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(G{in}[AK)TION]

(G{in}[AK)TION]

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so far, i have 4 of my home routers running linux firmwares, 3 computers running linux, and 1 computer that is currently making the move to linux.

linux be spreadin like the gospel. (i know, that comparison was biblical)

-ANYWAY-

to be specific, i have my sisters laptop running ubuntu, my familys netbook running linux lite, my server soon to be running lubuntu (i want to run multiple servers and need a gui for it), and my familys living room computer is also running ubuntu. everything they need works great for them in linux.

but there is that tiny little box on my parents desk running windows 7. once i find a working linux driver for the mg5520 (or some method to do it), that little windows box wont be running windows for long anymore...heheheheh >:D

as for the routers, i have two running tomato (m20 and e3000) and two running dd-wrt (wrt300n and netgear r6250)

anyone else recently replacing their operating systems with linux? which flavors would they be?

if i may add, i find the debian based distros a lot easier to work with :)
 
I've been running Linux for a long time, at least on one system. I was introduced to Linux on the very first system my father bought for me, when I was a kid. He gave me the system, a copy of RHEL, a book that covered the operating system, and went "have fun!". I had no internet to figure issues out and the book was my only resource.

Since then, I'm running Linux based routers, hypervisors, and virtual machines with Linux. I used Arch on my laptop and desktop, but have since migrated to Windows 8.1 for various reasons.
 
(G{in}[AK)TION] said:
but there is that tiny little box on my parents desk running windows 7. once i find a working linux driver for the mg5520 (or some method to do it), that little windows box wont be running windows for long anymore...heheheheh >:D
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I love to convert people too, but I have learned that somethings are not worth fighting over. Some obscure piece of hardware (cough cough *magic jack* cough cough) is often not worth the time to support. I have a very firm "I dont do windows

as for the routers, i have two running tomato (m20 and e3000) and two running dd-wrt (wrt300n and netgear r6250)

anyone else recently replacing their operating systems with linux? which flavors would they be?

if i may add, i find the debian based distros a lot easier to work with :)
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I also like the debian based distros. For my servers I do stick to CentOS mostly. But for my day-to-day driver I use Ubuntu-Gnome
 
thideras said:
Since then, I'm running Linux based routers, hypervisors, and virtual machines with Linux. I used Arch on my laptop and desktop, but have since migrated to Windows 8.1 for various reasons.
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Really, you moved back to windows? :cry::cry: I would be curious to know why
 
Stratus_ss said:
Really, you moved back to windows? :cry::cry: I would be curious to know why
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School was the main reason (compatibility without running virtual machines) and I need it to be rock solid stable. I've had various issues with Linux, mainly due to strange configurations (either created by me or hardware limited). For example, configuring X to work with the integrated and discrete graphics cards was a literal nightmare that I never got working.

In Windows 8, it remembers monitor configurations for you. So if I use my laptop normally, it uses the internal screen. If I drop it in the dock, it automatically reconfigures to use two external screens if it is closed or three if it is open; I don't need to change anything. I was amazed by this simple improvement. Encryption is also incredibly simple. Install the OS and click the button that encrypts the entire drive. Magic happens.

For my desktop, I was getting tired of restarting to play games, then having to restart to check email or do other basic tasks.

For servers though, I prefer Linux by far. Except Team Foundation Server, which I adore.
 
thideras said:
School was the main reason (compatibility without running virtual machines) and I need it to be rock solid stable. I've had various issues with Linux, mainly due to strange configurations (either created by me or hardware limited). For example, configuring X to work with the integrated and discrete graphics cards was a literal nightmare that I never got working.

In Windows 8, it remembers monitor configurations for you. So if I use my laptop normally, it uses the internal screen. If I drop it in the dock, it automatically reconfigures to use two external screens if it is closed or three if it is open; I don't need to change anything. I was amazed by this simple improvement. Encryption is also incredibly simple. Install the OS and click the button that encrypts the entire drive. Magic happens.

For my desktop, I was getting tired of restarting to play games, then having to restart to check email or do other basic tasks.

For servers though, I prefer Linux by far. Except Team Foundation Server, which I adore.
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Those are valid reasons for sure. I still dont trust microsoft's encryption. I have read that they use a compromised method for encryption in order to make it user friendly
 
Stratus_ss said:
Those are valid reasons for sure. I still dont trust microsoft's encryption. I have read that they use a compromised method for encryption in order to make it user friendly
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I'm not looking for protection from NSA, aliens, or super giga hackers or whatever, ha! I use encryption as a deterrent and it is quite a lot better than running a wide open system.
 
I use windows and linux, windows because i have stuff that has to be used by others.
I use ubuntu, zorin for a super heavy weight, lean pup on a usb stick, it's old, out of date but oh so fast, mean pup on a usb stick also.
 
