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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => Hobbies and Recreation => Computer and Electronics => Topic started by: Kor on April 20, 2008, 03:10:21 AM

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Kor on April 20, 2008, 03:10:21 AM

I have no knowledge of Linux myself but though some here may have varying amounts of knowledge about it and others may have questions about it, even if only to satisfy their curiosity.

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: action9000 on April 20, 2008, 03:33:26 AM

Moved to the computers forum.

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Petrie. on April 24, 2008, 04:37:25 PM

Tried it...too many bad drivers or faults that I can't live with.  My laptop computer is Windows based, therefore has hardware that probably has no Linux-made drivers for it.  I'd have to build from scratch if I really wanted Linux.

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 24, 2008, 06:03:26 PM

Linux isn't bad at all anymore.  Just don't try to install it on a computer more than 7 years old now and you'll be fine.  Linux has better drivers than vista at the moment. :rolleyes:

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Kor on April 24, 2008, 06:42:28 PM

It does?  Do the drivers work for certain types of linux better then others, or does each type have it's own set of drivers?   Is Linux as cpu intensive as windows (I assume) is?

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Petrie. on April 24, 2008, 10:00:19 PM

You mean CPU intensive?  Its less so from what I can tell.  There are actually distros out there which allow the OS to be loaded into memory if you've enough RAM, thus you really don't have to call on the harddrive.

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Kor on April 25, 2008, 01:46:57 AM

Is that the live cd things I've heard about?  I wonder how much you can do with that as opposed to having it installed on a hard drive, since for one how can you install drivers in a live cd.  I've heard Linux is very bad when it comes to finding drivers for stuff.  though that the software is less expensive and more efficient at using computer resources.

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Petrie. on April 25, 2008, 08:12:11 AM

Yeah, I've tried those.  Linux is really fast then. :p  They do work to a point, but I need my soundcard and the audio programs I can get won't work with it. :(

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: kjeldo on April 25, 2008, 10:36:54 AM

i don't like linux very much,

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 25, 2008, 02:55:48 PM

Linux isn't for most people, however if you can use it, you should.  As for running linux only on the live CD, I wouldn't recommend it.  You'd have to store files on your HD anyways and it's not so nice to your CD drive to leave it running all the time.

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Kor on April 25, 2008, 04:05:42 PM

I guess it would be about the same as watching one dvd after the other for hours and days at a time.  If I were to get a live cd it would only be to try out that linux for a while, though I don't have a dvd writer that can write, though that is off topic.  

Is there much difference between the various types of linux?

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: landbeforetimelover on April 25, 2008, 05:44:49 PM

How many times can I say this?  A linux live CD is not the full linux!  All it's made to do is help you recover files that you have on a computer you can't boot windows yet and it provides a GUI for ease of setup.  It installs no drivers and you can't even get online with just the live CD.

Title: Linux Discussion
Post by: Kor on April 25, 2008, 08:41:44 PM

That is not what I was going to use a live cd for, but it sounds like you want to argue so I"ll leave this thread and you can argue by yourself.  Good luck.