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so i just installed ubuntu
2009-03-21, 5:10 PM #1
and i wonder why i ever used windows. the efficiency of this os is just astounding.

too bad i still have to use windows for some programs =(
2009-03-21, 5:17 PM #2
So is the neckbeard clipped-on? :v:
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2009-03-21, 6:01 PM #3
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2009-03-21, 6:03 PM #4
Reid: Install wine, you can run many windows apps under linux.

2009-03-21, 6:08 PM #5
I installed Ubuntu in VirtualBox for the first time yesterday. It was freakin awesome. I then tried to get a Compiz-style multiple desktop going so that I could have Ubuntu fullscreen/seamless on one desktop and Vista on another, but alas, there are no good ones for Vista :(

Reid: Some alternatives to wine are CrossOver (they were giving it away for free a few months ago), or, if you have your Windows CD / an extra key maybe, run Windows as a guest in VirtualBox an do what I was trying to do except with real Compiz :awesome:



[/U](Here's the how-to written by the guy who made the video -- it's also in the YT video description: http://n00buntu.blogspot.com/2007/11/tutorial-ubuntu-compiz-virtualboxmagic.html)
一个大西瓜
2009-03-21, 6:41 PM #6
Compiz probably won't work well in a VM unless maybe you use the 3d virtualization in the latest VirtualBox 2.2.0 beta. Haven't tried that yet.

2009-03-21, 7:04 PM #7
No I mean Compiz on the host OS, not the guest, and then Fullscreen or Seamless the VM so it feels like you're running two OSes at once, switchable by virtual desktop.
一个大西瓜
2009-03-21, 7:52 PM #8
Oh I thought you meant Vista was the host OS from what you were saying.

2009-03-21, 8:10 PM #9
Originally posted by Reid:
and i wonder why i ever used windows. the efficiency of this os is just astounding.

too bad i still have to use windows for some programs =(


I enjoyed ubuntu too but, i didn't see how it was anymore efficient. The same tasks usually take about the same about of clicks, and mouse movements. And I find that 'performance' wise, windows XP is better, on a low-end machine, so I dont find the efficiency astounding
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2009-03-21, 8:21 PM #10
Come back in a month and tell me if you're still using Ubuntu there, Reid.
2009-03-21, 8:26 PM #11
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
Come back in a month and tell me if you're still using Ubuntu there, Reid.


this
2009-03-21, 9:44 PM #12
I tried that once, i regret it to this day.
2009-03-21, 9:53 PM #13
Originally posted by The Mega-ZZTer:
Oh I thought you meant Vista was the host OS from what you were saying.


Oh yeah, I did mean Vista was the host for myself -- what I meant was that I was trying to get a Compiz-style multiple desktop going in Vista (not the virtualized Ubuntu) so that I could run Ubuntu fullscreen on another desktop and switch back and forth.

What I was suggesting for Reid though was the reverse (Ubuntu host, run multiple desktops and fullscreen Vista on one of the desktops)
一个大西瓜
2009-03-21, 11:04 PM #14
Like the people above wrote, we'll see if you are still using it in a month. All the minor annoyances add up and you will eventually switch back.
2009-03-22, 10:11 AM #15
well, i guess we'll see later.

what minor annoyances exists? i just toyed with its graphical settings and left for the evening
2009-03-22, 10:50 AM #16
My second rig (which I really haven't found a purpose for, other than staying connected when my main is down) runs ubuntu with blackbox.
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2009-03-22, 10:59 AM #17
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
Come back in a month and tell me if you're still using Ubuntu there, Reid.


I've been using it for 2 months. What's the deal?
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2009-03-22, 11:23 AM #18
Two and a half years :v:
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2009-03-22, 11:28 AM #19
Originally posted by TheCarpKing:
Two and a half years :v:


Ideal age of CarpKing's mate ;)

(sorry, obligatory :P)
2009-03-22, 11:31 AM #20
I'd still be using it but I'm too retarded to get installing things down.
2009-03-22, 11:57 AM #21
Originally posted by JediKirby:
I've been using it for 2 months. What's the deal?


Something screws up, be it drivers, packages, incompatible windows software, whatever, and becomes such a huge pain in the *** that you realize "why in the world am I using this crap" and switch back to Windows.
2009-03-22, 12:00 PM #22
Originally posted by JediKirby:
I've been using it for 2 months. What's the deal?


this explains why you never do anything
2009-03-22, 12:35 PM #23
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
I'd still be using it but I'm too retarded to get installing things down.


Then I guess you should study 4 years into it.
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2009-03-22, 1:00 PM #24
Originally posted by ECHOMAN:
Then I guess you should study 4 years into it.


Echoman, don't bother making points like this one, I can easily counter you.
2009-03-22, 1:07 PM #25
You guys suck .(
2009-03-22, 2:17 PM #26
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
You guys suck .(


Aw, c'mon :P
2009-03-22, 2:18 PM #27
Only for cold hard cash mate.

oooops, wrong thread...

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2009-03-22, 2:25 PM #28
Originally posted by saberopus:
Aw, c'mon :P


Naw it's cool. If we can't rip off threat titles we need to rip off quotes.:P
2009-03-22, 11:31 PM #29
Ubuntu is awesome but I love 2 things that it does not offer 1) video games 2) Visual Studio

thats why i dual boot. :)
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