One of the best parts of running Linux
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dedanna1029
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One of the best parts of running Linux
... When you rock a whole lot of people down for hours and hours, and at the end of it all you blow their minds by saying "This has all been brought to you by Linux, 'cause Linux ROCKS!", when they had no clue that all along through it, it was coming from a Linux box!
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
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Re: One of the best parts of running Linux
And when they get to know it, they are disappointed that you cannot do all that fantastic stuff on Windows!Manjaro 64bit on the main box -Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz and nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] (rev a1. + Centos on the server - Arch on the laptop.
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Re: One of the best parts of running Linux
Yup! One of the ones listening yesterday was someone who at the end said "I have Linux Mint on another box. Going to go get in it now. Have had issues with mp3s on it."
I told them that I was running Arch; in the end they decided to install it LOL...
I told them that I was running Arch; in the end they decided to install it LOL...
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: One of the best parts of running Linux
Yeah Arch is solid. But not the easiest install for a newbie.
Manjaro 64bit on the main box -Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz and nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] (rev a1. + Centos on the server - Arch on the laptop.
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dedanna1029
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Re: One of the best parts of running Linux
That's what I said. Passed along a lot of links on it including the beginner's guide.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: One of the best parts of running Linux
Yeah but those are for Arch beginners not Linux beginners. If they fix it they will have a great distro though.
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Re: One of the best parts of running Linux
Well, he had Linux experience. He already was running Mint, so... we got talking from there, and that's when he said he'd like to try out Arch.
Edit: My own opinion is that Arch isn't hard to install either; it's just that the setup takes a lot of time. If someone relatively new to Arch follows the Beginner's Guide step by step, it can be a good Linux learning experience; one sees a lot of what makes Linux tick, and how. It's good Linux time to spend.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide
I have everyone who is installing Arch for the first time print that out, as they'll never be lost following it. I memorized it for the most part some time back, I've done so many Arch installs. Now I just go for it; the installation itself only takes me an hour or so at best. The rest is all setting up and tweaking things to the way I want them (and occassionally I have a pulseaudio issue or so to sort out lol).
Edit: My own opinion is that Arch isn't hard to install either; it's just that the setup takes a lot of time. If someone relatively new to Arch follows the Beginner's Guide step by step, it can be a good Linux learning experience; one sees a lot of what makes Linux tick, and how. It's good Linux time to spend.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide
I have everyone who is installing Arch for the first time print that out, as they'll never be lost following it. I memorized it for the most part some time back, I've done so many Arch installs. Now I just go for it; the installation itself only takes me an hour or so at best. The rest is all setting up and tweaking things to the way I want them (and occassionally I have a pulseaudio issue or so to sort out lol).
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: One of the best parts of running Linux
Compared to Mandriva Suse and Ubuntu Arch is hard to install. So if it is hard or not is relative.
Manjaro 64bit on the main box -Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz and nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] (rev a1. + Centos on the server - Arch on the laptop.
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"