I use Mint at work. The computer is used mostly as a glorified TeX processor (TeXLive and TeXStudio). Most of the heavy work is done on my personal Windows (special software that is Windows only) machines.

I must say that based on the revolving door of *nixe's I've used, Mint and Ubuntu just work out of the box and are pleasing to the eye.
 
I like Debian based distros as well; for that reason I primarily use...Debian. ;)

Folding@home got me started using Linux, as I found it desirable to purchase more hardware rather than more Windows licenses. Some early distros I used were Redhat 8.0 desktop, Fedora-core 3 & 4, and Debian 3.0r3(Woody).

Of course, I quickly fell in love with Linux for the freedom to use my computer, without being beholden to a corporate entity.
 
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just got linux running on the p4-server. currently running the specialists 3.0 dedicated server.

EDIT: still looking for that mg5520 linux driver...
 
Windoze (any version), relative to practically any Linux distro, isn't trustworthy.

I went on a job interview once for developing TCP/IP - UDP client-server applications on Linux to
control industrial lasers. I asked them if they ever considered using Windoze as their development platform --
the entire development team laughed at that question.
 
Do you spell windows wrong or is that an omnipresent barb against it every. single. time. you post the word windows in reference to OS's? Come on mags... grow up man. :)
 
i use winderps on everything, because im lazy. lol openelec i think is the only thing linux i am running at the moment, and soon to be a pfsense router, one of these years.
 
My first Linux install was PPC Linux in 1999. I think I installed Yellow Dog Linux in 1999 on a Mac too. Linux has come a heck of a long way in functionality and ease of set up. Especially for guys like me who don't know much about the command line. Today I mostly use Mint. I like the fact you can comfortably install it a 40 Gigabyte SSD and have room to spare.
 
It's been awhile since I've been here, and it's good to see a lot of names I recognize!

I started with Mint... maybe in 2008... to set up some Folding clients for Team 32. (Back when I had hardware that made sense to do that.) But last year switched every box I had over to Slackware 14.1.

I'm a control freak when it comes to my Operating Systems, and once you get comfy in the command line, and used to using a Text Editor, (I learned VIM) Slackware is designed to tinker with everything. Slackware isn't easy, but it is simple. And it seems to be very robust. I can almost always recover from problems. It also seems to make every machine I put it on run faster. Whether that's just the low overhead of the OS, or that all the applications I add are compiled on the machine, I don't know.

I'm still a Mint fan for the 'out of the box' functionality, but Slackware is now my favorite by far. Right now I'm setting up a dual boot Slackware Multi-lib/Windows 7 64... I just can't give up Windows for gaming...
 
oakstave said:
It's been awhile since I've been here, and it's good to see a lot of names I recognize!

I started with Mint... maybe in 2008... to set up some Folding clients for Team 32. (Back when I had hardware that made sense to do that.) But last year switched every box I had over to Slackware 14.1.

I'm a control freak when it comes to my Operating Systems, and once you get comfy in the command line, and used to using a Text Editor, (I learned VIM) Slackware is designed to tinker with everything. Slackware isn't easy, but it is simple. And it seems to be very robust. I can almost always recover from problems. It also seems to make every machine I put it on run faster. Whether that's just the low overhead of the OS, or that all the applications I add are compiled on the machine, I don't know.

I'm still a Mint fan for the 'out of the box' functionality, but Slackware is now my favorite by far. Right now I'm setting up a dual boot Slackware Multi-lib/Windows 7 64... I just can't give up Windows for gaming...
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I am a Mac guy originally. I like Linux a lot. I can't give up Windows because of apps like CPU-Z, Hardware Monitor, Prime95, IBT, benchmarking apps. I-NEX is too crude for me. I have no clue how to unpack and install a tarball either. So I am limited lol!
 
chrisjames61 said:
I am a Mac guy originally. I like Linux a lot. I can't give up Windows because of apps like CPU-Z, Hardware Monitor, Prime95, IBT, benchmarking apps. I-NEX is too crude for me. I have no clue how to unpack and install a tarball either. So I am limited lol!
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we have Prime95.. I think it might be called mprime but it's there. I've also found decent replacements for CPU-Z, there's all kinds of system monitors, benckmarking apps, etc. I'd spend some more time looking around if it were me. and tarballs? don't worry about them. Use the package manager, always, unless you know exactly what you're doing. The only thing I install from source is DWM because that's how you customize it, and most people don't use tiling WMs (even though they are awesome, more of an advanced user thing)

I've used nothing but Linux for the last three years on my PCs, I prefer plain old Debian. Xfce on my laptop, DWM on my desktop.
 
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