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amboxer21
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21 Jun 2012, 3:03 am

physicsnut42 wrote:

Ubuntu 11.10 (my dad's afraid to update cause the new one might not be as good).

I just got into programming; i know how to do VERY basic things with lua (tried to learn loops but it was VERY confusing), and a bit of programming on a ti graphing calculator.

anybody know whether 12.04 is better than 11.10? or how to make loops on lua (u know, the things with for)?

12.04 is definitely much cleaner than 11.10 by far. You might have a problem with your wireless after the update though. Before I left Ubuntu behind completely and took my Arch Linux as my full time OS, I updated my Ubuntu 11.10 and lost my wireless capability completely. The update either removed an important module or there was an issue with the driver/firmware not being properly installed. Maybe not installed at all. Who knows. Check this link out ---> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site ... CDW01EzR1U
Apparently it has happened to tons of people.

Windows being automatic; booting up Win 7 fixed it for me.

Overall though, Ubuntu 12.04 is very crisp and so much cleaner than 11.10!

rll
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21 Jun 2012, 4:32 am

PenguinCoder wrote:

most familiar with:
BackTrack, Debian, Red Hat, FreeBSD, Slackware, Ubuntu Server, Cisco IOS, Windows

playing with:
OpenVMS (is Not Unix, or Open), Mac OSx, and any thing that catches my eye

playing with in the past:

you name it

OpenVMS? Where can I get ahold of that?
The emulators the OS image/installation are hard to find.

You should also try things like QNX, Plan9 and Haiku (BeOS). Those systems are unique and awesome in their own way.

aSKperger
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