Thread: Linux users

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

As for the word Vi**a, it's all about personal censoring due to the lovely experiences that I've been having with it. There are 2 good things I can say about it:
1) It drove me to finally truly switch to Linux
2) It has a great partitioning tool that enabled the tryout run in the first place

Vista 64 bit edition works pretty well. I'ts what I use at home. With SP1 there are much improvements that take away some of the annoyances.
I am curious about Windows 7. From what I've learned so far, it's looking very interesting.

I have to admit that I only use a couple of apps, and only recent ones.
Office 2007
Visual Studio 2008
Handful of smaller apps.

Bruno, I'm actually tunning SP1 64-bit and still had apps crashin' on me like Ontario drivers. Considering that the hardware is brand new, the system was kept clean and the apps weren't anything ultra resource-intensive, this should not have been happening. I would have been forced to run a virtual 32-bit XP box anyways, so I might as well do it from a more stable system.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Bruno, I'm actually tunning SP1 64-bit and still had apps crashin' on me like Ontario drivers. Considering that the hardware is brand new, the system was kept clean and the apps weren't anything ultra resource-intensive, this should not have been happening. I would have been forced to run a virtual 32-bit XP box anyways, so I might as well do it from a more stable system.

64 bit and especially Vista lives or dies by the device drivers.
I hand picked all components for their 64 Vista support, so that is probably the reason.

Vista itself is pretty amazing at the kernel level.
Unfortunately it's plagued by app incompatibility, crappy driver support and too much crap integrated in the GUI / Shell

Currently dual booting XP and SLamd64 on my main machine.

Been using various flavours of linux off and on for about 10 years, and have had quite a long relationship with Mandrake/Mandriva on my main desktop box; sadly, that`s now over and I`ve started to look at 64 bit distros (AVOID SABAYON at all costs!!)

been running PClinux on my laptop as the sole OS for about 18 months or so and I am VERY happy with it. The desktop machine is a different matter and I now want something that`ll be able to get the most out of my 64bit box.

No, it aint easy to learn (esp a Slackware derivative), but it`s well worth it in my opinion.

Mark

ps. Just counted the number of linux CD`s/DVD`s I have, and I`ve close to 75; some distro`s I just have 1 version of, others I have 5 or 6.

Yes, I`ve tried them all.

First off, I think it's awesome to see so many people with similar, unusual sets of hobbies. It seems a large portion of the nerds likely to run Linux are coincidentally also the type not to shave at all, let alone with a cutthroat.

I've been using Ubuntu for around a year and a half. Until recently my only computer was a laptop which I needed to be stable and usable, so I didn't want to mess around with the more exotic distros, but I just finished building a new desktop and I think I'm going to hold my breath and jump into Slackware... as soon as I have time. Let's say around Thanksgiving.

My migration to Intrepid is complete. Now it installs proper WiFi without having to go hunting for drivers. The better version of aMSN is already in the repos, so the only issue I had with it (other than transferring some app settings) was Google Earth. I had to reinstall it and now I can only run it under gksudo. For those of you who like exotic desktop effects (assuming you have the video card to handle them), Compiz-Fusion works like a charm.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

For those of you who like exotic desktop effects (assuming you have the video card to handle them), Compiz-Fusion works like a charm.

Charmed by the furry toothed Linux geek fairy. What a wonderful way to go.

Any road, and just to add some dinosaur flavour to this thread:

1. Started using Unix in 1988.
2. First installed Linux in 1993.
3. Founded first Linux User Group in 1994.
4. Started liking Linux in 2032.

Contrary to popular belief, Linux is neither a way of life, nor a replacement for it. The latter might come as an unpleasant surprise to Gentoo and Debian users. Instead, it is an operating system with an ever growing stream of software whose common denominator is an extremely high suction factor.

For completeness's sake, find a screenshot of my wife's desktop below.