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Because that 0,1% performance gain and those functions you're never gonna use are SOOOO important.
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Because the vSMP is much better as well as the page sharing and the hardware I/O support, sure if he wants a single core and no direct I/O control then virtual box is fine
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Do you even understand vSMP
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I am just tired of Windows and Mac fanboys.
I like Linux because you can do so much with it, and it is FREE.
However i don't wan't to lose my GMOD and all the other games in my steam.
Buuuut, steam for Linux soon
Still, i don't wan't dualboot.
Good my life is a pain in theanus.
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Linux fanboys are by far the most annoying people out there.
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Why? I think the fact that you can do whatever the fuck you want with it is a pretty strong argument.
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Thanks for the constructive input?
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When you work with servers you realize most the services do the same thing, sure unix is great, free, secure, and low resource. But people who go winB|0w$ sucks because you can't do anything never poked around much with windows. Most of the services you can customize pretty far, and usually run about the same assuming you don't next or /y everything.
For any desktop use I don't honestly understand the point of linux, you aren't going to be using a third of the features that makes linux great other than "free"
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Actually, I am. I'm a desktop Linux user myself, and have been for years, and so is my fiancee. We're both customizing the shit out of Linux, and being able to recode a lot of shit really helps towards this goal. Also, removing unwanted features with Portage in Gentoo fucking rocks anyones socks way off.
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Considering the program is a limited time beta, I think I can live without.
Wake me up when VmWare Player has it, at-least there I won't have to worry about a time frame.
And let's not forget
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I have Fedora and W7 installed. If I want to "refresh" my W7 install, how would I go about this? If I take the installation W7 CD and select my C partition, it should normally leave the Linux partition unharmed, right (since it's plain invisible to windows)?
And installing Ubuntu requires the same swap partitions as Fedora I guess? (not doing much with Fedora so might as well go back to Ubuntu).
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Wow, arguments/discussions because of my opinion?
Not good
I just love Linux, even tho' I'm not a pro at terminal etc.
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Generally the people using the "winB|0w$" or "micro$oft" terms are looked down upon and of course you can mess with Windows to make it do what you want, but I find that Linux is a lot easier to play with in terms of settings. If someone wants to use Windows or even Mac they can go right ahead if it suits their needs and the same goes for Linux.
There's also a lot of features that a Linux server doesn't use that a Linux desktop would use. It would be wise to note there's a difference between the two.
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Wow, I'm really loving Arch.
Might replace Fedora with it on my crap computer.
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You should be able to just install Windows on your NTFS partition and Fedora will be fine. The only problem that could occur is if GRUB is your primary boot loader. Installing Windows might get rid of that.
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So that would result in either everything exploding and screwing up both OS'es or Fedora will just become unbootable, but that's no huge problem since I'm going back to Ubuntu...
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It should leave Fedora alone. All you would need to do is go back and reinstall grub to the MBR in order to boot back in.
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Try Cinnamon, it's built ontop of GNOME 3 and shares GNOME 2's layout. A very nice crossover if I do say so myself. (I know I'm late to answer, but it can't hurt.)
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boot from a live CD, reinstall GRUB, and the problem is gone.
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If i uninstall wubi will windows still boot? Basically need to know if wubi replaces MBR with grub, and if i uninstall will it put MBR back in the event that it does indeed use grub...
Reason I'm uninstalling it is because when i chose to boot from ubuntu on startup it goes to the ubuntu loading screen, then once it's done loading the screen just goes black.
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Has anyone tried crunchbang? If so how is it?
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I've had good experiences.
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is there a way to dualboot with windows?
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wubi is installed inside Windows, and so it uses the Windows bootloader. Nothing is replaced at any time.
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Really want to get on with Arch, but on the other hand.
I know very little about linux, so maybe i should really go for a other distro.
Or set it up in virtualbox/vmware so i can practice.
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Just set up VirtualBox already?
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Lazyness.
I also said that i should maybe just go for a more self-installing distro.
I like XFCE. And i always used Ubuntu, well apart for a month in Mint.
So Xubuntu could be a choice.
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For some reason grub installed onto my live usb instead of on the hard drive.... anyway to fix this? Also can I change the size of the partition I gave it, accidentally fucked it up.
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Reinstall grub, then select your harddrive as the installation target and not the USB. How did you even manage to do that?
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NO clue, I even used the reccomended side by side settings... Idk the command to reinstall grub and idk how to view the name of my hard dive on ubuntu.. I think when I clicked on the advance settings tab during installation i may have changed it....... This never happened when installing on my desktop, but if I don't boot from usb linux wont load and it says that there is an error with a partition then proceeds to boot windows. When I search all the boot folders for grub nothing shows up, but when i search the usb for grub it appears, and i checked the partition to make sure that linux is indeed there, so I'm sur grub did only make it to the usb. D: but yes what's the command and how do i view my hard drive name in ubuntu.
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Sorry shitty grammar I'm kinda nervous im going to fuck shit up and I don't have w7 disks. D:
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AND ive searched ask ubuntu and it seems no one has asked anything about accidentally installing grub on their live usb, and it seems everyone gives different commands in the terminal for reinstalling it.
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Just deleted everything gonna re install, only thing is now on boot up it says that my main partition isnt consistent, then tries to check it but automatically cancels. How do i fix this?
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VMware player has it the beta just has the enhanced verison of it
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Arch may not be for you then
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Presumably you get the option during installation. I haven't tried dualbooting crunchbang. If it doesn't provide the option just get a grub installation disk and it should detect everything
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Is it worth the time costumizing and building stuff with portage on Gentoo? And does it take much more time than 3-4 hours building almost all the stuff? I might try out Gentoo or Sabayon so I just want to know what to avoid as an experienced Arch user and do the preferred way.
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people are bullshitting you, installing arch is easy as taking a piss. Just load up a virtual machine and give it your best, follow a tutorial should you find it necessary.
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seriously I think the hardest part is manually partitioning your hard disk but that's just as easy if you skim some Arch Wiki pages on the subject beforehand.
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Installing Arch is easy, but long.
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Hey guys, got a quick question;
What is the most lightweight DE for Arch Linux? Like, something that can be crammed up in a maximum of 1.1 GB (2 GB USB stick, mind you).
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You basically have three choices:
LXDE
XFCE
Or a 'custom-built' DE with only the things you need, using a WM of your choice.
I've personally done the last thing, I just installed e-svn and just added apps I find myself using a lot - Chrome, Abiword, Audacious, urxvt, wine, etc etc
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The last option is quite out of my league, I'm just a Linux beginner :p
So, out of LXDE and XFCE, which one has the biggest advantage? I see LXDE has a smaller size, but I've used XFCE on a VM once and liked it, never tried LXDE though.
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LXDE is just as tiny as possible, basically..Its just the bare essentials. I don't like it personally.
And what exactly is so hard about the last option? The hardest part might be setting up xinitrc, really..Once you get the WM running, everything else is easy.
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Very well then.. I'm waiting for some recommendations. My goal is to create a tiny and quick operating system which I can carry around.
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Well, again, I went with Enlightenment DR 17, e-svn in the arch repo, and I use LXDM as my display manager..It works well for me and makes for a fairly light and quick system.
You could also try Openbox (requires a decent amount of configuration), awesome (same), or any of the various window managers out there for Linux..
Once I got that all running I just checked the Common Applications page on the Arch wiki for apps to install and went from there. I looked for mostly GTK+ based stuff, since KDE based things pull a bunch of libs and its a waste of space..
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e-svn and all its dependencies (excluding Xorg) are only about 25 mb (!)
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