Tech Rants

[Ishmael Moridin 0]

We didn't have a thread for technical stuff ... so I thought, why not make one

 

To start with, let us Linux users list out the distros we have tried.

 

My list:

Ubuntu

OpenSUSE

Redhat

Mandriva

Arch - current

[Tosh 8]

I've tried Ubuntu, but I don't regularly use Linux.

 

I have named my current computer Lazarus, for how many times I've had to ressurect it.

[AshSnow 0]

I've fiddle around a bit with SSH on a Linux machine, long ago. That's about it. It was to run counter strike:source servers.

 

Only other thing I've done is Visual Basic programming.

[Ishmael Moridin 0]

I have named my current computer Lazarus, for how many times I've had to ressurect it.

 

I should follow that advice as well ... well to put it in a nutshell ... I have managed to wreck my computer in every which way possible via software.

 

Btw, my user is called ishmael and my computer's name is shayol-ghul

[Vertex 23]

Me's doing KDEish debian in Kubuntu at the moment. And I use Vista for paying bills and to run 3Ds...I haven't done 3D in ages and ages though.

[AshSnow 0]

I should name my pc... =.

[Brynefan 2]

Ubuntu for nearly one and a half year. But I'm really starting to hate the computer itself. It's a huge old Acer which I can't take with me anywhere and the Wacom Tablets stopped working on it a while ago and nothing happens when I try to reinstall. I'd really prefer a Macbook.

 

I tried to make an old Compaq laptop usable again by installing DeLi Linux (Desktop Light). I haven't used it much, though.

[Ishmael Moridin 0]

I have heard of the Deli linux and the DSL ... both are light versions.

I chose to move to a configurable linux distro like gentoo or arch after having used Ubuntu for 1.5yrs. Configuring Arch linux was an absolute pain ... it is almost as complex as Gentoo. But they have good resources and docs available online. For almost 2 days, I used only the command prompt and the links command line web browser

[Vertex 23]

Command line stuff and terminals are always evil to me. I never remember how to use them.

[Ishmael Moridin 0]

Try the links(or lynx) browser ... its pretty simple

I am yet to configure the wifi card ... but otherwise the new Arch distro is completely upto speed now

[jan 14]

I've tried out some distros long long back to review them. Wanna try Ubuntu now.

[Vertex 23]

I think I better stay away from links(or lynx) for as long as possible. What if I started to use it and liked it more than normal browsers

[Ishmael Moridin 0]

I think Ubuntu is the best distro for someone testing out linux after a while. Its almost as auto-configured as vista. For me, I had nothing to left configure - the sound and the video cards, printer, cameras (digital and web), external HDDs, all were taken care of just at installation.

 

On the other hand Arch linux did not auto-configure even the DNS server.

 

Well, the advantages of using a command line based browser are that one doesn't have to wait for flash images to load or deal with pop-ups (there aren't any ).

[Ishmael Moridin 0]

Sorry about the double post.

 

Does anyone have any experience of running VOIP phone clients (justvoip/freevoip/etc) on linux machines ? I read somewhere it will run through wine.

[Brynefan 2]

Well, the advantages of using a command line based browser are that one doesn't have to wait for flash images to load or deal with pop-ups (there aren't any ).

 

I use NoScript with Firefox so I rarely see pop-ups and flash is normally inactivated until I say otherwise