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    hp mini-note vs. aspire one

    in Everything Else

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    just bought an acer aspire one for my wife, and it's the first netbook we have owned... Now she's pissed cause I wont quit playing with it. *It's so cute!* dont know anything about the other netbooks but we bought this one for 350 at walmart, and it's worth that for what it does. I enjoy it, hope your child does too *ps. like you I cant stand people who dimwhittingly think that every single thing their kid does is SOOOOO SMART. I dont have kids, but I would like to and I know people with really smart kids, but it's just like... "Hey my hard drive is faster than yours" kinda talk when your talking about your child, it's a child not a car or a peice of hardware or a big screen tv... just hate ovrbraggerz....

    Linux Love

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    Finally someone actually GETS IT.

    thank you there vector. I have been a 'light' linux enthusiast since 2000, and it really has came a LOOOOOONNNNGGG way, and if all the hardware and software were supporting it, and it was'nt so aggrivating to use shell, you could bet your a$$ I would be using it right now as opposed to vista and winxp, but either until all major hardware developers contribute to the kernel WHEN they come out with hardware, and/or software developers start creating all software for both or all three os's then it will NOT be the top dog.

    My prediction for this (as always) is this: Microsoft has and may well continue today and the future to pay developers to ONLY develop for their os, and until multiple developers do two things: quit taking pay from microsoft, and/or just make a leap of faith with a big-time highly anticipated product, Microsoft will continue to be the big dog. Once this does happen (if ever) then you will see Linux really get into the big times.

    This actually has happened before and is the reason why Linux is as popular as it is today. My biggest example of this is DOOM 3. It was a really big product. The anticipation for the product was through the roof. It did not come out with linux along side the windows release, but was really close to it, so in turn the media went wild about it, linux enthusiasts went wild about it, and people really woke up to linux.

    Alot of people do not believe it, but media makes the world go round, and for alot of people it is the 'In your face' media that really does make an impact in their life. People who do not know anything about linux just does not root around on distrowatch.com, or linuxnews.com. They read magazines, play around on the net, buy stuff, and occasionally, say WTF is a .gzip? is that what I should select or an exe? when downloading freeware. When big products like Doom 3 come out on linux, they read it in their favorite magazine, they notice it in the web reviews, etc. Like it or not there is a big wall out there in the world between windows users, and linux. It's like the workhorse child that obeys every command but is not seen in public. If we want linux to float and ultimately strive to or near the top of the heap, we need to take this child out into public, show people what it can do. Inform people of how it *could* be of great use to them and explain the strong points to them. Until we/they/the linux community really go out and do that, it is just a child that is not seen in public.

    Linux Love

    in Everything Else

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    hmm... I admire your interest in linux but this is definiely not a solve-all, cure-all for windows and mac users, nor will it be for at least another two to five years. Don't flame me. First just read on.

    Linux is a great and stable OS. It has shown where it can compete in some areas with mac os and windows x, and many times have exceeded in some things but not all things.

    The major problem for the majority of the audience is the fact of drivers and the willingness to take on things like xorg.conf and ./configure, /make, and /make install, installing dependencies, etc.

    There is ALOT of hardware out there, and software of various sorts that just wont work well, or at all on linux, and the fact is, until developers see how good of a system linux can be and how popular it already is, then many are stuck in the cold, and it's not neccesarily their faults, because many may say "well why don't you just write your own driver", or "just create a script it's as easy as" but many people have no idea how to write code, and the few that do, just dont want to.

    An example: For upwards of a year I have ran Ubuntu on my desktop, and it works great, but everytime I try to watch hak5, or something else (youtube anyone?) with flash, it shudders/laggs/crashes/etc. Not fun. I have updated, downgraded, used ndiswrapper, etc. It simply will not work with my machine (amd 64 proc, nvidia video card). Also I LOVE to play demanding games that I do not want to give up on, but even though wine has come a long way, it is still WAY too early to properly use it with newer games. And I, like many others are just not going to pay for a compatibility layer.

