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cokey

#15
January 31, 2011, 07:57:11 PM
Thanks.. the hd I have is a virgin. So shld I partition it with say w7 n then load the other?   
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Ahks

#16
January 31, 2011, 07:59:35 PM
the ubuntu installer will partition your drive for you. if you want to dual boot, install w7 first as ubuntu is friendlier being installed second.

EDIT: if you do want to dual boot heres a good tutorial http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual+boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony :)

Turf

#17
January 31, 2011, 08:00:26 PM
Quote from: ahks on January 31, 2011, 07:59:35 PM
the ubuntu installer will partition your drive for you. if you want to dual boot, install w7 first as ubuntu is friendlier being installed second.

+1 Ubuntu makes it crazy easy
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Mojo S2R

#18
January 31, 2011, 10:41:43 PM
Been a Linux user since the 90s and tried quite a few flavors of the OS.  Been running Ubuntu on my laptops since 2005 and have never looked back.  I've been wanting to test out and play with some of the new offerings out there but have been too lazy and since I am happy with the way everything is running haven't really felt the need to do so. 

Been doing some research into putting together a Linux-based Media Server recently and I think I may be installing Mythbuntu onto it.  Has anybody else set up a Linux Media Server?  How is yours setup?

Monsterlover

#19
February 01, 2011, 06:24:32 AM
Pm r00tchick

We have a mythbuntu media center and its bad ass!  Like tivo but free ;)
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r00tchick

#20
February 01, 2011, 11:18:20 AM
Quote from: Mojo S2R on January 31, 2011, 10:41:43 PM
Been doing some research into putting together a Linux-based Media Server recently and I think I may be installing Mythbuntu onto it.  Has anybody else set up a Linux Media Server?  How is yours setup?

Yep, I built one a few years ago using Mythbuntu.  Just do your homework when deciding on your tuner card(s) and get as much hard drive space as you can afford.  I originally had 400 gb and it wasn't nearly enough, kept having to delete stuff.  But now 2TB drives are reasonable so that shouldn't be too hard.   :)

Mojo S2R

#21
February 01, 2011, 08:21:59 PM
No lie.  This article says that 2TB drives are expected to be as cheap as $50 this year: http://money.msn.com/saving-money/article.aspx?post=6bbf06f4-2701-4d76-b934-eacecdb7bbe9&GT1=33021

Woohoo!  Can't wait to get back home and get started on this project.  [thumbsup]

krista

#22
February 02, 2011, 01:06:13 PM
Check out www.pendrivelinux.com

Alll kinds of fantastic guides on getting linux on a USB stick and installing it. I do this most of the time now when I want to do a new install. I've got 4 or 5 USB sticks running around and I don't need to go find the CD-R spool, go to a computer with a CD-drive, etc etc. USB + linux has practically made cd's obsolete in my reality.

+1 for linux mint.

Also, if you install www.fusionlinux.org it is a Fedora 14 remix that has flash already working. SE Linux is enabled (and firewall) by default. SE linux was developed by NASA, so on the sidewalk of the info highway, it's like driving an armored personnel carrier...

We're migrating to fusion linux here at work. It feels more stable than ubuntu and is for the most part, turn key. Granted, ANY problem you could ever have in ubuntu has 3 or 4 full pages of fixes in google... but anything going on in Fedora is more of a "normal linux situation" and not an ubuntu "feature".

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derby

#23
February 02, 2011, 01:56:10 PM
Quote from: chris on February 02, 2011, 01:06:13 PM

SE Linux is enabled (and firewall) by default. SE linux was developed by NASA, so on the sidewalk of the info highway, it's like driving an armored personnel carrier...


you mean the NSA.  ;D
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#24
February 02, 2011, 02:10:21 PM
Yeah, sure same diff. :)
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mitt

#25
February 02, 2011, 06:09:17 PM
I was playing with ubuntu on CD last night on my old laptop.  What would the odds be of finding a linux for a Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter pcmcia Card and it working?  I am hesitating doing a full install if I can't get the wireless to work.


mitt

ducpainter

#26
February 02, 2011, 06:18:01 PM
Quote from: mitt on February 02, 2011, 06:09:17 PM
I was playing with ubuntu on CD last night on my old laptop.  What would the odds be of finding a linux for a Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter pcmcia Card and it working?  I am hesitating doing a full install if I can't get the wireless to work.


mitt



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ducatiz

#27
February 02, 2011, 06:40:58 PM
I am using Yggdrasil with kernel 1.2.  Very stable.  Wrote my own 64bit Windows VOS.  I ported it all to an 8way HyperSparc, I have a 50k btu air conditioner just to cool it.
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Ahks

#28
February 02, 2011, 06:53:07 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on February 02, 2011, 06:40:58 PMI am using Yggdrasil with kernel 1.2.  Very stable.  Wrote my own 64bit Windows VOS.  I ported it all to an 8way HyperSparc, I have a 50k btu air conditioner just to cool it.

What a geek  ;) But srsly. Sound really awesome.

krista

#29
February 03, 2011, 02:54:34 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on February 02, 2011, 06:40:58 PM
I am using Yggdrasil with kernel 1.2.  Very stable.  Wrote my own 64bit Windows VOS.  I ported it all to an 8way HyperSparc, I have a 50k btu air conditioner just to cool it.

Wow! droools. I wonder how many PPD that would get Folding@Home... >:)
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