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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #60 on: July 11, 2008, 04:51:03 PM »
Damn Vista... and I'm not an administrator. Can't download shit. I hate it with a fiery burning passion.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #61 on: July 11, 2008, 04:52:55 PM »
Bummer, I can't help you with Vista, XP on the other hand has a backdoor.
Are you sure you cant torrent? Have you ever tried?


EDIT: sorry, i forgot Vista doesn't come with a torrent program...never mind.

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #62 on: July 11, 2008, 04:54:39 PM »
And I cant download one and install it...  :wall

EDIT: The Ubuntu is for my computer that doesnt have the internet.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #63 on: July 11, 2008, 05:03:50 PM »
Sorry mate. Well, when you get it you will be very happy! And you should try to find a way to torrent things, because in October when 8.10 comes out your gonna want it, rumors have it there will be a full GUI overhaul and like a bunch of Awesome shit added!

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #64 on: July 11, 2008, 05:05:54 PM »
I am definitely looking forward to it. I'll have to find another computer to torrent it with.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #65 on: July 11, 2008, 06:31:42 PM »
Yeah, also as a quick reference, in case you did not know, the version number is the year and the month aka
7.10-October of 2007
8.04-April of 2008
8.10-October of 2008

PS. due to the lack of emotion over the inter net, I would like to point out that nothing in this post was meant to be Inflammatory. Just after reading it it kinda sounded like it could come off as, and i'm way to tired to try to figure out the words to make it unsuck. sorry if it comes off poorly.


Edit:why don't you just torrent it and make your own CD (thank you anti-ninja)

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I think your post is fine, not at all offending  ;)
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #66 on: July 11, 2008, 10:35:21 PM »

PS. due to the lack of emotion over the inter net, I would like to point out that nothing in this post was meant to be Inflammatory. Just after reading it it kinda sounded like it could come off as, and i'm way to tired to try to figure out the words to make it unsuck. sorry if it comes off poorly.
Its ok, and for the record, 99.9999% of what I say is bullcrap to start with so it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Answer - crap = I use an XP and find the Mac commercials funny.

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #67 on: July 12, 2008, 05:25:48 AM »
Hot women come pre packaged with ubuntu i think.

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #68 on: July 12, 2008, 05:37:19 AM »
Hot women come pre packaged with ubuntu i think.

Or you can use synaptic to get them.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #69 on: July 13, 2008, 05:38:16 AM »
I'm waiting for my Ubuntu live instalation CD...
If your computer is slow or has low memory, you probably want the alternate installation cd... The live cd wouldn't run on our old laptop.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #70 on: July 13, 2008, 08:28:58 AM »
Hot women come pre packaged with ubuntu i think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOnFdMf0RU

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #71 on: July 13, 2008, 11:38:12 AM »
I'm waiting for my Ubuntu live instalation CD...
If your computer is slow or has low memory, you probably want the alternate installation cd... The live cd wouldn't run on our old laptop.

The live CD's have an Alt install on them now.

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #72 on: July 14, 2008, 04:38:01 AM »
Favorite OS?  Well, that would be dependent upon the use to which I'm putting the rig.  For my server machines and anything requiring crazy stability and security, I use Linux.  For everything else I use Vista.  Vista = good.

I've had nothing but good experiences with Vista, which really makes me wonder wtf is wrong with other people.  The only bad experience I've had was actually not Vista's fault - it was nVidia's,  Fucking 790i motherboard and its fucked up FSB hole and general over/under-voltage.  Yargh!

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #73 on: July 14, 2008, 01:28:12 PM »
Damn Vista... and I'm not an administrator. Can't download shit. I hate it with a fiery burning passion.

does that mean you can't right clock stuff go into properties and give your self accsess to all function even if not an admin. (Don't think I'm an admin and I do that when it starts bitchin at me.  Except when I did it on KotOR to unlock cheats and it started telling me I was running emulator softeware then and couldn't play the game.)

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #74 on: July 14, 2008, 02:16:49 PM »
I've had nothing but good experiences with Vista, which really makes me wonder wtf is wrong with other people.  The only bad experience I've had was actually not Vista's fault - it was nVidia's,  Fucking 790i motherboard and its fucked up FSB hole and general over/under-voltage.  Yargh!
1) I absolutely fucking hate Office 2007. Why did they feel the need to completely change where everything is? And not include a "legacy skin"? I could relearn how to use the software but... I DON'T WANT TO! This is technically a separate issue from Vista, though.

2) It uses more resources, and in general runs slower on the same machine than XP would.

3) It wouldn't work with the bluetooth USB stub and bluetooth headset my wife bought. After a bit of tinkering, I got them working under Ubuntu Linux.

4) It does some kind of "scan" that takes forever (like 1-2 minutes) when you open a folder with a large number of video files and/or pictures. I haven't been able to completely fix this behavior, but have made it tolerable by turning off the thumbnail view.


Seriously... look around. There are plenty of legitimate complaints about Vista. These are just things I've disliked about it that I can think of off the top of my head. Mostly it is just a bloated piece of crap with a bunch of extra garbage that I don't use, which only serves to hog my PCs resources.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #75 on: July 14, 2008, 06:16:32 PM »
1) I absolutely fucking hate Office 2007. Why did they feel the need to completely change where everything is? And not include a "legacy skin"? I could relearn how to use the software but... I DON'T WANT TO! This is technically a separate issue from Vista, though.
Office sucks to begin with.

