On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Pandu Poluan wrote:
On Dec 10, 2011 8:50 PM, LinuxIsOne [1]linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
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I have come to conclusion that almost all Linux work almost in the
same way since they have the same kernel, however, this is what I
On 12 December 2011 23:52, Indi thebeelzebubtrig...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Pandu Poluan wrote:
On Dec 10, 2011 8:50 PM, LinuxIsOne [1]linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
((No wonder NASDAQ uses Gentoo for its infrastructure))
Indeed
What a bunch of ricers
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 01:10:02AM +0100, James Broadhead wrote:
On 12 December 2011 23:52, Indi thebeelzebubtrig...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Pandu Poluan wrote:
On Dec 10, 2011 8:50 PM, LinuxIsOne [1]linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
((No wonder NASDAQ
On Dec 13, 2011 7:09 AM, James Broadhead jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
On 12 December 2011 23:52, Indi thebeelzebubtrig...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Pandu Poluan wrote:
On Dec 10, 2011 8:50 PM, LinuxIsOne [1]linuxis...@gmail.com
wrote:
((No wonder
On 08.12.2011 17:11, LinuxIsOne wrote:
Ah, thanks for the nice suggestions, I would keep a note of it. I
would install in one old machine,
You could use virtualbox to create a virtual PC and install Gentoo
there. That would eliminate the required space for a second monitor,
keyboard and
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote:
I did this in the past. But recently I’m reassessing this, with Ubuntu
changing
the default look and the way it works with every other release (remember
the
hassle about window buttons to the left by default?). I can’t
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Sebastian Beßler
sebast...@darkmetatron.de wrote:
Virtualbox is mostly self-explaining so that should not be so much of a
problem.
VB works from within another OS or needs memory of HDD?
On Dec 10, 2011 8:50 PM, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
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I have come to conclusion that almost all Linux work almost in the same
way since they have the same kernel, however, this is what I think.
I don't mean to scare you, but most Linux distros work differently.
First,
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
I don't mean to scare you, but most Linux distros work differently.
First, there might be differences in how they install a package. There's
RPM, apt, pacman, portage, and others.
Second, there are differences in the
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:46:16 -0500
LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de
wrote:
I did this in the past. But recently I’m reassessing this, with
Ubuntu changing
the default look and the way it works with every other
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:47:47 -0500
LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Sebastian Beßler
sebast...@darkmetatron.de wrote:
Virtualbox is mostly self-explaining so that should not be so much
of a problem.
VB works from within another OS or needs memory
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
A very small selection of all possible Unixes work the same.
Ubuntu and Debian are quite similar as they have common roots.
RedHat works rather like an old Fedora (and to some degree that's almost
exactly what it
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
VirtualBox is a program that runs on a working system with a
functioning OS. Like all programs it needs resources like memory and
hard disk space. Unlike most programs it usually uses a LOT of memory
and hard disk
Wait a minute, an actual doctor installed and maintain Gentoo boxes?
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 01:02:14AM -0200, Claudio Roberto França Pereira wrote:
Wait a minute, an actual doctor installed and maintain Gentoo boxes?
??
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By Lorenzo Badieri:
[...] My high school was centered around
humanities/classical studies: ancient greek, latin, philosophy; after
high school, I managed to get into MED SCHOOL. So, no computer
science/informatics at all. However, I was really curios about
computers, and I messed up my family's
On 8 December 2011 06:57, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
wrote:
I tried Ubuntu, hated this *so* much.
I'm sure all the respondents were just trying to be helpful, but they made
Ubuntu look like the distro of
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:58 AM, James Broadhead
jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
The next time you have a problem with anything related to linux,
follow a link to an Ubuntu user forum. Unfortunately, the quality of
advice on them tends to be pretty low. :-(
Really?
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:55:48 -0500
LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:58 AM, James Broadhead
jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
The next time you have a problem with anything related to linux,
follow a link to an Ubuntu user forum. Unfortunately, the quality of
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't take our word for it, go look for yourself.
I could give you examples of how that forum works, I could give you
links that show what we are saying, but NOTHING can prepare you for
what you really find on the
On 8 December 2011 15:10, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't take our word for it, go look for yourself.
I could give you examples of how that forum works, I could give you
links that show what we are
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:18 AM, James Broadhead
jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
That's debatable; it generally means that the amount of time that
passes before they realise that Linux is not Windows is increased. It
definitely gets them booted into a desktop environment quicker, but it
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:35 AM, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
That's debatable; it generally means that the amount of time that
passes before they realise that Linux is not Windows is increased. It
definitely gets them booted into a desktop environment quicker, but it
doesn't really
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:18 AM, James Broadhead
jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8 December 2011 15:10, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
wrote:
Don't take our word for it, go look for yourself.
I could give you
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:36 AM, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:35 AM, LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com wrote:
That's debatable; it generally means that the amount of time that
passes before they realise that Linux is not Windows is increased. It
definitely
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
As long as we're talking about *you*, and not about someone you're
setting things up for, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Keep your existing Ubuntu setup operational, at least for a while.
