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if i have virus ( flvblaster.exe i think) on vista and i cant fix it, can i d/l linux then just wipe windows altogether and be done with it? |
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yes. .exe files don't run on linux. and you're freed from the horrid registry to which all active virii run. |
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ok, and what about preserving data i still want, best just to whack it on an external h/d then bring it back in afterwards, or put say ubuntu D: then from ubuntu am i able to select what i want to keep befor deleting windows from c: |
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just be certain you preserve the right files and you're ok. and if you happen to preserve some virus, odds are it wouldn't work on your linux machine. |
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nice one, one last thing, what about like built in wirless card on laptop, will that still work or will i have to find drivers for it and install them into ubuntu? |
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virus.exe |
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thankyou for your contribution. i dont think it is flvblaster.exe anyway cause everything seems to say it dosent get onto vista. i deleted all the files that were found to be wrong by anti virus and now i dunno what to do. |
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Last week I finally got fed up and took all my photos and musics off of my harddrive, wiped it and went Ubunto 11.04 (fuck knows) and now my laptop doesn't get overheated or fuck with me. |
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its it user friendly or do u have to know code and all that jazz? |
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The (K)Ubuntu distributions are as user-friendly as it can get. Odds are it's just like installing Vista. Depending at what you connect to your outer, you might have to download some drivers. But that isn't much different in the world you're in now. Just take a jump. In the worst case you have learnt something while being busy installing OS'es for the day. All I can say really, is you'd be amazed how easy it was when you've done it. |
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think i'm gonna do it, put ubuntu on D: and keep C: and see what happens. |
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Ubuntu is getting better with support for hardware/drivers - I tried it a few years ago and getting drivers and/or support for things like my wifi dongle or graphics card was a pain and fiddly, as I didn't really know what I was doing. I re-installed it a while ago and now pretty much everything works out the box. dual booting is always an option, but keeping organised between two operating systems can be a real chore. I only use Ubuntu now. Its nice to have a computer that doesn't do things unless you ask it to. I hated windows because the computer was always doing something in the background, and the hd was constantly wirring, and things always fucked up for no reason. the only reason I stuck with windows in the past is because of compatibility with certain applications and games, but I'm really not that bothered by that anymore. |
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*thumbs up* |
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the only thing i cannot use with ubuntu is my soundcard. whenever i have a problem with windows, i back up from ubuntu. you can use the live cd too, you don't need to install ubuntu to use it! |
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paedo porn virus |
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zoopaedo porn actually, tryed to get this main video of a baby elephant giving it large into the under developed pouches of marsupials, its a niche market, but theres demand. |
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I've thinking about doing just that, problem is I'm not sure if I can get all the drivers, Ubuntu seems nice, might be worth a try. |
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What's the best video/media player for Linux? |
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VLC is very good. There's literally tons of music and video players for Linux. A lot of them are front ends for Gstreamer, Mplayer or Xmms2, which do the business. Xmms2 is a bit like winamp used to be. Rhythymbox is a bit like itunes. I've been hearing very good things about Linux Mint, so perhaps try that instead of Ubuntu. I first tried Linux perhaps 10 years ago with a CD on a magazine and it's come on leaps and bounds now in terms of good software and drivers. I now only dip into windows on very rare occasions to play some games or to run some awkward software. The Wine project maps windows commands to Linux commands (it's not an emulator, so runs fast) and allows you to run a hell of a lot of windows programs under linux just be double clicking. I do this a lot. It's really very good. You should give it a chance, if nothing else, a penguin is much better than a window! |
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Rhythymbox is a bit like itunes. NO WAY, it's much better than itunes, just like any media player. it's the one i use. |
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My media player of choice is Technics 1210. Also, would like to strongly recommend use OSS rather than ALSA for sound in Linux. OSS4 is great. It just works. http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2009/06/state-of-sound-in- Analysis here: linux-not-so-sorry.html |
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Linux is for scriptkidies and its awesome |
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ace |
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Thanks, yeah Mint is what I was planning to try first. Programs I'm not too worry, it's just to browse the internet, play some files now and then, download files and transfer then to an external drive, it's an old notebook so I'm kind of worry about the drivers, I think I'm going to try a current Live CD first to see how it goes. |
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moc player is my fav i mostly use to listen to pre 1980 radio shows |
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i was a win xp user for as far i can remember. but recently after it served me weelsof i started testing linux mint 12. i'm a happier person now. cheers |
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linux is fucking fantastic, just not for music production (yet) |
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after testingg linux mint I switched to kubuntu yesterday but it worked like a big old heavy cow [slower than win xp on a dual core]. so I tried lubuntu today. been working fine so far. thanks. If it works fine with my old soundblaster I'll be double happy. long live open source |
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i have THE CRAPTOP. rescued from an IT dept. dumpster. bought a solid state drive, a wall brick, and a new battery. for a bit over $100, i got a reasonably useful second laptop. largely use it as a 4th screen and video player; it handles chunky mkv's better than a faster desktop running windows. however, this is only because i banished unity to deep. |
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i like penguins. |
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Fusion 5- Fedora64 since centos Swell Foop = persian rug programming. |
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I highly suggest the Linux Outlaws podcast (youtube/itunes) for keeping up to date on open source releases and linux culture. Also, Steam is now on linux with nvidia "double speed" drivers. There's an article heralding such a bad ass accomplishment at the register. |
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Double nvidia speed on linux w/ steam: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/06/nvidia_heralds_stea m_for_linux/ Linux Outlaws: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixguntv |
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btw I managed to configure sound settings so that I could record sound in Audacity [cause either my favourite Adobe Audition or even Cool Edit failed to load/work properly] while playing a track in FL Studio 10 [FL workin via Wine, of course] - but that was in linux mint 12 before it died. will try testing the same trick in lubuntu next. I admit, music making hhhas not been as easy in linux as in win xp. But hhhey, it wasnt supposed to be easy learning linux ways since I've been only working in windows so far. *puff* @nanotech: thx a lot, will check that |
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Linux: Less of an OS, more of a religion. I like it, need it to do my job and am comfortable working within it. That said, I do not use it as a "desktop" OS outside of work (despite having tried to do so several times, with different flavors), because the support and available applications for games/music making/video editing are relatively weak. The one exception is that I had a Puppy Linux distro I made for playing emulated games and watching videos on my work laptop, whilst staying away, without needing to take a second laptop. |
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(that Puppy Linux was from a bootable USB I kept in my wallet). |
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heh, been going to do the same but with Damn Small Linux not enough time for everything |
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aww puppy linux : do they do a kitteh version : ) |
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Im pretty sure kittey teme is available ;o] |
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freqy: |
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thanks epics, what is that? some kinda theme thing? |
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yeah, it's apparently a skinned version of ubuntu (and a mad out of date version, at that). pointless, but funny. |
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but i just installed it thinking it was fresh and new.! : .( |
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you need to move to hanson linux if you want the bleeding edge |
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i didnt really install HannahMontana linux. ..really. i got the justin bleeebleeahh version instead. |
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again a genuine question is masturbated towards the lowest common denominator. don't; post this shit on here! |
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you're such a crab geoffrey mills |
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