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...and installed it on a spare laptop.

based on debian, so it's not too difficult to make your way around. hell, i installed a base system, configured acpi, video, wireless, wired ethernet, sound, etc all on the first (or second, wireless was a little tricky and had to resort to ndiswrapper) try.

i'll play with it for a week and see how i feel. i still <3 my macbookpro

chicken n waffles wrote:

<Paris Hilton the dirty whore>That's hot!</dirty whore>

you shoulda seen colin w00ting all over the apartment last night, about to burst at his nerdy little seams because he got wireless connectivity working w/ his little linux distro.

I'm thinking I might have to try this Ubuntu out since for some reason FreeBSD doesn't like my machine.

i like internet

Chuck, we can get BSD installed on your machine, no prob

U isn't a bad distro at all. I'm using it for a little PVR that I built since FreeBSD doesn't support the Hauppage cards very well

sabre wrote:FreeBSD doesn't support the Hauppage cards very well

Urgh, in that case maybe I'd better use Ubuntu then. Unless you happen to know if BSD has any problems with the pcHDTV HD-3000 card.

Okay Installed server 2003 and Ubuntu to dual boot on my spare machine at lunch (Well actually I started 2003 last night, but I digress). Will see how much I can get these two piss each other off when I get off.

ubuntu is kinda neat.

i found that i hadn't played with a recent desktop linux in awhile when i found that i didn't know how the new x configs worked. annoyance =/

I just found this on Digg. I wonder if the carry it and the ABC store.

Ubuntu Wine

Okay Ubuntu just lost cool points. I installed some updates, now it's telling me there's a reboot required. WTFBBQ!?!?!?!?!

probably a kernel upgrade A while back I heard about the FreeBSD project implementing userland kernels. You would be able to run multiple kernels at the same time, but I never heard anything more about being able to switch the two once you had them running.

BTW, good reading on the differences between the kernels.

Sabre wrote:probably a kernel upgrade

Correct. Ubuntu will upgrade the kernel as well as the source for individual apps/etc.

Alright that makes sense. Cool points reinstated.

Okay, after dropping $65 on a new heatsink for this machine I'm finally going to install the Gutsy Gibbon (that's right, a gibbon is a monkey). I'll give my impressions once the upgrade is complete. In the mean time, I'm playing TF2.

thank you, chuck, for having the most annoying avatar ever.

i'd say it's even more annoying than your bunny sms tone.

chicken n waffles wrote:thank you, chuck, for having the most annoying avatar ever.

i'd say it's even more annoying than your bunny sms tone.

+1

my god is that annoying.. but its like a train wreck.. i just cant look away

I'm hypnotized by teh kitteh!

--Alan

spazegun2213 wrote:

chicken n waffles wrote:thank you, chuck, for having the most annoying avatar ever.

i'd say it's even more annoying than your bunny sms tone.

+1

my god is that annoying.. but its like a train wreck.. i just cant look away

^^+1GazillionBazillion! OY! <regaining composure after vertigo lapse>

Just found this on /. - Ubuntu and other linux distros might be killing teh j00r hard drives!!!!1

Looks like there are two arguments, one says that it is a bug in acpi-support, the other says it is due to the journaling file system. Both are interesting arguments.

More info via Launchpad.



EDIT: It looks like this issue is because of various drive manufacturers' default power management settings. Links found here,here and here.

Guess I was a little too quick to bite into teh FUD. Crap!

Interesting read! I thought it was all systems, but laptops yeah I can understand that. Ficks teh drivar!

Coolness, luckily I have this installed on my Frankensteined desktop.

Libra Monkee wrote:Coolness, luckily I have this installed on my Frankensteined desktop.

so how do you like it so far?

and no, the avatar is NOT as annoying as the bunny-I'm-going-to-punch-Chuck-in-the-face scream tone he had.



but it's close.

Libra Monkee wrote:Okay Ubuntu just lost cool points. I installed some updates, now it's telling me there's a reboot required. WTFBBQ!?!?!?!?!

One of which is probably a kernel update. Ubuntu ftl.