Board index › Topical Discussion › Computers, Math, Science, and Technology

Any Microsoft Fanboys Here!! !

Page 4 of 6 [ 84 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Fuzzy
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,223
Location: Alberta Canada

07 Dec 2008, 1:43 am

You must not have a heck of a lot of space left!


_________________
davidred wrote...
I installed Ubuntu once and it completely destroyed my paying relationship with Microsoft.


Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

07 Dec 2008, 2:06 am

Fuzzy wrote:
You must not have a heck of a lot of space left!

Each of the native operating systems has 50GB, and XP has a 16-gig virtual hard drive. There's plenty of room for now. I might throw on some other guest OS's, like a few other Linux distros. Easier to distro test in a virtualbox than by reformatting my HD every time.


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

07 Dec 2008, 7:42 pm

Orwell wrote:
Fuzzy wrote:
You must not have a heck of a lot of space left!

Each of the native operating systems has 50GB, and XP has a 16-gig virtual hard drive. There's plenty of room for now. I might throw on some other guest OS's, like a few other Linux distros. Easier to distro test in a virtualbox than by reformatting my HD every time.


Well thats trus. What distros are you going to try in VirtualBox.



Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

08 Dec 2008, 5:54 am

gamefreak wrote:
Well thats trus. What distros are you going to try in VirtualBox.

So far, just Vector Linux, a derivative of Slackware. It's really nice, but it doesn't play nice with VB. The Vector Linux folks aren't so zealous about "free software" in the Richard Stallman sense, so they package their OS with the stuff you need for it to be functional- including Flash and some other "restricted" things that are a hassle in Ubuntu. The install takes about 15 minutes from start to a functional system. It's also really light and fast, but without sacrificing the polish. Its default actually is much better looking than Ubuntu. You can run it on crap hardware- the Light Edition can go on 64MB of RAM. Unfortunately, because of VB issues the only way I'll get to use it is to make a full install. I also have an OpenSUSE install CD that I may show to VB. Fedora maybe at some point, perhaps a little dabbling with Arch if I'm in a masochistic mood. :wink:


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


Fuzzy
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,223
Location: Alberta Canada

08 Dec 2008, 8:06 am

You've become a monster Orwell. ;)


_________________
davidred wrote...
I installed Ubuntu once and it completely destroyed my paying relationship with Microsoft.


gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

10 Dec 2008, 6:52 pm

Fuzzy wrote:
You've become a monster Orwell. ;)



I'll call Orwell somebody who just loves computers.



Fuzzy
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,223
Location: Alberta Canada

10 Dec 2008, 10:17 pm

gamefreak wrote:
Fuzzy wrote:
You've become a monster Orwell. ;)



I'll call Orwell somebody who just loves computers.


I like how hes come from being a user to being... technical?


_________________
davidred wrote...
I installed Ubuntu once and it completely destroyed my paying relationship with Microsoft.


Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

11 Dec 2008, 3:07 pm

Fuzzy wrote:
gamefreak wrote:
Fuzzy wrote:
You've become a monster Orwell. ;)



I'll call Orwell somebody who just loves computers.


I like how hes come from being a user to being... technical?

Hey, at least it's not as bad as this.
Image


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


lau
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jun 2006
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Posts: 9,798
Location: Somerset UK

11 Dec 2008, 6:32 pm

Isn't it? I thought you had just passed week six, Orwell...


_________________
"Striking up conversations with strangers is an autistic person's version of extreme sports." Kamran Nazeer


steveos87
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse

User avatar

Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 42
Location: New Hampshire

11 Dec 2008, 7:08 pm

From what I know, Orwell, you are not supposed to have any operating system other than OS X and Windows on Macs. They don't support Linux on their platform. I guess if you don't have any tech issues that you bring it to The Apple Store's Genius Bar, because if they found out you had Linux on there, they'd be pissed and take you to Apple Jail. :P



gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

11 Dec 2008, 8:27 pm

steveos87 wrote:
From what I know, Orwell, you are not supposed to have any operating system other than OS X and Windows on Macs. They don't support Linux on their platform. I guess if you don't have any tech issues that you bring it to The Apple Store's Genius Bar, because if they found out you had Linux on there, they'd be pissed and take you to Apple Jail. :P



Apple won't really give a hoot if the Linux is in a Virtual Box.



Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

11 Dec 2008, 8:40 pm

gamefreak wrote:
steveos87 wrote:
From what I know, Orwell, you are not supposed to have any operating system other than OS X and Windows on Macs. They don't support Linux on their platform. I guess if you don't have any tech issues that you bring it to The Apple Store's Genius Bar, because if they found out you had Linux on there, they'd be pissed and take you to Apple Jail. :P



Apple won't really give a hoot if the Linux is in a Virtual Box.

But Linux is running natively, and I haven't booted up in OSX in a couple weeks.

I don't care what Apple does or doesn't support, it runs and it runs well. I wouldn't bring technical issues to the Apple Genius Bar. Waaay overpriced when I can get better help for free on the online fora.


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

11 Dec 2008, 8:41 pm

lau wrote:
Isn't it? I thought you had just passed week six, Orwell...

I think it's been a bit longer than that... I started running Ubuntu sometime in June I think. Maybe July.


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


steveos87
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse

User avatar

Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 42
Location: New Hampshire

13 Dec 2008, 9:13 am

Orwell wrote:
gamefreak wrote:
steveos87 wrote:
From what I know, Orwell, you are not supposed to have any operating system other than OS X and Windows on Macs. They don't support Linux on their platform. I guess if you don't have any tech issues that you bring it to The Apple Store's Genius Bar, because if they found out you had Linux on there, they'd be pissed and take you to Apple Jail. :P



Apple won't really give a hoot if the Linux is in a Virtual Box.

But Linux is running natively, and I haven't booted up in OSX in a couple weeks.

I don't care what Apple does or doesn't support, it runs and it runs well. I wouldn't bring technical issues to the Apple Genius Bar. Waaay overpriced when I can get better help for free on the online fora.


Um, I am sorry - the Genius Bar has free tech support, and they do fix problems for free within reason if you have your warranty still intact.



Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

13 Dec 2008, 2:23 pm

steveos87 wrote:
Um, I am sorry - the Genius Bar has free tech support, and they do fix problems for free within reason if you have your warranty still intact.

Interesting. Still, I've heard some negative things about Genius Bar support, and I don't know if my warranty is still in effect- I have, after all, wiped my hard drive a couple times, installed unsupported operating systems, and opened up the computer to replace the RAM. Plus, my computer's almost a year old and the warranty is probably coming close to ending anyways.


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

13 Dec 2008, 11:32 pm

Orwell wrote:
steveos87 wrote:
Um, I am sorry - the Genius Bar has free tech support, and they do fix problems for free within reason if you have your warranty still intact.

Interesting. Still, I've heard some negative things about Genius Bar support, and I don't know if my warranty is still in effect- I have, after all, wiped my hard drive a couple times, installed unsupported operating systems, and opened up the computer to replace the RAM. Plus, my computer's almost a year old and the warranty is probably coming close to ending anyways.



Your like me, You don't need tech support.