Gentoo isn't something you should
2011/12/8 LinuxIsOne linuxis...@gmail.com:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't take our word for it, go look for yourself.
I could give you examples of how that forum works, I could give you
links that show what we are saying, but NOTHING can
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Lorenzo Bandieri
lorenzo.bandi...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, maybe my experience will be useful to you. Ubuntu was my
introduction to linux. First, I'll start by saying that before linux I
didn't know absolutely nothing about computers and the like. I had my
first
On Thursday 08 Dec 2011 16:11:56 LinuxIsOne wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
As long as we're talking about *you*, and not about someone you're
setting things up for, here's what I'd suggest:
1) Keep your existing Ubuntu setup operational, at
On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 08:09:34PM +, Mick wrote:
Ubuntu is great for it just works. Ubuntu isn't so great for it
just keeps working. Neither is Gentoo, for that matter, but, at least
with Gentoo, you'll know how to fix it.
Ah, thanks for the nice suggestions, I would keep a
On 6 December 2011, at 23:25, Grant Edwards wrote:
...
The Ubuntu documentation seems to be mainly user-forum threads full of
wrong answers posted by people who didn't understand the question.
I tried Ubuntu, hated this *so* much.
I'm sure all the respondents were just trying to be helpful,
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
I tried Ubuntu, hated this *so* much.
I'm sure all the respondents were just trying to be helpful, but they made
Ubuntu look like the distro of idiots.
How do you say like this? Can you give me an example please?
On 2 December 2011, at 17:48, LinuxIsOne wrote:
...
Why I asked to just know if Gentoo is better or openSUSE is better for
a novice who want to learn Linux, just coming directly from
Windows...that's why...However, I have liked the Ubuntu (since it is
easy and nice) but don't know about all
Why I asked to just know if Gentoo is better or openSUSE is better for
a novice who want to learn Linux, just coming directly from
Windows...that's why...However, I have liked the Ubuntu (since it is
easy and nice) but don't know about all Linux in generalis Gentoo
is also using the same Linux
Hello,
Does one have the experience for the following:
gentoo vs openSUSE
for ease of use, better navigation, applications working perfectly
without any crash(es), better up gradations, smooth working,
etc..etc...
Best Regards.
Hi!
I use gentoo on my desktop (P4, 2 Gb RAM) and openSuSe on laptop (Lenovo
x200s). They both work perfectly well, especially when you precisely know
what you are expecting from OS )) Regarding your questions:
About DE:
I've tried to use Enlightenment with SuSe, and worked very well (only
2011/12/2 Andrew Tchernoivanov:
Hi!
Hello.
I use gentoo on my desktop (P4, 2 Gb RAM) and openSuSe on laptop (Lenovo
x200s). They both work perfectly well, especially when you precisely know
what you are expecting from OS )) Regarding your questions:
Ok well.
About DE:
I've tried to use
On Friday 02 Dec 2011 14:41:29 LinuxIsOne wrote:
Hello,
Does one have the experience for the following:
gentoo vs openSUSE
for ease of use, better navigation, applications working perfectly
without any crash(es), better up gradations, smooth working,
etc..etc...
Best Regards.
If
LinuxIsOne wrote:
Why I asked to just know if Gentoo is better or openSUSE is better for
a novice who want to learn Linux, just coming directly from
Windows...that's why...However, I have liked the Ubuntu (since it is
easy and nice) but don't know about all Linux in generalis Gentoo
is
On Dec 3, 2011 3:06 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
LinuxIsOne wrote:
Why I asked to just know if Gentoo is better or openSUSE is better for a
novice who want to learn Linux, just coming directly from Windows...that's
why...However, I have liked the Ubuntu (since it is easy and nice) but
On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 07:53:58AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
On Dec 3, 2011 3:06 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
LinuxIsOne wrote:
Why I asked to just know if Gentoo is better or openSUSE is better for a
novice who want to learn Linux, just coming directly from Windows...that's
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
Another plus point is the almost complete devel tools provided out of the
box: the gcc suite. Now if I happen across an open source project that
hasn't made it yet to the portage tree, I can just download and compile it
On Dec 3, 2011 8:25 AM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote:
On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 07:53:58AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
On Dec 3, 2011 3:06 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
LinuxIsOne wrote:
Why I asked to just know if Gentoo is better or openSUSE is better
for a
novice
On Dec 3, 2011 9:14 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
Another plus point is the almost complete devel tools provided out of
the
box: the gcc suite. Now if I happen across an open source project that
hasn't made it
Pandu Poluan wrote:
Indeed! Especially control freaks like me :-)
But seriously, I personally found Gentoo to be the most logical Linux
distro. Yes, the initial barrier (installation) is daunting, so to
speak, but after doing it successfully, one can immediately intuit
what's going on.
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 09:09:38PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote:
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
Another plus point is the almost complete devel tools provided out of the
box: the gcc suite. Now if I happen across an open source project that
hasn't made it
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