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you would
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Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 01:08AMPosts: 2039 |
I've been reading into it a lot lately, and I think I'm going to give Ubuntu a try. Any thoughts, recommendations, cautions I should know about before I install? | ||
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Joined: Sat Dec 17 2005, 08:51PMPosts: 3128 |
Ubuntu is the least user friendly thing ever, as are most linux versions. At work, I use a mac with the terminal, and ssh to various linux boxes. I know you don't have a mac though, so that's out of the question... I'd say rhel (redhat) or fedore core are your best bets. |
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you would
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Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 01:08AM Posts: 2039 |
I shoulda stated the reason I'm leaning towards linux. I'm looking to get closer to the operating system so to speak, since I'm in school for IT. So non user friendly isn't necessarily a bad thing for me here. Besides, I was thinking of doing a dual boot setup, so I wouldn't be quitting windows cold turkey (lol?) | ||
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Registered Member #75
Joined: Sat Dec 17 2005, 08:51PM Posts: 3128 |
Dual booting is always good, but still the thing about ubuntu is that it is "close to the OS", but it really doesn't help you with it at all. For example, I installed something on ubuntu today as root via sudo, and it worked fine. then I went to where i installed it (a root only folder), and tried to run it. Instead of telling me "Permissions not sufficient" or something like that, it just said that it failed, causing me to think the program was fucked, when in reality all I had to do was run it as root. Honestly though, they're all pretty good. Go with ubuntu if you want, but my favorite is definitely FC5/RHEL. You can always experiment with them all. dualbootingissohot. you can fix windows crap in unix in 5 minuets, as opposed to reinstalling your whole windows again. HOT Edited Tue Jul 22 2008, 02:33PM |
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| Rusty |
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FTS Server Op
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Joined: Wed Mar 01 2006, 06:33PMPosts: 2682 |
you're so sexy when you talk about computers KD | ||
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Registered Member #75
Joined: Sat Dec 17 2005, 08:51PM Posts: 3128 |
turns out i'm retarded; i've never actually used the ubuntu GUI, only done stuff through ubuntu servers. I talked to someone about it this morning and ubuntu does have a pretty nice GUI they said. Tap dat ubuntu. | ||
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| gLiTch |
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Anal Assassin
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Joined: Mon Oct 09 2006, 04:58AMPosts: 3848 |
redhat is garbage | ||
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| Maddogme |
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Registered Member #964
Joined: Sat Jan 12 2008, 07:23PMPosts: 1776 |
ubuntu wtf is that? some african language or something? | ||
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| Matador |
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Joined: Mon Jul 16 2007, 03:43AMPosts: 71 |
ubuntu sucks balls for me, i love gentoo and redhat, but id lean more for gentoo, always ran smoother for me. | ||
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Joined: Sat Dec 17 2005, 08:51PM Posts: 3128 |
gLiTchâ„¢ wrote ... redhat is garbage ur faise is garbage. it's basically preference. who cares which one Edited Tue Jul 22 2008, 08:00PM |
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