I think I might do a fresh install on my XP machine...
Which flavor of linux are you thinking?
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amych - May 09, 2008 6:33:42 am PDT #6130 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
DCJensen - May 09, 2008 6:35:55 am PDT #6131 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I think I might do a fresh install on my XP machine...
Which flavor of linux are you thinking?
Well, dual-boot, maybe. Unbuntu seems popular...
§ ita § - May 09, 2008 6:37:28 am PDT #6132 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How did Ubuntu gain position from Red Hat? What changed?
DXMachina - May 09, 2008 6:38:45 am PDT #6133 of 25501
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
NAP automatically validates a computer's health, ensuring that it's free of bugs and viruses before allowing it access to a network.
Of course if your machine isn't free of viruses and such, networking stops, prompting a call to tech support that SP3 broke your machine.
DCJensen - May 09, 2008 6:39:45 am PDT #6134 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm not really sure. I've just been getting around to seriously giving Linux another go, and have notice places like eWeek making broad statements about Unbuntu being popular
DXMachina - May 09, 2008 6:40:09 am PDT #6135 of 25501
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
How did Ubuntu gain position from Red Hat? What changed?
Easy enough for a Linux noob like me to install it with no problems.
DCJensen - May 09, 2008 6:40:40 am PDT #6136 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Hey! May 3rd was the 30th anniversary of the first Spam message.
amych - May 09, 2008 6:41:26 am PDT #6137 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Red Hat's always been marketed as enterprise (but we'll give you a personal version if you want to tinker yourself). Ubuntu was the first to really push consumer-friendly installs -- not your-clueless-mom friendly, but the people who might have thought it was a cool idea but didn't quite tip over the edge. And the Live CDs are brilliant -- not that there weren't bootable install CDs before, but the whole "try it out, play around, click one button and we won't hose your other stuff" was huge.
§ ita § - May 09, 2008 6:49:17 am PDT #6138 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the whole "try it out, play around, click one button and we won't hose your other stuff" was huge
I see that.
I'd always thought that that the Red Hat install was pretty simple. Mostly I can see the difference between Ubuntu and Debian, and totally get why Ubuntu is more popular.
§ ita § - May 09, 2008 6:49:25 am PDT #6139 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the whole "try it out, play around, click one button and we won't hose your other stuff" was huge
I see that.
I'd always thought that that the Red Hat install was pretty simple. Mostly I can see the difference between Ubuntu and Debian, and totally get why Ubuntu is more popular.