TheLetterK
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Latest desktop.
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well i still have ubuntu so im going to try to go with that first. Illl update once i try it.
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I don't think Ubuntu defaults with the nessesary libraries to build that driver.
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I want to get a brandnew start on linux. I didnt really enjoy my last try with the dual boot with ubuntu. I couldnt get it to boot windows first and it seemed a bit slow etc etc etc.
Ok i want a new start. Whats something I can easily start out with? How do I get windows to boot first? Most importantly my real question is this. The last time I had ubuntu I couldnt go on the internet. Ubuntu wouldnt recognize my ralink rt2500 wireless lan card. I looked online for some guides but the ones I read got so confusing at time or needed an existing connection at the time. Is there a good linux distro out there that can read my wireless card and is good for beginners?
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There is a driver: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Downloads
You'll need some sort of comperehensive distro, with both standard and QT dev tools installed OOTB from the install disks. Fedora would work.
Unpack the archive, change to the Modules direstory and follow the instructions in the README file (read the *entire* file before working, there are Fedora-specific directions at the bottom).
As far as I know, there is no distribution that contains the driver OOTB. Your going to have to build it.
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Not to sound like I'm bashing Debian but aren't they a bit behind? Or are these repackaged 1.0.7 versions and given a deb name?
I know they're known for only releasing the most stable apps and have an outrageously long release cycle (imo) but I remember a few upgrades to firefox being significant security flaw upgrades and one would think that might qualify it to go right to the repo.
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Aren't they still using a 2.4 kernel by default? I know I accidently downloaded 3.0 and it used 2.2. I see there point to using stable versions, but IMO thats more dangerous as some of the software must have vulnerabilities that get patched with new releases.
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The Debian project will often times simply roll their own security patches. It does get a bit confusing to people who are used to something like Gentoo, though.
Anyway, you *can* install 2.6 from the get-go in woody. Just pass bf26 when starting the installer. I'm not sure if Sarge defaults to 2.6 or not.
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Apt seems to be really anal about dependencies. While trying to install Varicad (didn't need it, just wanted to try it) a few weeks ago an
apt-get -f install
after an attempt to install a dependency Varicad reqiured failed (I forget the package name) uninstalled more than half the installed app's. Was pretty funny nearly every KDE app was removed from this Kubuntu install (girlfriends laptop). I'll admit I have fairly little experience with debian (based) distros, I prefer Gentoo to all others which by the way installed Varicad with no problems although it wont run due to a missing 32 bit library (I run 64 bit cuz I enjoy makin my life harder ;P ). Dont take this as a "I hate Debian" rant, I actually like Ubuntu alot (Gento o still rules all), just need more experience with apt.
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Frontends are useful, try Synaptic.
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Slackware 10.1 KDE 3.3
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That doesn't look like KDE...
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FEMA said it would rather use a direct deposit in a bank account than issue debit cards. The only thing is the people need to apply first and get a bank account. Now with all of the sandbagging that FEMA and insurance companies are doing how long will it take for any approvals.
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If you don't buy flood insurance, why should the insurance companies cover flood damage?
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i've been reading this thread and waiting for a joke to pop into my head but not yet. i know that some of it is probably true but just how much of what parts is the question. i don't think that most of the conditions are luxurious at considering that all of them would rather be home the way it was before.
This, I doubt. We're talking about the people who couldn't afford (or were too stupid) to get out. A large portion of these probably ARE welfare recipiants, and undoubtedly some were homeless before the storm hit.
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Obviously some people haven't really read the piece by Maher. I for one do not believe the majority of his biased blog. Many of the storm victims were not welfare recipients. They were hard working individuals and business owners. Their jobs or businesses were destroyed. Damn insurance companies are slow to respond or are refusing to pay the full loss.
The insurance companies to not provide flood coverage, usually. I'm not excusing their behavior, but they aren't liable for damages caused by flooding (almost all the damage).
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Like I said I use it at work, and for work I want something super stable, simple to use, and don't want to always worry about viruses and spyware. Linux does all this for me.
What I don't like is although you can install and do most anything right away. You still have to spend a few weeks figuring out how to install plugins and many apps. I used a version of Linux called Ark Linux that is still in Beta that was incredibility simple but the new version won't install for me. So I tried Ububtu and although not as user frindly anyone with a 6th grade education and some spare time can be happy with it.
I would also like to say I'm a Mac user 90% of the time so I did get use to having everything just work right with little user input.
Windows Box = computer running windows
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Installing plugins would be a big deal for me ... I use a lot of them. Is Linux working on a way to make them easier to install?
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"Linux"? There is no central team in charge of all GNU/Linux development. Though I've never really had a problem installing plugins. apt-get install <plugin package> on Debian.
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OK I have Ubuntu and Kubuntu downloaded. I plan to have a dual boot on a laptop.
XP Pro sp2 2.8 mobile pentium 256 megs ram 24 g hdd.
I need a dummies guide to not screwing up my work laptop.
Yeah I know "risk of loosin all data on drive..." I trust you guys to point me in the right direction. I have never done linux, always been a windows guy. I guess a GUI would make my life easier.
Anyway need a how to from patitioning if I need to do so or will the distro I have do it.
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to be honest, I am not sure if ubuntu will resize ntfs, which is what you need to do. the very first thing I would do would be a good defragmening, and back up any data you do not want to lose.
