On Tuesday 01 August 2006 08:00, Youness Alaoui wrote: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 05:52:00PM +0300, Vivia Nikolaidou wrote: > > On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Youness Alaoui wrote: > > > I know linux would have been faster, but I never tried Linux on SATA > > > drives (actually, last time I tried, I fucked up my HDD), so I want to > > > have a whole lot of time to install inux properly. > > > > No need to. I just tried the Ubuntu CD (Kubuntu actually) and it worked > > perfectly - just a few days ago on my brother's PC. Oddly enough, the DVD > > wouldn't boot (wtf? weren't they supposed to have the same kernel?) So > > it's highly recommended ;) > > Nah, I'll stick with debian.. my friend tried to get me on Gentoo (with my > new compilation power of dual core, it wont' be hassle to compile anymore > (or so he says:P)) and I don't want kubuntu/ubuntu simply because now I > like debian and I'm stubborn :P (it took years for burger to just make me > try debian :P) > Isn't ubuntu and diabian basically the same thing? :P From what I read ubuntu just takes a snapsho of debian unstable repo and make it stable with few of their own tweaks.
> > > + I had a Windows installation CD, and all my Linux isntallation cds > > > were for x86, not amd64... > > > > OK, now you installed Windows, you can download a nice and pretty and > > beautiful Linux installation DVD! > > yep, sure! > > > > Also, I'm used to Windows now, I know which progs to use, etc.. > > > my linux is only for the server and I don't use it regularly anymore, > > > I'll need a small transition time > > > > > :@ :@ :@ :@ :@ !!!!!!!! > > hehe, yeah, sure! I can't live without Opera, and last time I tried (v7.x) > Opera on linux was segfaulting ALOT... and I want to still use it. Also, I > can't live without toal commander, I guess it's not necessary on linux, but > it's nice to know that my first tab is TC and second tab is Opera (on > windows taskbar), now I'll have an xterm + opera :p it hard to change > habits ;) > I use opera under kubuntu too and it's the 9.00 version and dosn't fail me at all. Ubuntu also has a repo for commecrial applications where you can find opera so it's easy to install too. -- Cheers, Karol Krizka
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