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OK so my Ubuntu disc arrived in the mail today XD
Is it better or worse than XP?
Just wondering cause I might install Ubuntu if its better
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: |
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Ubuntu is open source, windows is not. ubuntu takes like 10mb of your ram, windows takes 250. Ubuntu gives you full administrator rights over your computer, windows prevents you at some places.
1.Ubuntu is based on GNU which was created to give the user freedom whilst Windows locks their users in more restrictions for every version released.
2. Refer to 1.
Conclusion:
Ubuntu is better, although windows is more adapted for games. So if you're a gamegeek I'd say use windows.
Else -> ubuntu,.
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| Safko wrote: | Ubuntu is open source, windows is not. ubuntu takes like 10mb of your ram, windows takes 250. Ubuntu gives you full administrator rights over your computer, windows prevents you at some places.
1.Ubuntu is based on GNU which was created to give the user freedom whilst Windows locks their users in more restrictions for every version released.
2. Refer to 1.
Conclusion:
Ubuntu is better, although windows is more adapted for games. So if you're a gamegeek I'd say use windows.
Else -> ubuntu,. |
great thing im not a gamegeek XD
lol
i will make poll
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: |
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Linux is the best OS in my opinion. Open source. Don't take up lots of RAM. Nice graphics (Ubuntu comes with Compiz Fusion) and most the programs are open source. The only thing is Wine can't let you use all the windows programs you want and since like no1 uses Linux, I'm pretty sure there are like no drivers for it.
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Ok i also got Ubuntu server edition hoping i would be able to make a file hosting server and stuff
i should be getting some reasonable PC's for free/small charge soon so can i make a server using them?
i got a few old HDD's that i could connect to host
is there a tut somewhere for this?
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| Zelda_454 wrote: | Ok i also got Ubuntu server edition hoping i would be able to make a file hosting server and stuff
i should be getting some reasonable PC's for free/small charge soon so can i make a server using them?
i got a few old HDD's that i could connect to host
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Don't use PC's for Servers =P. If your getting an Ubuntu server that will be just fine. Ever wonder why games never use PC servers and only Linux xD.
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| oib111 wrote: | | Zelda_454 wrote: | Ok i also got Ubuntu server edition hoping i would be able to make a file hosting server and stuff
i should be getting some reasonable PC's for free/small charge soon so can i make a server using them?
i got a few old HDD's that i could connect to host
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Don't use PC's for Servers =P. If your getting an Ubuntu server that will be just fine. Ever wonder why games never use PC servers and only Linux xD. |
im confused?
would some old PC's WORK?
im not looking to host something big or open up a commercial site just experimenting to open up my knowledge and start exploring this topic
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Lol of course Windows works. It's just most gaming servers use Linux for reasons I never really felt like researching xD
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While I do in general prefer Linux to Windows, Ubuntu is dumbed down to the point you can barely consider it Linux.
If I had to pick only one, I'd go with XP, strictly for compatibility reasons. Ubuntu can be run live without installing it, so you can get a feel for it before you install anything(just remember it'll be really slow running off the cd-rom.)
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| oib111 wrote: | | Lol of course Windows works. It's just most gaming servers use Linux for reasons I never really felt like researching xD |
PC does not mean computer with windows on it. However, it is refered that way, this guy means PC as just a regular computer. And obviously from the way he is talking, he is going to put linux on it.
Yes, to make a server it is really easy!
open terminal
Sudo apt-get install apache2
Type in your password
DONE!
Dont forget to setup your router for portforwarding Apache on port 80 
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| bam2550 wrote: | | oib111 wrote: | | Lol of course Windows works. It's just most gaming servers use Linux for reasons I never really felt like researching xD |
PC does not mean computer with windows on it. However, it is refered that way, this guy means PC as just a regular computer. And obviously from the way he is talking, he is going to put linux on it.
Yes, to make a server it is really easy!
open terminal
Sudo apt-get install apache2
Type in your password
DONE!
Dont forget to setup your router for portforwarding Apache on port 80 |
yes i mean a normal computer and yes im gonna install ubuntu on it and possibly aircrack ;] and apache2 sounds nice
and really easy
what can i do with that tho?
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You're full of shit and or retarded if you think Ubuntu takes 10mb of ram. And Windows doesn't limit you at all as to what you can do.
My fresh install of 8.04 uses high 600's right after boot. Search it and you'll find that other people have similar behavior.
My ArchLinux install sits at 90-100 and that's close to as minimalistic as you can get.
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I picked other. Why?
You can't compare them. It depends entirely on what you want it for... period.
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| [Psych] wrote: | I picked other. Why?
You can't compare them. It depends entirely on what you want it for... period. |
yep, there both good at differnt things. 
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| slovach wrote: | You're full of shit and or retarded if you think Ubuntu takes 10mb of ram. And Windows doesn't limit you at all as to what you can do.
My fresh install of 8.04 uses high 600's right after boot. Search it and you'll find that other people have similar behavior.
My ArchLinux install sits at 90-100 and that's close to as minimalistic as you can get. |
Notice that I did a "like 10 mb of your ram". I know though that it does NOT TAKE 600MB, bullshit. Well if you have 50 viruses and 32523 spywares running in the background, not even windows takes that much.
Who's retarded?
| missi0n wrote: | | [Psych] wrote: | I picked other. Why?
You can't compare them. It depends entirely on what you want it for... period. |
yep, there both good at differnt things. |
Windows is not good, it's not windows that is good at "gameplaying". It's the game-developers who makes the games compatible with Windows, and not Linux. If the games were adapted to linux the performance would increase very much!
The problem is though, that at least over 70% uses windows.
(No, I'm not using linux. I'm a windows user.)
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