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offline happy cycling from berlin on 2004-07-10 18:20 [#01272809]
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i finally decided to defenstrate (i.e.ditch windows). i got
mandrake linux 10 up and running, finally. getting KDE to
work was a bit of a bitch, since i had to manually install
the driver for my particular display adapter.. anyways,
internet, sound, graphics, are all working at the moment.
screenshots forthcoming. anyone here on *nix?


 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2004-07-10 18:22 [#01272811]
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i'm on *nax! :D

 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2004-07-10 18:23 [#01272814]
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no, good for you! i'm XP and dislike it. thinking about
fucking it off and getting a G5.


 

offline happy cycling from berlin on 2004-07-10 18:24 [#01272816]
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yessir, i'm convinced OSX tiger is the best OS ever. i just
can't afford to switch platforms altogether at the moment.


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2004-07-10 18:30 [#01272824]
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i use debian on my server - running x windows aswell
unfortunatly, to irc/slsk/email from which is tough on a
233mhz piece of dirt.

i vnc to it from a xp pro laptop - i hated the thought of xp
and the minute i got the laptop tried to install 2k over it
but failed because it didn';t like the hardware, so i'm
stuck with this, but after customisation it's turned out
nicely and quite bearable.

don't like mandrake. used it a while ago. RPM is truly
awful, slackware is certainly better than redhat/mandrake ..
but debian tops the lot :D


 

offline happy cycling from berlin on 2004-07-10 18:34 [#01272831]
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don't like mandrake. used it a while ago. RPM is truly
awful, slackware is certainly better than redhat/mandrake
..
but debian tops the lot :D

i heard as much.. but opted for mandrake for ease of
installation. i tried installing debian ages ago and it was
a nightmare. i'll probably move up to sslackware or debian
sometime after i feel comfortable enough.


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2004-07-10 18:39 [#01272842]
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exactly that;s the way to do it. the only thing about that
nowadays is that mandrake and redhat have so much sugar
coating that you don't see the goings-on... there are so
many administrative tools at your disposal which hide the
plaintext files you can edit quicker and easily once you
learn how..

if i knew what it meant i think i might say "it's a moot
point" here. but i don't so i won't.

:S

 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2004-07-10 18:56 [#01272855]
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The fancy administrative tools are usually broken beyond
repair in red hat. Mandrake's icing seems to at least work.
But yeah, it's always fastest to just edit the damn text
files. You're using Linux, you're a Klingon! Rargh!


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2004-07-10 18:56 [#01272856]
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ironic statement given my current avatar... o well

 

offline xf from Australia on 2004-07-10 19:42 [#01272869]
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i'm a linux nerd. don't use windows at all anymore, just
osx on my laptop + debian on my servers/desktop.

i live and breathe linux. i mean, it's my bloody 21st
birthday today and i'm flying to perth in a few hours to
WORK on some linux wireless installs. i rock.


 

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