    A second example: My laptop runs darned near any (reallly really recent) linux distro you can throw at it, and it shines with it, but unfortunately, I have the same flash problems as my desktop with it, AND to top it all off, I have an Ath5k wifi card in it. Because noone has properly supported the drivers yet in the kernel, it just doesnt work. Same thing with my lappy as my desktop but with the wifi drivers. I have tried madwifi, and the ath5k drivers, the stock drivers that are "supposed to work" in Intrepid Ibex, and it just doesnt work. The closest I got to getting it to work, it was in fact working, but would not scan for networks, and I need this ability. Furthermore even if it did scan, *which it did once or twice* the driver doesnt support any encryption past wpa-psk. I run wpa2 no matter what, so no go on that... Also I have an Nvidia 8200m g in the laptop which until VERY recently would not work with linux, to even see a live desktop (no the vesa modes would not work) I had to manually download, and install the newest drivers from nvidia from the shell. Not fun at all. And also if your running on a mac these days doesnt seem like adobe cares too much about you these days either since many on mac is having the same problems with flash.

    My final thing about it is this. Linux is great, and IF your hardware supports it, and the software works properly, AND it fits your gaming taste, then it's a no brainer. Dont look back. Want to run a server? PERFECT! Linux works better than most os's for this.. but the thing is for a desktop replacement os for Windows or Apple OS, alot of people are stuck without like me, and until those bugs are fixed it's just too annoying, and I am not enough shell and C++ inclined to do anything about it, now with that said though, I do have Linux Mint, and Intrepid Ibex running in VMware viewers and virtual box, just to play around with, and I'm not hating on your comment, actually I commend you on your linux embracing, but your ending text "The truth is Linux is ready, and the big scary monster, Debian Linux, is ready. Are you?" is a well start on a flame war. Just saying.

    Jan 09 desktops

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    laptopscreencapmr0.png

    Here's my desktop from my laptop. just got done reloading.

    desktopscreencapel9.jpg

    Here's my desktop from my... desktop. which one is the correct host os? read below.

    /etc/laptop#

    System: Compaq CQ50-215nr

    OS: XPSP2

    RAM: 2gb

    HDD: 160gb

    Proc: AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 1.9ghz

    Softwarez:

    Leopard Skin Bar: StyleXP

    Dock: StarDock

    Icons: Misc. I ripped off the web from here and there :D

    Sidebar: GoogleDesktop

    And still workin' on it..

    /home/hexskrew/Desktop#

    System: Homebuilt

    OS (HOST): Vista Business SP1 *32bit

    Guest OS's by appearance: Linux Mint VIA Virtual Box, Ubuntu 8.10 VIA VMWare Viewer

    Specs:

    /Proc/AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

    /mtb/Asus M2N4-PCI

    /video/MSI Nvidia 8600GTS

    /.mem/2Gig G-Skill

    /media/WD 1TB Green Drive Sata 3

    /mnt/ASUS DVD-RW w/Lightscribe

    /Case/Apevia X-Cruiser Silver/blue led

    /etc/video/Sceptre 20.1" LCD Flat/Wide

    Vista Multiple desktops by: Yod'm 3D (OG Version, not the pay 4 ver)

    EEE PC OS

    in Questions

    Posted

    slick the drive for 1,

    2, get xubuntu which is less than 720mb,

    actually, get puppy if you want, @ like 200 mb it's super lightweight

    but for more functionality get xubuntu.

    xp should be fine, seen it alot on eeepc2g's

    yah, the mem. card upgrade (sdcard) should be something you want to look at.

    if anything do the hdd mod, youll be happy you did.

    NetBooks

    in Hak5

    Posted

    i believe the most current one (err.... one of them) is the eeepc 1000h. DONT QUOTE ME ON THAT THO!. seriously though, if your looking for just a compact laptop to do stuff on and not a 'netbook', might wanna try this out first. I bought mine's for $450 about two months ago, no probs whatsoever, and it runs like a champ (and with the nvidia card, im kicking people's asses that bought lappy's with cards w/intel gma they paid like 1200+ for!)

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218010578770

    You may not like compaq but this is a serious good deal. It's lightweight, compact, fullsize keyboard, and it's a REAL processor. The only drawback I have found is the 2 hr battery life.... yeah.. pain in the buttah! but if you can stomach that, then trust me, you'll like this better.

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