Why GNU/Linux Rocks

[lxskllr]

I'm reposting this verbatim from another forum. No point in avoiding plagiarizing myself :^D

My old P4 bedroom computer went tits up today. I shut it down, took it outside to clean it, and it never ran again :^/

After dicking around with it for a couple hours, I pulled the HD, and put it in my C2D box. I'm running without optical drives due to the HD being IDE, and having limited room. Anyway, I booted it up, and it went into Ubuntu fine, albeit in low gfx mode. I updated the drivers trough the handy utility that deals with proprietary drivers, rebooted, and here I am, about 10* faster than before :^D

Try doing that with Windows!

[Nuusku]

Would if I could. I have already given up with the shitty laptop. I are angggry

[Fazer]

I love Linux

[lxskllr]

Would if I could. I have already given up with the shitty laptop. I are angggry

Why give up? It worked with Lubuntu. There's a lot of stuff you can do. LoL may or may not be one of those things, but there's other quality games. Here's a bunch, but this isn't a comprehensive list...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_gaming

Aside from games, it's a functional system you can do a lot of work and play on.

[AtreyuKun]

Good man.
I'm running a dual boot right now. I have Windows 7 running alongside Linux Ultimate or whatever it's called. It's basically just Linux Mint. I use Windows for writing (I use Final Draft), and my wife screws around with iTunes and her iPod. Shopping, email, and banking are all done on Linux.
I love Linux.

[lxskllr]

I was informed that newer Windows are much more forgiving about hardware changes than XP was. That's ok. I still didn't have to call in, and ask permission to use my new setup, and I'm digging the big display, and fast speed. By losing a computer I got a new computer :^)

[sgreger1]

Hey I have a question for you Guru's. I want to dual boot Win7 and Linux but have a few question:

1. Which Linux is best? Is Ubuntu good or would you recommend something else?
2. How do I dual boot? If you have any good tutorials please post them.
3. Once installed how does it actually work? As in, can I easily restart the computer and choose to load Linux or WIn 7? Is switching between the two as simple as rebooting the computer?
4. How big should I make the partition? Should I do 500GB? IUs that too much or too little? I probably won't be spending most of my time there and will be using it more as a toy than my main operating system.
5. If I do end up liking it and decide to use it more full time, can I increase the size of the partition or am I locked at the amount that I originally chose?I know there is a type of partition that automatically expands as you fill it up but I hear this is slower, should I choose that option or just guess it right the first time?

I wanna install it tonight if possible. I have Ubunto downloaded but wanted to check that it is the best version of Linux so let me know if it's not!

Atreyukun, is this easy to do with Win 7 and does it work good?

[clint404]

Hey I have a question for you Guru's. I want to dual boot Win7 and Linux but have a few question:

1. Which Linux is best? Is Ubuntu good or would you recommend something else?
2. How do I dual boot? If you have any good tutorials please post them.
3. Once installed how does it actually work? As in, can I easily restart the computer and choose to load Linux or WIn 7? Is switching between the two as simple as rebooting the computer?
4. How big should I make the partition? Should I do 500GB? IUs that too much or too little? I probably won't be spending most of my time there and will be using it more as a toy than my main operating system.
5. If I do end up liking it and decide to use it more full time, can I increase the size of the partition or am I locked at the amount that I originally chose?I know there is a type of partition that automatically expands as you fill it up but I hear this is slower, should I choose that option or just guess it right the first time?

I wanna install it tonight if possible. I have Ubunto downloaded but wanted to check that it is the best version of Linux so let me know if it's not!

Atreyukun, is this easy to do with Win 7 and does it work good?

Your not going to find all your cookie cutter answers in a snus forum. You are going to have to Read Read Read and educate yourself. And your not gonna win cool points for telling people you run linux. Trust me.


And if all you do is go to youtube or check your email then linux is pointless. Linux is for us people who like to solve problems the hard way and enjoy it.

Its like picking up a 2600 magazine. You'll never know how powerful it is unless you know how to use it.

-Push good luck

<--- mint for me

[sgreger1]

Your not going to find all your cookie cutter answers in a snus forum. You are going to have to Read Read Read and educate yourself. And your not gonna win cool points for telling people you run linux. Trust me.


And if all you do is go to youtube or check your email then linux is pointless. Linux is for us people who like to solve problems the hard way and enjoy it.

Its like picking up a 2600 magazine. You'll never know how powerful it is unless you know how to use it.

-Push good luck

<--- mint for me

Ive been reading all night and had done some research previously, but since there are lots of Linux users on the forum I figured I would get some insight. I am going with Ubuntu 11.4 right now since that seems to be the most recommended for non-experts. Like everything one must start somewhere. I do much more than youtube or emails but I doubt anything I do would be available on Linux, unless Linux can run Adobe After Effects, Premier, Photoshop etc. Basically I know from experience that it is best to seek the advice of those who have already accomplished what you want to accomplish because they have already hit all of the road blocks and solved them so it can help you avoid making rookie errors your first time through.

My main question is really just how much space is needed. Not sure if everything takes up huge amounts of space or if giving it 200 gigs will be enough, or maybe even 10 (all of the tutorials suggest 10 but that seems to low to me).

Edit:

"And your not gonna win cool points for telling people you run linux"

Luckily I have no friends so this is the least of my worries.

[sgreger1]

Your not going to find all your cookie cutter answers in a snus forum. You are going to have to Read Read Read and educate yourself. And your not gonna win cool points for telling people you run linux. Trust me.


