2. theres no time like the present to go to linux! Maybe something like ubuntu would be good
3. projectors are cheap if not free! just find someone that threw theirs out because they didn't know you can replace the bulb lol, friend got theirs that way. The vga resolution projectors are old tech now and can be picked up cheap second hand.
Bawked wrote:1. setup a proxy, easy as pie... mmmmmmm pie
2. theres no time like the present to go to linux! Maybe something like ubuntu would be good
3. projectors are cheap if not free! just find someone that threw theirs out because they didn't know you can replace the bulb lol, friend got theirs that way. The vga resolution projectors are old tech now and can be picked up cheap second hand.
Ubuntu sounds like an idea. how do I go about doing that and removing Win98? That would probably fix half the issues. lol
I may look into a projector. that would be so badass. maybe I'll get one for my birthday, much more worthwhile than springs for my rustang.
NonChalant wrote:Download the livecd, burn it, stick it in your drive, restart your computer.
That's about it. Ubuntu is so self-explanitory and pampering that you don't really need to know much more.
Oh, go into your BIOS and make sure that your computer boots from the CD before the harddrive if the livecd doesn't want to run.
I second the Ubuntu idea.
I'm so gonna do that. I mean, the comp is gonna get trashed anyways, who cares if I crash it. lol
So will installing Ubuntu wipe everything off the computer?
There's no such thing as "crashing" a computer really (unless you physically abuse it ). If it's a software problem the hard drive can always be formatted.
When you install Ubuntu, you're probably going to repartition and reformat your hard drive. That will delete everything off of the computer.
The same would happen if you repartitioned and reformatted a computer to put windows on it.
If you plan on putting Ubuntu on your computer, make sure you have another computer you can use while you're trying to install it. Depending on your hardware setup, it may or may not be quite as self explanatory as NonChalant and Bawked are saying it is. With Google by your side, though, it shouldn't be too difficult.
Nychold wrote:All operating systems suck, in some respect or other. Linux sucks for ease of use, Windows sucks for stability, Mac sucks for both.
Eh, linux doesn't really suck for ease of use anymore (unless you plan to try and install some windows progs....), and windows is far more reliable than it used to be
mac, well mac has some fanboys for sure.
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Nychold wrote:All operating systems suck, in some respect or other. Linux sucks for ease of use, Windows sucks for stability, Mac sucks for both.
Eh, linux doesn't really suck for ease of use anymore (unless you plan to try and install some windows progs....), and windows is far more reliable than it used to be
mac, well mac has some fanboys for sure.
I can't talk for Ubuntu, but as far as trying to set up an FTP server, it's been a bloody nightmare, hours of setup, and a bug no one can explain (all files are granted 000 permissions, yay!). Like the 3rd most popular FTP software too.
In Windows I can have it up and running in 5 minutes... maybe less.
setting up an ftp server on linux (if it isn't already on the system.. which most distros come with anyway) takes about 10 seconds (if you don't count compile time)
The thing with linux is that you want to do more advanced things with it you have to actually know what you're doing. If you're using a windows computer you can just click next until it does it for you.
That's the downside, I guess?
Same downside as driving a manual transmission car
well, I'm in the process of installing ubuntu right now.
It had to go buy a new keyboard, because I have my old one on this computer, because the one that came with it had too short of a cord, and one day I got so pissed off that it was so short, I just jerked the keyboard, and guess what? wire came out. lol.
Anyways, I bought a 30 dollar Kensington keyboard I belive it is. Its basically a laptop/desktop keyboard hybrid. Its got well sized keys, but they have a shorter travel like the laptop keys (which I like), but its got the number pad and what not. Its only 3/4 of an inch thick as well, which is really nice.
So ubuntu is installing, I'm gonna go check on it and see.
Welll its going, just very slowly.
My computer only has 128MB of ram, so that could be why. lol.
If it works, I'm gonna upgrade it to a 512MB, which can be gotten for like, 40-50 bucks.
I'm not gonna upgrade the RAM until I know its gonna work though.
NonChalant wrote:Eh, you don't need more RAM. Linux runs fine with whatever you have. Just make your swap partition big (a gig at least).
I ran gentoo linux on my old p500something with 128mb of ram. Smoother and more reliable than my new windows desktop.
grrr. this version of ubuntu requires 384MB of ram. wtf.
so now I gotta figure out another solution. I'm going linux for sure. How hard is gentoo to use?
Eh. Gentoo is the easiest and the hardest distro to use. I wouldn't really recommend it to you as a first-time user. You can try some version of fedora or mandrake or maybe debian, but debian is a little harder than the others as well.
That said, I used Gentoo as my first distro with very little knowledge, so it's possible to get into linux like that. But you've got to be really willing to learn and make mistakes and spend a lot of time on simple tasks After all that work though, you'll really be an expert.
If you want an easy, user-friendly distro, go for fedora or mandrake.