Linux and You

[Hamma]

SO before I was rudely nterrupted I was going to post this.

I've been playing around with a laptop here at work getting Linux integrated with Wireless among other things and I have been having a great time customizing it. (Yea its not related to my testing but meh)

Linux has come a long way since the days of command line, the distro I have been playing with is Ubuntu now - it runs sweet and was easy as hell to install. I also installed XGL and Compiz which give you fancy wobbling menus among other things.

All and all - Linux > * (if your not playing games of course) you can do just about anything you can on windows with Email, Office etc.

Eye Candy:

http://members.dragonwolves.com/hamma/misc/ubuntu_sm.png (http://members.dragonwolves.com/hamma/misc/ubuntu_lg.png)
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[Peacemaker]

I never got it... what exactly is so great about linux? Its not an option for me because Im a gamer at heart.... but whats the perks of using it?

[Hamma]

For me its much more fun to use. More customizable, free - just a fun project to mess around with. Overall it uses less system resources so is not quite of a system hog. You can integrate it with almost anything nowadays as well.

[OneManArmy]

ok so whats the benefit of being less of a system hog if you're not playing games? do you really need 5% more ram for email and word? :lol:

[Setari]

Well, if you were doing something that required heavy calculation, using less resources strictly to run the OS is always a perk. I love linux because it's fun to play around with. I prefer Debian, which Ubuntu basically is, but my desktop is all fudged right now.





Oh, and I use it to make my e-penis bigger. :lol:

[Infernus]

Well, if you were doing something that required heavy calculation, using less resources strictly to run the OS is always a perk.


Something like fractals?

[Hamma]

:lol:

Mainly I love it because its fun to play with. It's +250 epenis points too.

[Setari]

Something like fractals?
Not yet. I haven't actually tried any linux software yet, but Ultra Fractal (what I normally use) doesn't have anything beyond a Windows version so it kind of sucks about that. But yea, as far as my previous point goes, that would work well.

[TX3RN0BILL]

Well, image-editing always was heavy on resources so... hmmm... Don't know if there is any video editing software for Linux out there but I bet that in terms of speed it could kick windows-based systems in the a$$... :lol:

[321]

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/1026/screenshot23ox.png

[Setari]

I might take a picture of mine when I decide to get XFce up and running properly, Enlightenment and Fluxbox have bothered me too much.

[Peacemaker]

Hamma, if we can get it to run EVE.... EVE is what I do. Esp on my laptop. Its also a resource hog game. The more freed up the better.

[321]

Hamma, if we can get it to run EVE.... EVE is what I do. Esp on my laptop. Its also a resource hog game. The more freed up the better.

You would probably be able to but, you would have to use Wine with Direct X support.

[Setari]

From what I've read, it doesn't work very well with WINE. Generates a lot of errors. It does work with Cedega, but Cedega isn't free.

[Ivan]

Cedega is available through a subscription service for $5 per month. Not alot but it will add up with your subscription to EVE and what ever else you have.

[321]

I guess I'll give EVE another shot now, going to download and try it, I'll tell you how it worked out in Wine.

[OneManArmy]

did the forum colors change or is it just me>?

[Ivan]

phew. I thought it was just me. But I think something did change.

[Setari]

They're darker, Gryph is hacking the gibson and it changed the forum colors.

[Hamma]

I tweaked them a bit back to normal