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blondgecko
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Sep 28, 2011, 3:35 AM
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I'm now enjoying the best (?) of all three worlds. Bigass number cruncher at work running CentOS with a Windows in VirtualBox, and a MacBook Air for when I'm on the move.
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jt512
Sep 28, 2011, 5:39 AM
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blondgecko wrote: I'm now enjoying the best (?) of all three worlds. Bigass number cruncher at work running CentOS with a Windows in VirtualBox, and a MacBook Air for when I'm on the move.
That's hard to argue with (even for me). If you have to have Windows at all, sequestering it in VirtualBox, I think, is the way to go. And you can't beat the lightness and slimness of the Mac for portability.
Jay
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sungam
Sep 28, 2011, 8:36 AM
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jt512 wrote: you can't beat the lightness and slimness of the Mac for portability.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/...dell-xps-15z-review/
My sister actually got one yesterday. I didn't end up installing arch cuz I had to help her move all her files over from her very much dead old laptop.
It's not quite as nice as the air, but it's pretty damn nice.
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sungam
Sep 28, 2011, 8:45 AM
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jt512 wrote: sungam wrote: jt512 wrote: ArchLinux, dude. ArchLinux. Jay Okay, I am doing it tonight. We'll see what happens... If I don't post for a few days, don't worry. I just wiped my whole hardrive while trying to partition. Be sure to follow the Beginner's Guide in the Archlinux wiki.
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qwert
Sep 28, 2011, 8:48 AM
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sungam wrote: jt512 wrote: ArchLinux, dude. ArchLinux. Jay Okay, I am doing it tonight. We'll see what happens... If I don't post for a few days, don't worry. I just wiped my whole hardrive while trying to partition.  ?
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qwert
Sep 28, 2011, 8:53 AM
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sungam wrote: jt512 wrote: you can't beat the lightness and slimness of the Mac for portability. Actually, have you seen the new Dell XPS 15z? It's meant to be their "macbook killer". It's kinda a ripoff of the air. It's pretty much the same size, has an i5, 4gb ram, 500gb SSD, and also a dvd drive. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/...dell-xps-15z-review/ My sister actually got one yesterday. I didn't end up installing arch cuz I had to help her move all her files over from her very much dead old laptop. It's not quite as nice as the air, but it's pretty damn nice.
The only way to go in laptops is business laptops! Lenovo thinkpads (though they are starting to kill the brand), HP elitbooks (though HP went full retard recently), Dell lattitudes and precisions (though the new series is an atrocity), Panasonic toughbooks and maybe some others.
Or get a disposable netbook.
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sungam
Sep 28, 2011, 10:00 AM
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qwert wrote: sungam wrote: jt512 wrote: ArchLinux, dude. ArchLinux. Jay Okay, I am doing it tonight. We'll see what happens... If I don't post for a few days, don't worry. I just wiped my whole hardrive while trying to partition. So what did happen in Kubuntuland that made you so desperate that you want to try arch ? qwert
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blondgecko
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Sep 28, 2011, 10:33 AM
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jt512 wrote: blondgecko wrote: I'm now enjoying the best (?) of all three worlds. Bigass number cruncher at work running CentOS with a Windows in VirtualBox, and a MacBook Air for when I'm on the move. That's hard to argue with (even for me). If you have to have Windows at all, sequestering it in VirtualBox, I think, is the way to go. And you can't beat the lightness and slimness of the Mac for portability. Jay
Yup - I'm stuck with Windows because in contrast to US universities, everyone here barring the comp. sci. and maths departments is in bed with Microsoft. Was able to successfully argue for the Linux machine because the modelling software I run on it (NAMD) is native there. As for the Air, well, it's a Unix-based OS, making it absurdly easy to ssh to my big machine wherever I happen to be. That, and it's got style.
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qwert
Sep 28, 2011, 6:09 PM
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sungam wrote: qwert wrote: sungam wrote: jt512 wrote: ArchLinux, dude. ArchLinux. Jay Okay, I am doing it tonight. We'll see what happens... If I don't post for a few days, don't worry. I just wiped my whole hardrive while trying to partition. So what did happen in Kubuntuland that made you so desperate that you want to try arch ? qwert My laptop broke. Kubuntu was rad, and I like Mint and Ubuntu and Scientific Linux, I just want to try Arch because I am a dork.
Is it any good as non science desktop OS?
I am kinda intrigued by their long support cycles. With Fedora i am always on a way to old version, since i often simply cant risk upgrading my distro.
