very old.  IIRC.
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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #9 on: 18 August 2005, 04:55 »
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hahaha, welcome to the forums, or something.

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #10 on: 18 August 2005, 12:14 »
What the hell is wrong with you idiots, Ubuntu is by far the worst Linux distribution on the entire earth. I wish the GPL gave Torvalds the power to BAN it.

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #11 on: 18 August 2005, 12:37 »
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What the hell is wrong with you idiots, Ubuntu is by far the worst Linux distribution on the entire earth. I wish the GPL gave Torvalds the power to BAN it.

You forgot Linspire.

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #12 on: 18 August 2005, 13:10 »
Yes. And I plan on keeping it that way.

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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #13 on: 18 August 2005, 15:56 »
I've used both of those, they are worse than suckage (about as bad as Windows :D)


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Re: Win98 finally removed. Ubuntu installed.
« Reply #14 on: 18 August 2005, 18:37 »
Yeah, Ubuntu is susposed to be for n00bs but I have to compile some packages manually (REALLY USER FRIENDLY) because their apt repository contains out of date buggy versions (gaim for instance was 0.81 or some shit and would crash all the time).