Always Wanted To Try Linux?
CommunistWithAGun
Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
<div class="IPBDescription">but afraid to destroy your computer?</div> I really...really hate to advertise, but seriously, if you fit in the category I listed in the topic description, you *NEED* to try Ubuntu linux. It took approximately 10 minutes to set up and install, and its....easy to use, unlike most other distros. Seriously.
EDIT: They're offering FREE discs for a limited time if you can't burn your own. Google Unbuntu. (Free disks+ free shipping)
EDIT: They're offering FREE discs for a limited time if you can't burn your own. Google Unbuntu. (Free disks+ free shipping)
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Sounds somewhat like Linux Mandrake...
Screw up lilo as it writes to your MBR like me, it literally destroyed my HD's geometry. I had to do a low level format (The type that causes the HD to revert to a time before it was used)
It seems it's cool to believe that Windows is the infernal spawn of pure evil.
I knew there was sometihng special about it when I read "Linux, for humans"
Also Its Ubuntulinux.org
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Ive been to 3 other forums now and found that he CD's cam within 2 weeks and no hiden charges were found, The OS is working great and it was easyer than said by CommunistWithAGun.
Thanks for showing this to me, i hope its better than Suse, never did like it, and everything else is harder to use.
(On Windows, you just... click... and it works.)
Woah woah, so I could actually install games, and have them work?
Do they run at comparable FPS?
Woah woah, so I could actually install games, and have them work?
Do they run at comparable FPS? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, I haven't played yet (Just installed steam without a hitch) but let me quote a PM from Caboose I had.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Some games preform very well under cedega, WoW for example gets higher framerates in cedega than it does in Windows for many people. I know HL gets a nice 99 fps for me when I had it installed on Linux.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is there a cost for updates?
Ubuntu is debian based, just use apt to keep your system up to date.
Oh, and if you havn't noticed that my gentoo penguin is wearinf a "red hat" that's because I'm using Fedora with portage (portage practically is gentoo) yea... Maybey I'll go back to strait gentoo, I don't like rpm's and I'm unsure why I put fedora on my comp, but yea...
ATI has horrible Linux drivers, as I know firsthand, although it seems they are trying to catch up with nVidia finally.
nVidia has awesome Linux driver. Most people report having a higher FPS on Linux with the nVidia drivers than on Windows.
Screw up lilo as it writes to your MBR like me, it literally destroyed my HD's geometry. I had to do a low level format (The type that causes the HD to revert to a time before it was used) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
fdisk /mbr ?
It seems it's cool to believe that Windows is the infernal spawn of pure evil. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Windows is like a very screwed up ****, everyone at least messed once with her.
Linked. Maybe I will try this, although I have another distro sitting around. The fact that they'll ship it to me for free intrigues me. 56khell.
Getting a couple of CD's shipped to me.
It seems it's cool to believe that Windows is the infernal spawn of pure evil. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Windows is like a very screwed up ****, everyone at least messed once with her. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I also messed up with Linux, and at least I can do stuff with Windows that doesn't need hours on useless support with people laughing at your newbiness and saying how their distro is the best thing ever.
And Windows still WORKS. It doesn't lock up every 5 hours, it doesn't stab me in the face, it never destroyed any data, and the last time I saw a blue screen would be months ago. I don't know what you people do to Windows to always mess it up.
Screw up lilo as it writes to your MBR like me, it literally destroyed my HD's geometry. I had to do a low level format (The type that causes the HD to revert to a time before it was used) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
fdisk /mbr ? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
MBR repairs don't correct disk geometry <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
That sir, is frickin gold. On a side, trying this out because whoever said before that Gentoo was easy to setup needs stabbed in the face, and Fedora doesn't like my system for some reason.