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Linux

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 9:40
by spoodie
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?

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 9:53
by FatherJack
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.

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 11:06
by FatherJack
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.

ImageUbuntu ImageSlax

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.

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 12:08
by spoodie
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 :likesitall:

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

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 12:40
by FatherJack
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.

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 13:40
by spoodie
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?

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 14:00
by FatherJack
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.

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 14:25
by Nickface
My main box is a dual boot XP/Ubuntu box. I was also rather impressed with Ubuntu. :pie:

Posted: July 19th, 2006, 15:14
by spoodie
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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