Where is everyone?:confused2:

I'm looking at the online thing at the bottom of the forum page and there's a ton of people. I know it could be minutes old. Ain't nobody in the chat room when I go in there 90% of the time. Is everyone sifting through other parts of the site,or what? Unless yall are bots or something, which I doubt. Just weird.....lol.

*Animadversion* wrote: I'm looking at the online thing at the bottom of the forum page and there's a ton of people. I know it could be minutes old. Ain't nobody in the chat room when I go in there 90% of the time. Is everyone sifting through other parts of the site,or what? Unless yall are bots or something, which I doubt. Just weird.....lol.

We all run off and hide when you come in..

I'm here :)

Tied up till now!

I'm right here, probably not for long though

very funny ....ha ha....

Kath wrote: Tied up till now!

Been painting through the house,give up now.There's only so much fun you can have for one night!?! Got my beer,got my keyboard...oh and everyone

I think people are doing renegade posting due to the holidays...

i am being my usual sulky self in rotten london, the worst place on earth

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: Never been to Wolverhampton, eh Richie?

i have returned.

Boulder, Colorado:)

Where ever you are not!:p

Well since I run Linux, an browse with Opera, my computer is never offline, and my browser is always open, therefore I appear logged in even when sleeping.

Bow down before the linux penguin.

Seriously, I love linux.

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:

Kath wrote:

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: Never been to Wolverhampton, eh Richie?

Just read Richie's list of gigs...it doesn't appear he gets out of London too often...

that probably explains why he's sulky.

Shed Peel wrote: Bow down before the linux penguin.

Seriously, I love linux.

Love is the only word for it.

Another example of why cropped up today.......

Been playing Solitaire on the win2k Boxen in work, when there's fuck all better to do, and doing nothing at all would lead to passing out in yer chair,(usually about 5am). So on Win2k you get 1 game of bog standard patience with one deck of cards ( on our version anyway). I was bored spineless today waiting on a dvd test encode getting far enough for me to check audio sync meaningfully, and I though.....hmmmm Solitaire (although that's a dumb ass yankism, the game's called feckin patience). So sure enough, KDE comes up trumps with "Kpatience" asone of it's 500 or so Kdefault Kprograms Kwith Kthat Knaming Kscheme. I fired it up.

There's 26 different variations of patience, including clock patience, and other bizarre ones, you can also choose from 8 different decks of cards with 15 or so different backings.

I don't understand why Yous Yanks don;t go for it EN MASSE for the sheer freedom of choice aspect.

I have had those Linux discs for three weeks now. I've been meaning to install it for a while now. Perhaps I'll get some time to do it over the Chrissie break.

NOOLigan wrote: I have had those Linux discs for three weeks now. I've been meaning to install it for a while now. Perhaps I'll get some time to do it over the Chrissie break.

I'd recommend playing with a run-from-cd version first mate, to see if it's really worth your while. Also, be REALLY careful with the install, do NOT fuck over your existing windows drives. I find it easiest to use partition magic or other windows tool to wipe a portion of the drive into no-man's land, unpartitioned free space....then build the linux partitions in there with the linux installer.

What distro have you got...it matters in terms of how much WOW there will be and how much ulceration of the stomach will occur.

And when the time comes, we'll take this off-board and I'll help out.

Doctor? wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: I have had those Linux discs for three weeks now. I've been meaning to install it for a while now. Perhaps I'll get some time to do it over the Chrissie break.

I'd recommend playing with a run-from-cd version first mate, to see if it's really worth your while. Also, be REALLY careful with the install, do NOT fuck over your existing windows drives. I find it easiest to use partition magic or other windows tool to wipe a portion of the drive into no-man's land, unpartitioned free space....then build the linux partitions in there with the linux installer.

What distro have you got...it matters in terms of how much WOW there will be and how much ulceration of the stomach will occur.

And when the time comes, we'll take this off-board and I'll help out.

i will read the mag that came with it first.

ahm silly question, but how do i partion my hard drive?

what do you mean by distro?

I got the ubuntu version of Linux. I think I've got you.

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: Never been to Wolverhampton, eh Richie?

why im sure its better than London, yea i have been to Wolves but never been living there

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:

Kath wrote:

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: Never been to Wolverhampton, eh Richie?

Just read Richie's list of gigs...it doesn't appear he gets out of London too often...

i get out of london a lot as a courier

The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

EDIT: just had a look at ubuntu's site....hmmm looks quick and slick, but very primitive and not very linuxy, I reckon it'll be a joy for basic use, but a twisted nightmare for complex shit like ripping dvd's and basically anything else that is not pre-installed....Mandriva suffers the same thing REALLY badly, it's a stunner, but god help you if you spot a program you fancy that Mandriva didn't buil and ship with it for your convenience.

Doctor? wrote: The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

is this slowly becoming a linux thread?

Doctor? wrote: The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

I'll look at this tomorrow. it is almost time her now. work tomorrow. :(

Richie Soans wrote:

Doctor? wrote: The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

is this slowly becoming a linux thread?

Well it WAS lying around doing fuck all

Richie Soans wrote:

Doctor? wrote: The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

is this slowly becoming a linux thread?

yes.

In that case, this seems as good a time as any to post my anual xmas screenshot, taken fresh this very hour.

Doctor? wrote:

Richie Soans wrote:

Doctor? wrote: The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

is this slowly becoming a linux thread?

Well it WAS lying around doing fuck all

Well suchbeing the case....why does anyone f*** with Linux in the first place? Other than to get away from giant Microsoft, ofcourse. Granted Windows hogs the CPU, but other than a few games, never needed more CPU (and even then I go into device manager and turn off alot of crap).

So what is the deal anyways?......

