Operating systems that do not suck. Are there any?

[sgreger1]

After you install Ubuntu windows will be gone already. I usually format my hard drive with the EXT3 and a linux swap. My swap is usually about one gig (1024 megabytes) , and the EXT3 is the rest. EXT3 should mount at /. You will see what I mean. The cd will guide you through this. I am not doing anything so feel free to ask questions.

I = know nothing about linux, so the EXT3 file system comment is a mystery to me. As is the "mout at /" lol.


I'm sure I will be able to figure it out once I get a good look at it. I really wish I had remained on the cutting edge like I used to, but life got in the way and I ahvn't really been doing much with computers for a couple of years.

[sgreger1]

yes. you should look to see what type of wireless interface is installed on your pc. not the router.

Got it, that i'll have to check when I get home too.

[sgreger1]

Is having a dual boot system going to sacrifice my system performance? Can I just have windows quietly sitting there incase I need it or is it going to affect how fast things run when i'm in ubuntu?

[badlands]

it wont hurt anything, but if you have only one hard drive you would have to use some software like partition magic to resize the NTFS file system that is default on Windows these days. I have seen bad things happen when using partition magic. It usually works ok, but sometimes things break. Just make sure you get good back ups of what you do not want to lose.

[sgreger1]

Yah I think i'll just get rid of windows completely. Don't want to deal with partitionmagic or any other bullshit.

So do I even need to wipe my drive or will Ubuntu do that for me on installation if I chose the "Use the entire disk" option at setuop

[badlands]

ubuntu does it for you. pretty much holds your hand through out install.

[sgreger1]

ubuntu does it for you. pretty much holds your hand through out install.

Thanks for all your help man. Hopefuly I can have this up and running tonight. On my current laptop its so virused out that I can't even type on online forums. Whenever on-line it skips every other keystroke. Very annoying.

[badlands]

I'll be around.

[lxskllr]

I'd do multiple partitions. It can make upgrades and reinstalls a bit easier. I'd do / as 10gb ext4, 1gb swap, and the rest as /home also ext4.

[badlands]

I'd do multiple partitions. It can make upgrades and reinstalls a bit easier. I'd do / as 10gb ext4, 1gb swap, and the rest as /home also ext4.

I think the default scheme they use now is a swap, an EXT4 /home, and root on separate partitions. I never look so I can't be sure. I just do it the old school way This could come back to bite me but I back up remotely every week.

[lxskllr]

I think the default scheme they use now is a swap, an EXT4 /home, and root on separate partitions. I never look so I can't be sure. I just do it the old school way This could come back to bite me but I back up remotely every week.

Yea, I'm not sure what default is. I always manually partition my drives.

[chadizzy1]

i love my mac...

Second that. Bought one, never looked back. Call me a fanboy if you will, but I like not getting viruses and having an efficient machine. Going on one year, not a single virus or spyware.

[RedMacGregor]

Macs are computers for people who don't know about computers They do look pretty though.

yeah, i don't know shit about computers... LOL

http://www.google.com/patents?id=bGwEAAAAEBAJ

( that's me as the primary inventor )

I've been a software engineer for over 15 years, and written code professionally on every major and some minor systems out there

but what do i know

[lxskllr]

Going on one year, not a single virus or spyware.

Me neither ;^)

[nathancipher]

Going on one year, not a single virus or spyware.

Wow a whole year?

I haven't had a virus since around the first gulf war. And i run windows.

No operating system is perfect and the vast majority of issues people have can be solved by an implementation of a software package called Common Sense 2.0.

Mac OSX has been rooted over and over again. Security through obscurity and all that. Linux is fairly secure but they get rooted fairly regularly too. OSX owes most of its' "security" to the fact that their market share is so small the malicious coders don't bother with it.

All operating systems are relatively insecure that is the nature of the beast. At the end of the day it comes down to taste and personal preference.