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Spookymikal
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So i'm considering switching to linux, but i'd like to give it an extended test run before i commit.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/21/usb-ubuntu-704-persistent-install/
If i follow these instructions, can this potentially fuck up my flash drive? I don't have anything file wise on it, i'd just like to not ruin it.
Does linux run better off of a CD than it does off of a flash? (i'd think the flash drive would have the advantage here)
Also, i have a friend with a busted cdrom in his laptop and a bad virus infection. If i use these instructions, will i also be able to easily install ubuntu onto his harddrive? It's just like running it off of a cdrom right?
ANSWER ME LINUX NERDS!
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/21/usb-ubuntu-704-persistent-install/
If i follow these instructions, can this potentially fuck up my flash drive? I don't have anything file wise on it, i'd just like to not ruin it.
Does linux run better off of a CD than it does off of a flash? (i'd think the flash drive would have the advantage here)
Also, i have a friend with a busted cdrom in his laptop and a bad virus infection. If i use these instructions, will i also be able to easily install ubuntu onto his harddrive? It's just like running it off of a cdrom right?
ANSWER ME LINUX NERDS!
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also didn't we just have a linux / neckbeard thread?
always helpful...
always
-Mikal-
how will you find epic lootz in Diablo 2 on a linux machine?
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you dont want that do you?
edit:
also spookster you should probably make your thread here if you want real help
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/forumdisplay.php?f=22
fightinfilipino, you are such a whiner
just tell them you need linux to check your girlfriend's emails to make sure she's not cheating on you with scott, even though you know scott is still with marsha and he wouldn't do that to her because he gave her his class ring that he got from kelly
of course, that was before you knew anything about the whole kelly/scott situation at the winter formal but it's all totally cool now brah, late
that's kinda the point of keeping it on a USB drive.
i have my USB linux for internet, etc that i can take anywhere with me and i have windows on my main machine for gaming.
-Mikal-
still, it's linux, so i made fun of him
last week his kernel grenaded itself and wiped the root directory
hahahahaha
By installing and running Diablo 2?
i know mikal's just running linux off a USB drive (which i still don't understand since he's already got Vista on his box and SP1 made things not so bad) but i wasn't aware there was a linux port of Diablo 2 out.
unless you're talking about running it through WINE, which is a bit more complicated.
edit: i didn't even see thorgot's post until now. whoops.jpg
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Not really. Install wine (two clicks in Synaptic), put the CD in the drive, double click install.exe.
do you hate having free time and a simple, trouble-free computer?
I prefer the "total control" defense
of course that's not why Ubuntu is popular at all
vista? no dude i'm on xp. on an old shitty dell. with 512 megs of ram.
this machine vomited at the thought of putting vista on it.
-Mikal-
I love Linux because I get to actually use my computer instead of spending hours doing dumb system maintenance shit Windows demands.
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It would be delicious and free, but whenever somebody notices you don't eat Windows they call you a hippy. Also, your little brother's annoying friend discovers that you can make a Linux sandwich from scratch using raw pig and wheat, then spends all day telling you how much faster he can eat it.
Am I like the only person that has not been raped in the ass by Windows? Because I simply have not experienced all of these horror stories that people keep bringing up.
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i'm *not* going linux only.
I'm putting linux on my USB drive so that i can set up my interface the way i like and it becomes portable. It's also useful for cracking WEP's and things of that nature.
I'm also doing it because it seems like the best way to fix my friend's laptop that has: a busted cd rom, and a very bad virus.
-Mikal-
we've got a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome here.
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Assembled by committee
Halfway through making it the deli employees would have philosophical differences and split the project, so you'd only get half a sandwich
Windows makes it easy to do simple things and fucking ridiculous to do complicated things. It's also terribly fragile due to reliance on ancient brain-damage like the registry.
Holy shit, the registry, I could write a whole post about what a bad idea that is.
Must be doing something wrong...
Uses the same brands of meat and bread as Linux, but they also put on a half pint of mayo and you can't ask them to hold it. All the customization applications are ported from Linux, or the related sandwich BSD, but none of it expects the mayo to be there.
other than gaming
what are you missing using a mac in terms of functionality?
THAT'S GAY
How can you say that about Windows 3.1
YES YOU CAN
I'M RIGHT CLICKING RIGHT NOW
in terms of functionality, how is a 2002 ferrari f430 different than a 1992 honda civic del sol?
i mean... they both do the same thing.
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