......or is it just a right of passage into geekdom, like trekki ears and the planet Hoth in its original box?

EdelBrock wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

Richie Soans wrote:

Doctor? wrote: The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

is this slowly becoming a linux thread?

Well it WAS lying around doing fuck all

Well suchbeing the case....why does anyone f*** with Linux in the first place? Other than to get away from giant Microsoft, ofcourse. Granted Windows hogs the CPU, but other than a few games, never needed more CPU (and even then I go into device manager and turn off alot of crap).

So what is the deal anyways?......

......or is it just a right of passage into geekdom, like trekki ears and the planet Hoth in its original box?

The big deal is (for me) reliability. The linux box never crashes for me, the layout is awesome, the games are v. cool, and it's not too vulnerable to viruses and crap if you know what you're doing and how to set it up.

That being said, you have to know what you're doing in order to set it up so either learn it the hard way (i.e., do it yourself on a box that you have delegated to be the linux box and read some linux lit) or have a linux friend set it up for you.... installation can be tricky otherwise.

Doctor? wrote: In that case, this seems as good a time as any to post my anual xmas screenshot, taken fresh this very hour.

Hey, I love the reindeer!

Shed Peel wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

Richie Soans wrote:

Doctor? wrote: The installer should do it for you, but be very careful and defrag first. A distro is a bundle of linux bits and bobs nailed into a coherent form to save you some of the leg work....Ubuntu, Gebtoo, Mandriva, Red Hat, Suse, and so on. While all the actual software is the same, the way it's glued together and the way you install and remove it varies like mad accross distros, as does where they stash config files. Never used Ubuntu, so I have NO idea what it's like. Seriously....get a copy of knoppix First and play about with it with no effort and no risk ( and not much speed either, tho if you have stupid amounts of RAM it can be tolerable).

TO SAVE YOU GETTING LOST, IT'S PROBABLY THIS ISO YOU WANT, DOWNLOAD AND BURN, PUT IN DRIVE AND REBOOT, YOU MACHINE BECOMES A LINUX MACHINE, BUT WORKING LIKE A PLAYSTATION, ALL OFF CD

is this slowly becoming a linux thread?

Well it WAS lying around doing fuck all

Well suchbeing the case....why does anyone f*** with Linux in the first place? Other than to get away from giant Microsoft, ofcourse. Granted Windows hogs the CPU, but other than a few games, never needed more CPU (and even then I go into device manager and turn off alot of crap).

So what is the deal anyways?......

......or is it just a right of passage into geekdom, like trekki ears and the planet Hoth in its original box?

The big deal is (for me) reliability. The linux box never crashes for me, the layout is awesome, the games are v. cool, and it's not too vulnerable to viruses and crap if you know what you're doing and how to set it up.

That being said, you have to know what you're doing in order to set it up so either learn it the hard way (i.e., do it yourself on a box that you have delegated to be the linux box and read some linux lit) or have a linux friend set it up for you.... installation can be tricky otherwise.

sounds like i may require some assistance with the installation.

i'll deffo read the lit first.

Doctor? wrote:

Shed Peel wrote: Bow down before the linux penguin.

Seriously, I love linux.

Love is the only word for it.

Another example of why cropped up today.......

Been playing Solitaire on the win2k Boxen in work, when there's fuck all better to do, and doing nothing at all would lead to passing out in yer chair,(usually about 5am). So on Win2k you get 1 game of bog standard patience with one deck of cards ( on our version anyway). I was bored spineless today waiting on a dvd test encode getting far enough for me to check audio sync meaningfully, and I though.....hmmmm Solitaire (although that's a dumb ass yankism, the game's called feckin patience). So sure enough, KDE comes up trumps with "Kpatience" asone of it's 500 or so Kdefault Kprograms Kwith Kthat Knaming Kscheme. I fired it up.

There's 26 different variations of patience, including clock patience, and other bizarre ones, you can also choose from 8 different decks of cards with 15 or so different backings.

I don't understand why Yous Yanks don;t go for it EN MASSE for the sheer freedom of choice aspect.

Good question. Perhaps it's the installation that scares 'em?

It's not 100% user friendly for setup....yet.

ah bugger. I don't want to frak up my home computer. So it isn't just a matter of loading it up.

Easy does it then.

I kinda saw Linux once and didn't SEEM that impressive. Now I am by no means any authority, so I could be talking out my @$$ on that. It seems similar tothe firefox craze. I don't see much difference with firefox over explorer, and used it for a month...seemed more a craze to get away from ms.

This was the initial impression, and PLEASE correct me if I'm way off-base on this: -More stable, but mainly because viruses are being made to attack windows more often than linux, so theortically, if everyone switched over the linux it would start having major virus issues. -not all software programs are made to work with linux....at least not in a 'plug n play' type of way. -Uses less cpu, but also has less flair to it, and cute little buttons and crap. -A pain in the ass to setup.

Is this the deal?

EdelBrock wrote: I kinda saw Linux once and didn't SEEM that impressive. Now I am by no means any authority, so I could be talking out my @$$ on that. It seems similar tothe firefox craze. I don't see much difference with firefox over explorer, and used it for a month...seemed more a craze to get away from ms.

This was the initial impression, and PLEASE correct me if I'm way off-base on this: -More stable, but mainly because viruses are being made to attack windows more often than linux, so theortically, if everyone switched over the linux it would start having major virus issues. -not all software programs are made to work with linux....at least not in a 'plug n play' type of way. -Uses less cpu, but also has less flair to it, and cute little buttons and crap. -A pain in the ass to setup.

Is this the deal?

at this point Cambo will usually say something like, "if you like pretty pictures, then stay with windows".

LOL Like I know any different. I am willing to give it a go though.