2) It uses more resources, and in general runs slower on the same machine than XP would.
How else do you expect to sell new hardware?

3) It wouldn't work with the bluetooth USB stub and bluetooth headset my wife bought. After a bit of tinkering, I got them working under Ubuntu Linux.
So, moral of the story is "It failed to work on Vista and Linux, but since I was willing to tinker around in Linux until it worked Vista sucks."  ???

4) It does some kind of "scan" that takes forever (like 1-2 minutes) when you open a folder with a large number of video files and/or pictures. I haven't been able to completely fix this behavior, but have made it tolerable by turning off the thumbnail view.
I disable my folders working like a web page and use the detail listing in XP. Try something like that in vista.

Seriously... look around. There are plenty of legitimate complaints about Vista. These are just things I've disliked about it that I can think of off the top of my head. Mostly it is just a bloated piece of crap with a bunch of extra garbage that I don't use, which only serves to hog my PCs resources.
Seems like you hate windows because its designed for people who have trouble understanding the difference between opening and file and previewing it. ...I can't say I blame you. Stupid tool tips, clipguy, fisherprice look in XP, lame CD burning, persistent update now crap, etc.



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[spoiler]Tiers break down into who has spellcasting more than anything else due to spells being better than anything else in the game.
6: Skill based. Commoner, Expert, Samurai.
5: Mundane warrior. Barbarian, Fighter, Monk.
4: Partial casters. Adapt, Hexblade, Paladin, Ranger, Spelltheif.
3: Focused casters. Bard, Beguiler, Dread Necromancer, Martial Adapts, Warmage.
2: Full casters. Favored Soul, Psion, Sorcerer, Wu Jen.
1: Elitists. Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Wizard.
0: Gods. StP Erudite, Illthid Savant, Pun-Pun, Rocks fall & you die.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #76 on: July 14, 2008, 07:48:26 PM »
So, moral of the story is "It failed to work on Vista and Linux, but since I was willing to tinker around in Linux until it worked Vista sucks."  ???
Linux is open source, so you can tinker around with it. There are whole forums of smart people who understand how Linux works, and have figured out most problems you might have with it. And if they haven't found that problem already, you can post it there, and someone will probably know how to at least attempt to fix it. If the drivers for something don't work in Windows, you're usually just screwed, IMX.

Also, in my experience so far, Ubuntu seems to support most hardware as well or better than Vista does. The bluetooth stub worked as soon as I plugged it in in Ubuntu (it was the headphones that gave me problems). Even after I installed the drivers from a cd in Vista, it kept wanting to reinstall them over and over for some reason, every time I inserted the thing.

I've always disliked alot of things about Windows, and have wanted to jump ship for quite some time, but there really weren't any viable, easy-to-use alternatives up until recently, unless you were willing to shell out the extra bucks for a Mac. Ubuntu seems like the first Linux OS that can actually replace Windows for the common user.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #77 on: July 15, 2008, 02:14:00 AM »
I've had nothing but good experiences with Vista, which really makes me wonder wtf is wrong with other people.  The only bad experience I've had was actually not Vista's fault - it was nVidia's,  Fucking 790i motherboard and its fucked up FSB hole and general over/under-voltage.  Yargh!
1) I absolutely fucking hate Office 2007. Why did they feel the need to completely change where everything is? And not include a "legacy skin"? I could relearn how to use the software but... I DON'T WANT TO! This is technically a separate issue from Vista, though.
Nothing to do with vista.  Next!

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2) It uses more resources, and in general runs slower on the same machine than XP would.
XP uses more resources and is slower on the same machine than win 98.  In fact, proportionately it's the same degree of increase.  Next!

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3) It wouldn't work with the bluetooth USB stub and bluetooth headset my wife bought. After a bit of tinkering, I got them working under Ubuntu Linux.
Drivers always need updating for new OSs.  Next!

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4) It does some kind of "scan" that takes forever (like 1-2 minutes) when you open a folder with a large number of video files and/or pictures. I haven't been able to completely fix this behavior, but have made it tolerable by turning off the thumbnail view.
Oh noes?  Turn it off for that folder?  Or leave it on and let it *gasp* finish for each folder.

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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #78 on: July 15, 2008, 03:26:46 AM »
And we care that XP is slower than windows 98 why :P? The power of the pcs goes up, but that doesn't mean that OS requirements should follow. I've run xubuntu linux on a 600 MHz, 128 Ram computer, which XP had trouble running. I even installed programs that require higher memory (like additional desktops and some programs), they run smoothly ^-^

Somehow almost everything in ubuntu seems to be plug and play. For example, my sister's dual boot ubuntu/XP. Ubuntu set up the lan properties and printer and internet (and mouse - which is a microsoft mouse with many buttons) by itself, without the need to download any drivers. I haven't yet managed to fix the internet settings in windows XP.
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Re: Which OS do you prefer?
« Reply #79 on: July 15, 2008, 08:53:36 AM »
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2) It uses more resources, and in general runs slower on the same machine than XP would.
XP uses more resources and is slower on the same machine than win 98.  In fact, proportionately it's the same degree of increase.  Next!

Vista lacks compatibility with 99% of my research & Analysis programs. :P (No really, it's a pain - I've had to reinstall XP to be able to run any of the FE systems I need)
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