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sungam
Sep 28, 2011, 8:39 PM
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qwert wrote: sungam wrote: qwert wrote: sungam wrote: jt512 wrote: ArchLinux, dude. ArchLinux. Jay Okay, I am doing it tonight. We'll see what happens... If I don't post for a few days, don't worry. I just wiped my whole hardrive while trying to partition. So what did happen in Kubuntuland that made you so desperate that you want to try arch ? qwert My laptop broke. Kubuntu was rad, and I like Mint and Ubuntu and Scientific Linux, I just want to try Arch because I am a dork. You tried Scientific? Is it any good as non science desktop OS? I am kinda intrigued by their long support cycles. With Fedora i am always on a way to old version, since i often simply cant risk upgrading my distro. qwert
Also, even when you make the panels transparent, the "move this panel" bits at the side are still white with the tiny dots on, and it looks ugly.
If you are not a big dork these types of things likely aren't an issue. You definitely won't notice them if you run it "windows style" with the task launcher, task manager, and time/date all on a single bottom or top bar.
Other then the cosmetic stuff I lurv it, though. I think the file manager is really simple and easy to use, and it has little or no clutter on any of the windows. It is also fast.
Plus you get to feel like a badass cuz CERN and Fermilab made it 
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jt512
Sep 28, 2011, 10:23 PM
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qwert wrote: sungam wrote: qwert wrote: sungam wrote: jt512 wrote: ArchLinux, dude. ArchLinux. Jay Okay, I am doing it tonight. We'll see what happens... If I don't post for a few days, don't worry. I just wiped my whole hardrive while trying to partition. So what did happen in Kubuntuland that made you so desperate that you want to try arch ? qwert My laptop broke. Kubuntu was rad, and I like Mint and Ubuntu and Scientific Linux, I just want to try Arch because I am a dork. You tried Scientific? Is it any good as non science desktop OS? I am kinda intrigued by their long support cycles. With Fedora i am always on a way to old version, since i often simply cant risk upgrading my distro. qwert
I tried on a laptop a few years ago. I couldn't get videos to play, and I gave up and switched to another distro.
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sungam
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Okay, I am now running Arch on my desktop. Being so involved in the installation was rad, even if it did take (literally) all day. I'm gunna set up my desktop environment tomorrow moring. I am still unsure if I am going to use LXDE or GNOME, though.
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jt512
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sungam wrote: Okay, I am now running Arch on my desktop. Being so involved in the installation was rad, even if it did take (literally) all day. I'm gunna set up my desktop environment tomorrow moring. I am still unsure if I am going to use LXDE or GNOME, though.
I think LXDE is too light, and GNOME, too complicated, the latter requiring a truckload of dependencies that inevitably broke something eventually. When I used a DM, I thought xfce was just about right.
But, have you thought about foregoing the DM altogether, and just going with a window manager? I'm currently using xmonad, a tiling window manager, and I can't imagine ever wanting to go back to a non-tiling WM.
Jay
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My macbook woes continue. The power supply cable snapped at the strain relief. What an absolutely idiotic design!  It's less than a month over warranty and I can't open the stupid thing to fix it. Ended up cutting the wire and kluging the coax back together.
It really pisses me off that Apple products not only break just after the warranty expires but they are designed to have no serviceable parts. They do not stand behind their hardware at all.
I like the OS and the touchpad but I'm beginning to hate just about everything else.
I just started a new job and the systems there are built around Windows 7. It's been a while.
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sungam
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jt512 wrote: sungam wrote: Okay, I am now running Arch on my desktop. Being so involved in the installation was rad, even if it did take (literally) all day. I'm gunna set up my desktop environment tomorrow moring. I am still unsure if I am going to use LXDE or GNOME, though. I think LXDE is too light, and GNOME, too complicated, the latter requiring a truckload of dependencies that inevitably broke something eventually. When I used a DM, I thought xfce was just about right. But, have you thought about foregoing the DM altogether, and just going with a window manager? I'm currently using xmonad, a tiling window manager, and I can't imagine ever wanting to go back to a non-tiling WM. Jay
I think I will try simple first before I get carried away with over the top desktop effects. I'll check out xmonad, the tiling thing looks pretty rad.
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hafilax
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I'm the opposite. I turn off all of the extra desktop effects and animations.
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sungam
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hafilax wrote: I'm the opposite. I turn off all of the extra desktop effects and animations.
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unabonger
Nov 28, 2011, 12:23 AM
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linux is for poor people
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jt512
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unabonger wrote: linux is for poor smart people
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