Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 268

RWood · 04-09-2009, 11:45 PM

I just decommissioned the Win2k box that has run since about 2001 (at least that was the last time I installed the OS.) I used it as a gateway, print server, etc. At 400 MHz it is a bit slow by current standards. The last reboot/restart was over two years ago. Alas, the evolution of the home network has rendered the box surplus. Also rebuilding the wife's machine with a new motherboard and CPU and memory.

nekokami · 04-10-2009, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

I've finally realised that I now (well, now that I've stopped using Thunderbird and started just using GMail's web frontend) pretty much only use a browser (Firefox) on this here laptop, running Windows XP.

Being a "change is as good as a holiday" kinda guy, I'm thinking Ubuntu, or maybe something like Presto (or similar) when it comes out - have the instant-on, but leave Windows XP there in case I ever need it. Or maybe Hackintosh the thing, for fun. It'll probably be Ubuntu (I'm just waiting on the official release of 9).

Whadayareckon? Neko?

Cheers,
Marc

I'm pretty happy with Ubuntu 9, actually. My issues have really had more to do with the ATI graphics card and my 3D hobby, which get along rather less well than I had hoped. Before that, I had some issues with Evolution being shut out of the Exchange server at the university, but that's because M$ decided to drop WebDav support in Exchange, probably to try to make it harder for non-M$ applications to connect.

Ubuntu itself has not given me any problems, nor have the apps it comes with.

LazyScot · 04-10-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Lefty: Hugo?
Hugo (sighing): Yes Lefty?
Lefty: Why is Neko muttering about a washing powder?
Hugo (slightly confused): A washing powder?
Lefty: Daz
Hugo: Ah. we're in the United States, not the United Kingdom. Daz is a washing power in the United Kingdom; here in the states it's a software package.
Lefty: Does this Daz software need something from the United Kingdom, then?
Hugo (getting confused again): The United Kingdom?
Lefty: Well, the United Kingdom is far, far away, right?
Hugo (somewhat nervous, and thinking of Shrek): Yes
Lefty: And since it is a Kingdom, it must have a king, right?
Hugo (getting exceptionally nervous by the length of Lefty's logical deduction): Well, that or a queen.
Lefty: So that's why she was going on about far king dlls. Isn't dlls a strange name for a king?
Hugo (deciding to take they easy road): Yes.
Lefty (changing tack): That looks like the ninth cup of tea she's making. And her chuntering is getting louder. Do you think we could help?
Hugo (somewhat stunned that Lefty knows the word chuntering): It couldn't hurt. Lets have a look.
Lefty: Has she got the wrong monitor?
Hugo (getting slightly confused again, and thinking of Wallace and Grommit): The Wrong Monitor?
Lefty: Yes. It says here it couldn't find the Microsoft.VC80.CRT. She's got an LCD monitor, not a CRT. If we get rid of the LCD, would that help.
Hugo (now very worried with Lefty's Monitor Identification Skills): I don't think that's a good idea.
Lefty (deflated): Shall I go back to purring?
Hugo (relieved): That's a very good idea. And I'll get the Muffin man to bring some really nice double chocolate muffins.

Wow. I hope the muffins go well with the tea. And that you get it all installed.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-10-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Being a "change is as good as a holiday" kinda guy, I'm thinking Ubuntu, or maybe something like Pesto (or similar) when it comes out

I don't think it would work very well in a pasta sauce, somehow...

nekokami · 04-10-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Wow. I hope the muffins go well with the tea. And that you get it all installed.

Thank you SO MUCH. That was just what I needed today!

I think I'm going to have to reinstall and put Windows on a partition (with no network configured), even though I'll usually boot to Linux. I have another machine I can play with 3d on, but it's not as convenient as this one (though it is faster). I've heard that support for ATI 3D acceleration may be working later this summer. (It's really an ATI card problem, more than a Linux problem, apparently.)

Edit: and though the Muffin Man does sometimes make muffins, he's actually better known for his Triple Chocolate Scones.

Lady Blue · 04-10-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Edit: and though the Muffin Man does sometimes make muffins, he's actually better known for his Triple Chocolate Scones.

Don't torture us that way. You can't just casually mention the food of the gods like that, and then just leave and go to another thread. How cruel.

Dylrob · 04-10-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I think I'm going to have to reinstall and put Windows on a partition (with no network configured), even though I'll usually boot to Linux. I have another machine I can play with 3d on, but it's not as convenient as this one (though it is faster). I've heard that support for ATI 3D acceleration may be working later this summer. (It's really an ATI card problem, more than a Linux problem, apparently.)

If only they made Photoshop for Linux...

I would terminate my relationship with Windows.

With a shotgun.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-10-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

If only they made Photoshop for Linux...

I would terminate my relationship with Windows.

With a shotgun.

They make it for Apples, though. And if you're only going to be shooting the Windows media and not the PC, there's this sort of thing: http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-...800-321913.php

nekokami · 04-10-2009, 02:29 PM

Great link. I suspect OSX wouldn't like my ATI graphics card, either, and since this is a laptop, I don't have any way to fix that.

Although... I did find links saying people have gotten this to work on a Dell Latitude...

LazyScot · 04-10-2009, 02:50 PM

Cantuccini and coffee.

Fledchen · 04-10-2009, 03:06 PM

I am frolicking and dancing and singing because I am now ON VACATION!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-10-2009, 03:27 PM

Right now - feeling slightly motion sick from Fledchen's bouncing green blob

Enjoy your hols!

zelda_pinwheel · 04-10-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Wow. I hope the muffins go well with the tea. And that you get it all installed.

hugo and lefty make any day better !! even a day spent installing an OS and software...

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

I am frolicking and dancing and singing because I am now ON VACATION!

:jealous: enjoy it !!

yvanleterrible · 04-10-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fledchen

I am frolicking and dancing and singing because I am now ON VACATION!

I'm jealous.

Not the vacation part but because you have a job.

But have a nice one. What are you going to do?

Fledchen · 04-10-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I'm jealous.

Not the vacation part but because you have a job.

But have a nice one. What are you going to do?

I'm sorry, Yvan.

I hope that you can find a good job soon.

I don't have the resources to go anywhere, but I plan on having a nice, fun, relaxing vacation anyway. I anticipate lots of long walks, some marathon computer game sessions, spending time with friends, working on my writing projects, and of course reading!

04-09-2009, 11:45 PM	#4006
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I just decommissioned the Win2k box that has run since about 2001 (at least that was the last time I installed the OS.) I used it as a gateway, print server, etc. At 400 MHz it is a bit slow by current standards. The last reboot/restart was over two years ago. Alas, the evolution of the home network has rendered the box surplus. Also rebuilding the wife's machine with a new motherboard and CPU and memory.

04-10-2009, 02:29 PM	#4014
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Great link. I suspect OSX wouldn't like my ATI graphics card, either, and since this is a laptop, I don't have any way to fix that. Although... I did find links saying people have gotten this to work on a Dell Latitude...

04-10-2009, 02:50 PM	#4015
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	Cantuccini and coffee.

04-10-2009, 03:06 PM	#4016
Fledchen Guru Posts: 663 Karma: 84658 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota, USA Device: PB360+, Sony950, VR Stream, iPod Touch, iPad	I am frolicking and dancing and singing because I am now ON VACATION!

04-10-2009, 03:27 PM	#4017
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Right now - feeling slightly motion sick from Fledchen's bouncing green blob Enjoy your hols!