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Offline JC Denton

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or do a dastardly triple boot with 98se, 2k, and Linux (what I'm planning on doing sometime next week).

Except there's no support for 98se anymore...oh, well...maybe use ME with a good memory manager...
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Offline Kamikaze

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Originally posted by JC Denton
or do a dastardly triple boot with 98se, 2k, and Linux (what I'm planning on doing sometime next week).

Except there's no support for 98se anymore...oh, well...maybe use ME with a good memory manager...


I do exactly that, I have 98, 2k and debian. I might quad with something else sometime.. :D
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Offline JC Denton

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heh, 40 gb isn't hardly enough for 4 OSes...guess I'd better spring for an extra 80gb.

BTW, I'm going to use Mandrake Linux 9 beta 3 (because I already have burned on CD).  Unless someone has a better suggestion?
"I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will -- and a hell of a lot of money in the bargain. Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all. For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain."  - Gene Roddenberry

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Offline Kamikaze

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I definitely recommend debian, gentoo or sorcerer than any other linux version... (well maybe not all...)

The reason being the update style. For things like redhat, mandrake, slackware etc. you have to go through update hell each time a new kernel is released or a major change is implemented...

With debian you just click "update" and go get a coffee and check it occasionally. It's that simple.

So actually I recommend debian of those three 'cause it's probably the most widely supported.

(by the way I have 3 OSs on this 8 gig drive :p)

Edit: Read this: http://www.distrowatch.com/article-rpm.php
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation . . .Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman

 

Offline JC Denton

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Is there somewhere I can get the full CD without ordering it?  The Debian site only has the minimalist downloadable ISO.
"I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will -- and a hell of a lot of money in the bargain. Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all. For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain."  - Gene Roddenberry

"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few." - George Bernard Shaw

 

Offline Kamikaze

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I haven't seen debian being sold in stores but I live in a relatively small city so. You'd probably have to order or downlaod though.
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation . . .Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman

 

Offline Gortef

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Originally posted by demon442


As far as I (or The ScreenSavers) can tell nothing is messed up by deleting the file.  But its only been a day since i've done it, so i'd suggest make a backup in a seperate directory and deleting the original.

EDIT: Of course it solves the security issue.  Do you think i'd put destructive info on the [sucking up] Greatest BB On the Net [/sucking up]


Thanks for the info

and sorry I didn't mean to question you reliability
I just wanted to be sure that's all... :p
Habeeb it...

 

Offline Nico

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ok, let say I install linux. and then? I throw 3dsmax, renegade, photoshop, fs2, etc, etc etc, away?
SCREW CANON!

 

Offline Sandwich

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Originally posted by Kamikaze


I do exactly that, I have 98, 2k and debian. I might quad with something else sometime.. :D


Heh - exactly the setup I'm gonna have once I get the time to install Linux. :)
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Offline Kamikaze

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Originally posted by venom2506
ok, let say I install linux. and then? I throw 3dsmax, renegade, photoshop, fs2, etc, etc etc, away?


let's pick this list apart....

3ds - use an emulator
renegade - use an emulator
photoshope - switch to gimp :p
fs2 - emulator (and it's being converted...)
and so on.

OR
you could use lindoes instead, or you could even run linux on top of winxp.
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation . . .Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman