Operating Systems etc
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Apologies to the non-computer geek types, but I'm interested to know what we're all using here. Because, you know, I like computer talk.
I play with two computers at home. My desktop computer runs Ubuntu (9.04, Jaunty) and Windoze, and I have a second hard drive on which I've installed Gentoo just for fun.
My laptop is a teeny-tiny EeePC 701, and it's running Ubuntu 9.04 as well.
I am secretly considering crossing over to the dark side... if I can save up the dollars, I might buy myself a MacBook for Christmas. *shhh*
So what are you using?
I play with two computers at home. My desktop computer runs Ubuntu (9.04, Jaunty) and Windoze, and I have a second hard drive on which I've installed Gentoo just for fun.
My laptop is a teeny-tiny EeePC 701, and it's running Ubuntu 9.04 as well.
I am secretly considering crossing over to the dark side... if I can save up the dollars, I might buy myself a MacBook for Christmas. *shhh*
So what are you using?
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Date: 2009-05-10 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-10 10:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-10 10:53 pm (UTC)My dad's computer is dual booted Ubuntu 8.10 and XP. I'll probably upgrade him to Jaunty soon. (I don't feel like upgrading my desktop because it's on its way out and I'm hoping to do a completely new build in the next six months or so.)
There's also an old computer that's running Windows '98, but that's just for business archives and it rarely even gets turned on anymore.
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Date: 2009-05-10 11:07 pm (UTC)(Well, once I got the touchpad issue sorted, that is...)
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Date: 2009-05-10 11:00 pm (UTC)There's also several pocket PCs knocking about.
That's approximately three internet-capable devices per person. It's entirely possible we're the geekiest family in the whole town.
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Date: 2009-05-10 11:04 pm (UTC)Are you running Xandros on the EeePCs or something different? I hated Xandros... after I had to F9 my Eee three times in one day I decided I'd had enough and switched to Ubuntu. =D
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Date: 2009-05-10 11:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-10 11:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-11 02:27 am (UTC)I want to try the portable version of Fedora, but I'm limiting myself to one new OS at a time. Once I have jiggered with every program in Sugar and blogged it all, then I can tinker with something else. At least that's the plan.
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Date: 2009-05-11 03:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-11 03:32 am (UTC)I also have an iPhone that I use heavily at the office since they don't allow me to use my personal proxy (hosted on my colo box) and their own proxy is pretty darn restrictive. I can't WAIT for the iPhone to have a physical keyboard device!
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Date: 2009-05-11 03:35 am (UTC)I have also an AMD phone which I adore, running some crappy winvariant for mobiles.
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Date: 2009-05-11 04:02 am (UTC)For my main desktop I dual boot Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows XP Professional x64.
My older desktop, which I only occasionally touch - mostly just stream all my old files from it, is running Windows XP Home Edition.
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Date: 2009-05-11 08:32 am (UTC)My personal list of computers that i currently own/actively use is:
- desktop pc running windows xp
- desktop pc running windows 2k (I know, I know)
- desktop pc running suse linux
- mac desktop g5, running leopard
- mac mini, running tiger
- macbook, running leopard
- hp touchsmart notebook/tablet, running windows vista
- acer aspire one (small netbook), dual-booting xp and debian linux
Stuf I have but am not actively using at the moment anymore:
- 2 mac g4 towers
- ibook, osx version I can't remember.
I need a 12-step group or something.
At werk I have a Mac/Windows set up as well. :)
Computers
Date: 2009-05-11 09:06 am (UTC)Re: Computers
Date: 2009-05-11 09:12 am (UTC)Ah, mIRC. I haven't used that in ages. I get sucked in easily to Firefox extensions, and ChatZilla is so easy. Though I was using XChat before that.
I remember the days of IRC2...
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Date: 2009-05-11 04:28 pm (UTC)My husband just upgraded his computer from Vista to the latest Windows 7 RC and has fallen in love with it for the most part (a ton of performance increases and streamlining), save a few menu inconsistencies (and total lack of menus in some cases).
I also just upgrade our POS laptop to Ubuntu 9.04 (from 8.10, so not much of a jump), though I'm tempted to put OpenSUSE on it because I ran the live CD of 11 a while back and loved it. The laptop's an older Dell Inspiron, though, which has been notorious for hating Linux.
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Date: 2009-05-11 07:06 pm (UTC)ETA: my other machines:
G4 tower w/10.2 & 9
G3 iMac w/10.3 & 9
(both running as file servers, primarily)
Dell Latitude w/XP Pro
Ancient Inspiron with XP home
Patchwork desktop I built about 5 years ago running XP home
Just got rid of a 2.16GHz MacBook (white shell) and 2 older G3 iBooks; I don't need them now that I have my aluminum heartthrob over here. ^_^
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Date: 2009-05-11 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-12 02:25 pm (UTC)o.O Have you tried Windows 7 yet?
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Date: 2009-05-12 02:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-12 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-12 02:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-12 02:49 pm (UTC)It seems to me that it's a lot like IE8 in that it's something to consider upgrading to if you're using a previous version, but it's not likely to pull you off one of the alternatives.
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Date: 2009-05-12 02:51 pm (UTC)Yes, this. I agree wholeheartedly.
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Date: 2009-05-12 02:24 am (UTC)My other machine is a Mac Pro with dual 24" monitors - seeing as I do a lot of graphics stuff, it's more a need than a luxury for me. I used to have a Dell 1420 running Ubuntu, but that's gone.
The hubby's main system is a Vista 64 bit mishmash machine, and he has a Dell 1505 running Ubuntu as well.
Oh, as well I have an iPhone (godsend for keeping me organized).
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Date: 2009-05-12 03:50 pm (UTC)I may have to upgrade the netbook to something with better battery life in the very near future.
Sadly waved farewell to my XP desktop six months ago when I finally admitted that we don't have room for a second computer desk.
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Date: 2009-05-13 09:50 pm (UTC)I would love to have a Mac Mini just to play with the different development tools. I keep telling myself I need to learn how to use the X Windows libraries to brush up on my C++.
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Date: 2009-05-14 03:49 am (UTC)My laptop is an HP model, pretty old, I guess (got it on the cheap from school), and from the specs, is expectedly less powerful than my desktop. However, I take it to be more reliable, because it is just a few notches slower than the desktop despite having the hard disk crammed to having a remaining 12GB of space and 512MB RAM. The desktop runs on 3GB of RAM and has over 150GB free HDD space. My conclusion is that Acer, with its crap quality, spells "BIG WASTE OF MONEY" when paired with Vista.
...and there you go, with additional ranting on the quality of my PC. x.x
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Date: 2009-05-21 05:41 am (UTC)