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Martin said:
Tell that to Windows people :D
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Sorry but with 7, that's no longer an issue. Full installation with all drivers and fav apps is achievable in under 1h. :stuckup:


But still since Linux is so flexible why in the hell are there still distros, like Arch, that continue to do things the old fashioned way? Do they get off from it or what? For example, just yesterday I installed Mint in like 15 minutes and everything runs as smooth as it can. What are the benefits of that compiling installation? Does the end product run like 5 times faster and responsive? I have a hard time believing that.
 
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vlatko said:
Sorry but with 7, that's no longer an issue. Full installation with all drivers and fav apps is achievable in under 1h. :stuckup:
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What about setting up all the configuration for every single app you use?

vlatko said:
But still since Linux is so flexible why in the hell are there still distros, like Arch, that continue to do things the old fashioned way? Do they get off from it or what? For example, just yesterday I installed Mint in like 15 minutes and everything runs as smooth as it can. What are the benefits of that compiling installation? Does the end product run like 5 times faster and responsive? I have a hard time believing that.
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Actually, yes. There are benefits like that. Case in point my (almost 10 year old) laptop here. I installed sabayon on it. You know, the pimped gentoo thing. It lagged and dragged. Then I did a very slim gentoo install and it flies.
 
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Martin said:
What about setting up all the configuration for every single app you use?

Actually, yes. There are benefits like that. Case in point my (almost 10 year old) laptop here. I installed sabayon on it. You know, the pimped gentoo thing. It lagged and dragged. Then I did a very slim gentoo install and it flies.
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Well after years of experience of fresh installs, I do that stuff blindfolded and in a jiffy. :D


Well okay, you win. :p
 
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For what it's worth, I'm installing it (right now in fact) on a spare machine I have lying around, partly as an experiment and a chance to learn more about the blood and guts of Linux.

I actually got interested in Arch after reading reviews on the Ubuntu forums, and it made me want to give it a go.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=604374
 
Bozi

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ok guys probably a stupid question but i set up a wireless network when i installed Ubuntu, i chose a name for the network and a password, i connected my XBox to this network easily, i connected the Wii to the same network easily,both times by inputting the password i set up.

i have now bought an Asus Eee and when i try to connect it it keeps asking for the SSID and WEP keys but for the love of god i cannot get this fucker to connect to my network, i know the SSID but do not know the WEP key code. surely if i set it up it should only need a password to connect no?
 
Sheik Yerbouti

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Bozmatronic said:
ok guys probably a stupid question but i set up a wireless network when i installed Ubuntu, i chose a name for the network and a password, i connected my XBox to this network easily, i connected the Wii to the same network easily,both times by inputting the password i set up.

i have now bought an Asus Eee and when i try to connect it it keeps asking for the SSID and WEP keys but for the love of god i cannot get this fucker to connect to my network, i know the SSID but do not know the WEP key code. surely if i set it up it should only need a password to connect no?
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The "password" IS the WEP key.

Also, does the Asus Eee run on Linux or Windows?
 
Martin

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Sheik Yerbouti said:
Does anyone know how to format a USB drive into FAT32 using Konsole? I tried 'fdisk /etc/sdb', but it didn't quite work.
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fdisk is a tool you use to change your partitions. It doesn't format anything. The "filesystem creation tool" (ie. format to a filesystem, what we call 'format') is called mkfs. If you type "mkfs.<TAB>" it will show you which filesystems you can create (you have support for). For fat32 you use mkfs.vfat.
 
Martin

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Sheik Yerbouti said:
OK. That worked. :)

Now I'm trying to install PCLinuxOS onto my USB drive. Hope this works. I can't use Ubuntu cos I don't have the latest release.

Is it possible to install Ubuntu 9.04 onto a USB drive?
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I've never tried, but I don't see why not.

No, actually I've installed some earlier version on a usb drive once, I believe.
 
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JCK said:
Are you sure it's a WEP not a WPA?
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when i try to connect to it i get-
"the network requires a network key,also called WEP key or WPA. a netwrok key prevents unknown intruders connecting to this network"

Sheik Yerbouti said:
The "password" IS the WEP key.

Also, does the Asus Eee run on Linux or Windows?
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well see this is the thing it asked for the SSID which i found but i have no WEP or WPA key. when i set up the wireless network it was straightforward to connect my XBox and my Wii to it. that was when i was running Mint,now i am back on ubuntu, the XBox still runs off of it


by the way THIS Eee runs on windows,shewants it main;y for her Ipod:frown:
 
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