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16 Apr 2013, 9:52 am

duncvis wrote:
Currently Windows 8. I don't like it. When I have time I'll try to bypass the UEFI bollocks on this computer and dual boot some flavour of Linux again, my last attempt failed miserably. :roll:

What type of system is it.. I might be able to help you with that.



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17 Apr 2013, 1:49 am

I've been using Windows 8 for a couple of days now and so far I'm really liking it, the metro start screen is nice because I don't need a list of all the programs that I never use under my finger tips, and seems sensible that they'd move the widgets to live tiles and then personalize the start menu with the programs that the user would favor, it just seems a lot more organic.



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17 Apr 2013, 3:38 am

Chrome OS



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17 Apr 2013, 10:56 am

Currently dual-booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8.


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17 Apr 2013, 12:36 pm

Fogman wrote:
Obviously you haven't tried Open VMS yet.


I'd love to have a versioning file system in Unix/Linux similar to what is in VMS.



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17 Apr 2013, 5:57 pm

I ran a government documentation database using Topic under Open VMS back in the mid-90's. I had more than enough problems with the command line in VMS, that I eventually got my systems administrator to show me how to create a login.com file so I could remap most of the VMS commands to their Unix equivalents.



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18 Apr 2013, 1:16 am

I used to do a lot of development on VMS systems back in the 80s. I never had much trouble with the command lines.



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18 Apr 2013, 10:02 am

x86 and x86_64:

    Windows XP Pro (on two headless P4 machines)
    Windows 7 (on desktop, shack computer, soon to be reinstalled onto laptop in spare partition)
    Ubuntu 12.04 server (on both my servers)
    Debian Squeeze (on laptop, soon to be installed on desktop in spare partition)
    Android-x86 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (on kitchen computer)
ARM
    Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" (on LG GT540, though it is actually CyanogenMod)
    Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (on Samsung Galaxy SII)
    RISC OS (on Raspberry Pi Model B rev 2 512MB)
    Raspbian Wheezy (on Raspberry Pi Model B rev 2 256MB)
    iOS 4.2.1 (on iPod Touch 2G 8GB)
    Version 4.1.1 of the Kindle OS (on Amazon Kindle 4)

That should sum it up :)


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19 Apr 2013, 3:56 am

Simba7 wrote:
duncvis wrote:
Currently Windows 8. I don't like it. When I have time I'll try to bypass the UEFI bollocks on this computer and dual boot some flavour of Linux again, my last attempt failed miserably. :roll:

What type of system is it.. I might be able to help you with that.


Its a low-end Compaq I bought new in December with an AMD Fusion E1-1200 processor, with W8 preinstalled. (link)

I think I'm going to have a play with VirtualBox for now and see if I can get Xubuntu 12.10, Haiku and W7 running, I've only tinkered on older hardware before and I can do without the headache. :?


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19 Apr 2013, 12:40 pm

You might be able to get the computer to work with other distros by entering the UEFI setup and disabling Secure Boot when running Linux, and re-enabling when you want to run Win8. If other people use this computer, show then what they need to do to run either OS.


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19 Apr 2013, 3:55 pm

I've read a lot about windows 8 and I have to say I'm extremely surprised that someone would actually use it.



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19 Apr 2013, 4:25 pm

Fogman wrote:
You might be able to get the computer to work with other distros by entering the UEFI setup and disabling Secure Boot when running Linux, and re-enabling when you want to run Win8. If other people use this computer, show then what they need to do to run either OS.


Cheers. I'll give it a shot later. :)

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I've read a lot about windows 8 and I have to say I'm extremely surprised that someone would actually use it.


I wouldn't have by choice, I much prefer W7, and XFCE interfaced Linux distros. The only positive thing I can say about it is that it is less annoying than Vista was.


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23 Apr 2013, 4:06 pm

win7 and ubuntu. I've tried various other Linux distros but I still love the flexibility and ease of use that ubuntu offers.



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24 Apr 2013, 3:21 am

Win 8 (home laptop). Otherwise Win 7


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25 Apr 2013, 1:31 pm

I own several systems that I use.

Server (HP DL380G4) with Fedora Linux 17
Server (HP DL380G3) with Win2008 AS
Lenovo laptop with Win8 (yucky OS)
A couple of Thinkpads with Win7 and XP
HTC Evo 4g LTE running either Android 4.1.1+Sense 4.0, or CyanogenMOD 10.1



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26 Apr 2013, 2:22 pm

eric76 wrote:
Ubuntu isn't regarded very highly by a number of Free and Open Source Software people:

From http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130324114340352:
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Although Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux distro, it contains proprietary programs. It has forgotten the goal of a free system.

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Ubuntu does something worse. It spies on its users. Malevolent functionality which is frequently part of proprietary software is rare in free software, but our defense is not perfect. One of the few examples of spyware in free software is Ubuntu.


IF this is true....one could use Startpage/Ixquick and their proxy to keep that info from Ubuntu. Then one can still benefit from this well developed distro.

Any readers, please comment on this idea.