And if all you do is go to youtube or check your email then linux is pointless. Linux is for us people who like to solve problems the hard way and enjoy it.

Its like picking up a 2600 magazine. You'll never know how powerful it is unless you know how to use it.

-Push good luck

<--- mint for me

Ive been reading all night and had done some research previously, but since there are lots of Linux users on the forum I figured I would get some insight. I am going with Ubuntu 11.4 right now since that seems to be the most recommended for non-experts. Like everything one must start somewhere. I do much more than youtube or emails but I doubt anything I do would be available on Linux, unless Linux can run Adobe After Effects, Premier, Photoshop etc. Basically I know from experience that it is best to seek the advice of those who have already accomplished what you want to accomplish because they have already hit all of the road blocks and solved them so it can help you avoid making rookie errors your first time through.

My main question is really just how much space is needed. Not sure if everything takes up huge amounts of space or if giving it 200 gigs will be enough, or maybe even 10 (all of the tutorials suggest 10 but that seems to low to me).



Edit 2: Looks like Adobe CS5 is compatible with Linux!

[sgreger1]

I am having a devil of a time deciding betwen Ext3 and Ext4 for the root partition. There is so much conflict, apparently 4 is better but has instability issues. But this is all based on forums and articles from 2009. It defaults to 4 but I am hearing things on both sides claiming one or the other is better.

Which type do you guys use?

Edit: Going with Ext4. Seems stable enough at this point in time based on some sources. Please correct me if this is a fatal error that I will regret later.

[sgreger1]

God damnit, I have everything else figured out and ready to go but the Ubuntu 11.5 ISO will not burn to any of the blank CD's I have. They just fail every time. Its under 700 mb so not sure what the issue is here. I am using Infracorder for it but not luck. I will try it tomorrow on a DVD, but I don't think space is the issue.


Ive also decided to partition it as such:

/r boot default of 258 mb
/ root 200GB (I plan on using a lot of space for programs)
SWAP 10gb. I have 10 gigs of ram so I doubt I would ever need to use swap and I know the old rule was 2x RAM for the swap allocation but i'm never going to use more than 20 gigs of ram so this should be more than enough
/home 100gb

I am being liberal because I have 5 TB of disc space so not sweating the numbers and dont want to have to go back later and try to expand it if I end up adopting Ubunto as my main OS.
Do these seem like safe numbers or am I allocating way too much space? Keep in mind I have a TB of shit on my HD already so I use a lot of space. I can set it up to access my files through a Homegroup via win 7 and just access the server from Ubunto, which theoretically should allow me to just access all of my pics I have stored in Win 7 that way, reducing the among of space I need to partition for /home. Hopefully that works out. My pictures and video take up half a TB already and I can't afford to make copies of all of that onto the ubunto partition. Am I wrong in assuming I can access the pics from win 7 once in Ubunto by setting up a shared folder on the homegroup? I read the tutorial and it seems legit.

[voodooman]

not sure about the burning issue, but you could use a flash drive if your motherboard will boot from usb.

stick with ext3. it's a good file system. four is fine too, but if a thing ain't broke don't fix it. 10gb is fine for the installation. you will be able to access your other partitions (including your windows installation) for file storage.

[Fazer]

Good man.
I'm running a dual boot right now. I have Windows 7 running alongside Linux Ultimate or whatever it's called. It's basically just Linux Mint. I use Windows for writing (I use Final Draft), and my wife screws around with iTunes and her iPod. Shopping, email, and banking are all done on Linux.
I love Linux.

I'm running a dual boot as well. Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu. Stuff like dreamweaver it's all done on XP, banking and stuff like that is all done on Linux. I've been a Linux user for about 12 years now (Suse, Redhat, Ubuntu), it's the only way I also run BackTrack Linux from a thumbdrive for things like ... how should i say this? ... Penetration Testing!!

[lxskllr]

God damnit, I have everything else figured out and ready to go but the Ubuntu 11.5 ISO will not burn to any of the blank CD's I have. They just fail every time. Its under 700 mb so not sure what the issue is here. I am using Infracorder for it but not luck. I will try it tomorrow on a DVD, but I don't think space is the issue.


Ive also decided to partition it as such:

/r boot default of 258 mb
/ root 200GB (I plan on using a lot of space for programs)
SWAP 10gb. I have 10 gigs of ram so I doubt I would ever need to use swap and I know the old rule was 2x RAM for the swap allocation but i'm never going to use more than 20 gigs of ram so this should be more than enough
/home 100gb

I am being liberal because I have 5 TB of disc space so not sweating the numbers and dont want to have to go back later and try to expand it if I end up adopting Ubunto as my main OS.
Do these seem like safe numbers or am I allocating way too much space? Keep in mind I have a TB of shit on my HD already so I use a lot of space. I can set it up to access my files through a Homegroup via win 7 and just access the server from Ubunto, which theoretically should allow me to just access all of my pics I have stored in Win 7 that way, reducing the among of space I need to partition for /home. Hopefully that works out. My pictures and video take up half a TB already and I can't afford to make copies of all of that onto the ubunto partition. Am I wrong in assuming I can access the pics from win 7 once in Ubunto by setting up a shared folder on the homegroup? I read the tutorial and it seems legit.

200gb to / ??? That's a crapload of room. 20gb is more than reasonable. You need the room for data, not programs. You should be able to work with your Win server with Ubuntu. I'm not intimately familiar, so I can't give explicit advice, but it'll work.

Edit:
Btw, I'm using EXT4. for my file systems.