Some people rave about partition magic to resize ntfs. I have had it both work and fail for me. When it failed, it left my ntfs partition toasted; but that program would be an option. You could also try the program on knoppix called qtparted, it is a graphical partitioner similar to partition magic, I have never used it, but it has probably a similar succes rate as partition magic. You could also just try and use the ubuntu disk, if it gives you and option to resize ntfs you could let it do it for you.
if you use either qtparted, or partition magic, the idea is to leave the space needed for linux as unallocated. When you go to install ubunutu it will offer to install itsself in unallocated space.
first off, try ubunutu, it may offer to resize ntfs for you, if it does not have that capability, it will just say their is no space fo it to install, no harm done :-)
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As far as I know, it does not have that capability. Unless the Ubuntu team added it themselves.
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Here's a screenshot of my new box.
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Stop trying to be witty! We know you're incapable of it!
-uberpenguin
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You're just jealous of my idea, you are.
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That if I ever rolled my own distro, I would christen it Asshat Linux! Lo and behold, a promotional background.
Edit: New background is cleaned up, and enlarged
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
It's good to know what "Linux" is before you jump in. Wikipedia gives an excelent overview.
Pay particular attention to the bits on "distributions" and "desktop environments".
If you want, you could try OpenOffice.org on Windows, along with a number of other applications that you may end up using on GNU/Linux. Making a "pre-switch" may help you, and even if you decide GNU/Linux isn't for you, you may end up liking some of the software you try as a result.
Besides OOo some popular cross platform FOSS includes
Firefox (Web Browser)
Thunderbird (Email/Usenet/RSS/Atom)
The GIMP (Raster Image editor, like Adobe Photoshop)
Inkscape (Vector Image editor, like Corel DRAW! or Adobe Illustrator)
Gaim (Multiprotocol IMP/Chat client)
Abiword (Lightweight Word Processor)
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Thanks ..... will it give me an idea of what programs work with it. Can I play games with it?
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If there are linux versions of those games. Usually not.
Linux isn't a free Windows clone. You shouldn't go in expecting to run the same apps you always have, nor should you expect it to act the same way Windows did. IMO, it's best to study up on your own until you no longer need to ask these sorts of questions. By then, you should have sufficient knowledge and google searching skill to really start using Linux.
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Holy crap this thread went to crap.
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Went to? How far is a thread titled "How Gullable are You?" going to go?
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im a socialist and i dont want to be called a nazi.
Did I call you a nazi? No. I was pointing out that they were, in fact, socialists. I didn't mean to imply that all socialists were nazis. It's similar to "All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares".
i have no issue with any one else on this board .but that particular post
so if im to be censured
what about that post
aluvas responded to it as well
I was not aware that historical facts were to be censored here.
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" ... Had you been a German citizen in 1939, you would have made a loyal Nazi. ..."
Geez, calling you a Nazi seems a little harsh. Seems to me the site's saying, "If you don't agree with us you are $$@#$!" Sounds like they're the Nazis.
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The Nazis were socialists...
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The Nazis were fascists. Fascism is not socialism.
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They ruled through a type of facism, but they were socialists. Soclailism isn't a type of government, it's an economic philosophy.
Capitalism isn't a kind of government either--it can be used by dictator and democracy alike.
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I am wondering can I use sdram memory for this board?
DDR-SDRAM is a type of SDRAM. However, if you are meaning PC-33/66/100/133 standard SDRAM, then no, you cannot use it with that board.
And what if it IS registered?Can't use it.
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I think he was confused about the 'DDR DRAM', and was asking if 'DDR SDRAM' would work.
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Hey I have a motherboard that says it will support "unregistered non-ECC DDR 400/333/266 DRAM up to 4GB". I am wondering can I use sdram memory for this board? And what if it IS registered?
I think they are simply toting some pluses here, but I don't want to take the chance of buying something and it not working.
The manufactor is in Japan (hint: when buying a product like this make sure they have toll free number), so I can't call them, and the store from which I purchased the item is withholding any techincal type comments (jerks).
Thanks ahead of time for your help!
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Yes, looks like it was a typo...
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" ... Had you been a German citizen in 1939, you would have made a loyal Nazi. ..."
Geez, calling you a Nazi seems a little harsh. Seems to me the site's saying, "If you don't agree with us you are $$@#$!" Sounds like they're the Nazis.
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The Nazis were socialists...
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I'm not gullible enough to believe the socialist propaganda.
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Yeah, I've been working on it for like... 2 days now. This is definitely no speed demon...
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That's what holds me back on installing Gentoo, I've got older hardware and I'd be looking at days of compiling time. Sounds like you'e just about there
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Eh, this thing is about as powerful as a 500mhz Celeron. Only got a 64k L2 cache, but it does run fine as long as you can keep the cache from being flooded. Still, it has hardware MPEG2 decoding, and I'm doing the encoding on another box with a PVR-250 (which provides hardware encoding). So, the actual load on it should be fairly minimal.
The projected Esther core ('C7') should help things out dramatically. Too bad the procs are soldered onto the board...
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Well, decided to install Gentoo after all. Started at like 4 o'clock yesterday... still compiling... But! Everything is being built with this cache-depleted baby of a processor.
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Cool. Please post a screenshot when you're up and running.
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Well, I have it booting on it's own--built from Stage 1, with the Nehemiah optimizations and kernel patches. Xorg, GTK, and Xfce4 are all built. Working on QT and mythtv right now... Still no unichrome or VIA drm drivers yet.
Next time I decide to do this, I definitely need to setup distcc...
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Cool. I've got a good understanding of Slack, but, not Gentoo. I'm also running XFce on my Slackware 10.2 box; I installed 10.2 last night. Sounds like you've just about got it beat:-) Nicely done.
Below is a shot of my Slackware 10.2 box running XFce4.
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Yeah, I've been working on it for like... 2 days now. This is definitely no speed demon...
Some Software Supported Mac?
in Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod
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Sun has allowed everyone to freely distribute their Java runtime, recently. I know Ubuntu has Sun Java packages in their repos, now.