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Seiven
04/23/09

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this issue will be if the i386 distro that is out will even install on the PS3...I will try tonight, but we may have to wait and see if a PPC copy even gets released.
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Seiven
04/23/09

@Seiven: not sure if this link is just down now, or if it will be back up, but here is a port for PS3/PPC: [launchpad.net]
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dingus
04/23/09

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Just in time! This weekend I'm un-switching by giving my Macbook to the wife and setting up Ubuntu on a cheap PC laptop.

The reason? She wants to do all sorts of media stuff that her old K7 based HP Pavilion tank can't handle and I spend most of my time in a terminal or a browser.
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Seiven
04/23/09

@dingus: they have a netbook specific distro too, I now have an excuse to pick up a Dell mini, MSI Wind, or Asus netbook...which do you think would make the best ultra portable internet appliance?
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Seiven
04/23/09

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downloading now...hey you!..yeah you...get off my mirror...your taking up all the bandwidth!!!
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dingus
04/23/09

@Seiven: Grab .torrents at one of the mirrors and keep up the seeding.
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Seiven
04/23/09

@dingus: indeed...and none of this "I support the community I seed 1:1" bullshit...seed it till it hurts bitches
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Nick
04/23/09

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my buddy installed ubuntu to give it a go. i told him to do a dual boot, but he wanted to be cool. he is back to XP now.
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alexvanduyn
04/23/09

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You mean that Ubuntu does not mean an ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other? It's software? Wha?
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Kaiser-Machead
04/23/09

@alexvanduyn: Maybe we can name the final build of Ubuntu "Hedonist Homosapien"
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OMG! Ponies!
04/23/09

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I'm trying to decide which is more useless - Ubuntu or tits on a bull.
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Dr Durdon
04/23/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Tits are tits, no matter where they are. I can find uses for tits on an alligator for chrissake. Don't test me!
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Dr Durdon
04/23/09

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Disclaimer - This is not a flame.

I ordered a Mini 9 with Ubuntu and tinkered around with it while I waited for my upgrade parts to arrive, on which I was going to install Windows.

I hated it. I get that it's customizeable and virus free and that "real" computer users love it, but I understand why after trying to use it. It's not user friendly at all, and I would have to spend a lot of time reading HOW to do something before actually doing it. I'm just not a command-line type of guy.

I mean it doesn't use Flash. Any idea how much of my internet browsing consists of using Flash? I love YouTube and blogs often link to videos that I was unable to watch. That alone is enough to glady leave Ubuntu and Linux behind.

It was a slick interface, but it seems you need to know a decent chunk about programming to get the most out of it. I prefer to be lazy and use the years of knowledge I've already racked up with Windows. With that said, I commend those patient/smart enough to get some great use out of it.
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
04/23/09

@Dr Durdon: Installing Flash is super easy. If that's your only reason for leaving it behind, you're making a mistake.

[help.ubuntu.com]

For other media codecs, take a look at this:

[help.ubuntu.com]

Ubuntu really isn't as difficult as you are making it out to be. It's different, to be sure, but the learning curve isn't all that high. Still, if you'd rather stick with Windows, more power to you.
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Dr Durdon
04/23/09

@HeartBurnKid uses Linux: the taint of OS's: This link is much more helpful than the forums I was browsing. Looks like even I could've figured this out. Thanks for the heads up, I haven't written it off forever, but my Mini will stick to Windows ;)
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dallasmay
04/23/09

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Linux on the desktop:

Still looks like 1995.
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kd420
04/23/09

@dallasmay: You are either an idiot or a troll. Seeing how Linux can be made to look like ANY other OS (Mac/XP/Vista) your point is wrong.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/23/09

@kd420: It DOES look oddly dated by default, though not nearly as far back as 95. It looks like a mix between an older version of Windows and one of the earliest versions of OS X.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/23/09

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Evil Echidna is due out sometime in 2012. Pending our survival past that year, Incestuous Ibis and Raunchy Rhino will follow.
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OMG! Ponies!
04/23/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Leprosy Lizard is next on the roadmap, followed by Masochistic Monkey, Narcissist Nematode, and Overtly-Sexual Osprey.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/23/09

@OMG! Ponies!: At least we know Ubuntu will get fresh adjective+animal names for some time, like Jaundiced Jewfish, Tourett-ridden Tortoise, Sadistic Swan and Flaming Flamingo.
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oyumurtaci
04/23/09

@Kaiser-Machead: No Wanking Wildcat?
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Kaiser-Machead
04/23/09

@oyumurtaci: That's OS X 10.7
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