Linux

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » July 19th, 2006, 9:40

I got Ubuntu working last night and unlike Fedora it has built in support for my network ports. So far I'm quite impressed, it's a bit n00bified for a *nix expert like me but I guess that is be expected. I know at least one other person has tried Ubuntu, what's your impression of it for general surfing and stuff?

Post by **FatherJack** » July 19th, 2006, 9:53

Never tried it, it looks a bit of a fruit, but it's still Linux underneath. Might have a spack with it when I'm bored later today.

Post by **FatherJack** » July 19th, 2006, 11:06

Not a very scientific comparison, but I compared it with Slax (another one that can boot from CD) in how long it took to get Firefox 1.5.0.4 running and get a screenshot of 5punk.

Ubuntu

Slax

Both took about five minutes, Ubuntu had 1.5.0.3 and needed upgrading, Slax didn't have it and it needed downloading and installing.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » July 19th, 2006, 12:08

I was really impressed with the fact that Ubuntu starts a live CD version of the OS from the CD but gives you the option to install the OS to a harddisk, which is what I did. Which means you can surf while the installer is running

My plan is check whether site like youtube, google video, gmail, etc. all work okay otherwise there's not much point using it

Post by **FatherJack** » July 19th, 2006, 12:40

I'd prob use the server, or custom CD if I didn't actually want to boot from the CD, though. Being Linux I'd want to try out stuff like the RAID config, or at the very least get AMP setup.

Edit: that's just me, you seem to only want the desktop stuff.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » July 19th, 2006, 13:40

FatherJack wrote:I'd prob use the server, or custom CD if I didn't actually want to boot from the CD, though. Being Linux I'd want to try out stuff like the RAID config, or at the very least get AMP setup.

Edit: that's just me, you seem to only want the desktop stuff.

Yep, I'm after a replacement for Windows when not playing games. As I'm quite comfortable with *nix and miss a proper command line when using Windows it makes sense for me. This is all assuming I can use bittorrent, watch DivX movies, edit the odd image, etc.

What is AMP?

Post by **FatherJack** » July 19th, 2006, 14:00

Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP - the back end bits of websites, once they're configured you can bolt on things like phpBB that 5punk uses, or WebGUI - a content management system.

I've been using the CD booted version this afternoon on the fastest PC I have. Firefox has been glitchy when scrolling and sluggish to respond to clicks, I wouldn't use it as a desktop after today's experience.

Not that any other Linux flavour I've tried is any better, although Suse had some decent acceleration on low-end machines, they always seem to be a bit behind the equivalent Windows version in terms of desktop responsiveness. For what I use Linux for, though - I don't usually even start XWindows.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » July 19th, 2006, 14:25

My main box is a dual boot XP/Ubuntu box. I was also rather impressed with Ubuntu.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » July 19th, 2006, 15:14

FatherJack wrote:Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP - the back end bits of websites, once they're configured you can bolt on things like phpBB that 5punk uses, or WebGUI - a content management system.

Oh right, never heard it referred to as that before.

FatherJack wrote:For what I use Linux for, though - I don't usually even start XWindows.

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