LINUX chatter

[David Merrill]

Happy Friday!

Thank you, David And Motla for the great feedback!

Per David's suggestion, I uploaded the images to imageshack. I use Linux and they have a nifty Linux uploader to facilitate multiple image uploads. Thanks David.

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7271/online1o.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/38/online2.jpg

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9122/ticketside1.jpg

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1721/ticketside2.jpg

Thank you for the improved images!


P.S. I have collected the images into a .pdf:

Click Here.

[motla68]

Yeah, two computers. I could learn a Linux system on a second computer and slowly transition when I am ready.

Definitely, also for linux just to run the basic 32-bit version you do not need a beefy computer to do it, you can get a cheap system to start off with and then when your ready you can put it on your main computer and use the 64-bit version, windows does not even do that, you will be amazed how far it has come since Redhat was one of the few options that had a Gui interface to it and also now most of the drivers come with it, I did not have to install one driver after installation, it was already done.

[David Merrill]

Yeah, two computers. I could learn a Linux system on a second computer and slowly transition when I am ready.

[motla68]

Yes, that is not an easy thing to do, MS Windows always fighting for the boot partition even though you are trying to use bootloader from the linux package, next thing you know cannot even get into linux, that is one of the main reasons I keep windows on a separate system all together then I use remote software Teamviewer 6 so do not have to do any major configuration changes hardware wise to switch between systems, don't even have to get of the chair.
The windows computer is used as a print server so I can spool off print jobs to that system rather then slowing down resources on the main linux system.

[David Merrill]

I wish I could afford the downtime...

I ran across a software engineer from Laser Magnetic Storage International, knew him from there, and bought Red Hat, hired him to set up a dual boot on my laptop. That turned out to be pretty time costly in itself. The guy was out of work and bought a cell phone with what I paid him. The cell phone got him a job in Atlanta with T-Mobile...

I never did get it up and running.

[Life's-a-Psyop]

I was curious as to what Linux version you were using and how you like it?

I made the switch to, new years resolution, no more MS Gestapo, selected Ubuntu having won award for most user friendly and be easy enough for wife to figure out. I was even surprised to find that the new Macs have a flavor of Linux for their kernel now.
I keep on finding reasons to like it, there is just a couple of programs that only run on windows I have another computer for, but trying to encourage the company to come out with a linux version, hopefully not too much longer for that.

The support community for linux out there is incredible and it is all free as it should be.

'M

Mint Linux is probably more user friendly than even Ubuntu.

I'm using Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, and it's fantastic. My geek skills are lacking, so I wanted something user friendly with community support.

Linux has come a long way. The "live CD's" allow you to test drive it on your system before installing it. I dual-boot, using Linux for all internet activity and keeping winblows in isolation (still using win2k).

Linux is much more secure, a firewall is all that is needed. No more screwing around with windoze updates and the adware/spyware BS. Actually, I'm getting to the point where I don't need winblows at all anymore. Woohoo!

[motla68]

Mint Linux is probably more user friendly than even Ubuntu.



This is incorrect. Mac OS X uses the BSD kernel. BSD is a fork from System V UNIX.

There are free variants of BSD such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and DragonFly.



There are myriad of ways to run Windows apps on Linux including installing Wine or running Windows in a virtual machine using such software as VirtualBox or Xen.

What flavor is all a matter of opinion and interests, I have met people who are loyal to certain flavors of it even if it is old school like Suse an swear that it is the best.

Linux is also a fork off of Unix, but if you want to get technical about names you are correct, they all have some similarities just like the human race.

I am aware of 2 of them apps, first time i heard of Xen though, thanks.
What I am attempting to use is a Web App that runs off of an executable, so far wine did not work, have not tried VM or Xen, just not got around to messing with it yet.

Thanks for replying.

[shikamaru]

I was curious as to what Linux version you were using and how you like it?

I made the switch to, new years resolution, no more MS Gestapo, selected Ubuntu having won award for most user friendly and be easy enough for wife to figure out.

Mint Linux is probably more user friendly than even Ubuntu.

I was even surprised to find that the new Macs have a flavor of Linux for their kernel now.

This is incorrect. Mac OS X uses the BSD kernel. BSD is a fork from System V UNIX.

There are free variants of BSD such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and DragonFly.

I keep on finding reasons to like it, there is just a couple of programs that only run on windows I have another computer for, but trying to encourage the company to come out with a linux version, hopefully not too much longer for that.

The support community for linux out there is incredible and it is all free as it should be.

'M

There are myriad of ways to run Windows apps on Linux including installing Wine or running Windows in a virtual machine using such software as VirtualBox or Xen.

[motla68]

I was curious as to what Linux version you were using and how you like it?

I made the switch to, new years resolution, no more MS Gestapo, selected Ubuntu having won award for most user friendly and be easy enough for wife to figure out. I was even surprised to find that the new Macs have a flavor of Linux for their kernel now.
I keep on finding reasons to like it, there is just a couple of programs that only run on windows I have another computer for, but trying to encourage the company to come out with a linux version, hopefully not too much longer for that.

The support community for linux out there is incredible and it is all free as it should be.

'M