Linux for your taste (sorry Naw :D) (18 Viewers)

[gray]

Sounds useful, I don't run gnome tho. Tend to write my own scripts when I need them.

Fair enough... freaking useful for the relative Linux layman though

Don't you just love it when companies decide what "easy to use" means?

Bastards :groan:

though my suggestion would be backing up everything, reformatting the drive and doing things properly. meaning giving XP 10-15gb and leave the rest to linux. key thing is installing XP first than ubuntu later, ubuntu will easily recognize XP and set up GRUB properly.

Yep, I did it that way. Cheers fellas

There are few things that make me feel more refreshed than reformatting my machine :eyebrows:

 

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[Sheik Yerbouti]

ok. now WHY the hell is BIll promoting Ubuntu!!!

 

[Rami]

What are you talking about? Where?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

What are you talking about? Where?

there

 

[Rami]

Vista will include a new security system called TCP/IP....

What a crock of shit!!

http://www.shelleytherepublican.com...first-you-dont-succeed-cheat-cheat-cheat.aspx

 

[V]

hey fellas has anyone tried out NTFS-3g ? how does it work and more importantly is it 100% safe? this is huge for me as it would allow me to write on my 250gb NTFS drive in linux as well.

 

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hey fellas has anyone tried out NTFS-3g ? how does it work and more importantly is it 100% safe? this is huge for me as it would allow me to write on my 250gb NTFS drive in linux as well.

Yup, I've had it installed.. Works like a charm.. Though I'm not sure how stable it is, it does its job..

Check out the ubuforums for a howto on a very quick and easy setup..

 

[V]

Yup, I've had it installed.. Works like a charm.. Though I'm not sure how stable it is, it does its job..

Check out the ubuforums for a howto on a very quick and easy setup..

yeah i've seen that howto, but i'm still somewhat sceptical, about 200gb of music is at stake afterall. :undecide:

 

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yeah i've seen that howto, but i'm still somewhat sceptical, about 200gb of music is at stake afterall. :undecide:

Well, here's a yardstick for ya.. It hasn't been officially implemented into the major distribution (ubuntu), so it aint stable.. wouldn't suggest installing it if you want assurances

 

[V]

Well, here's a yardstick for ya.. It hasn't been officially implemented into the major distribution (ubuntu), so it aint stable.. wouldn't suggest installing it if you want assurances

i think that's how it's gonna be, no hurry, it can't take too long to hit stable, can it? if it's gonna be stable with feisty that will do for me.

 

[Rami]

Why don't you just put ur music on Fat32 and use it on both platforms?

 

[Martin]

Why don't you just put ur music on Fat32 and use it on both platforms?

some people like a challenge

 

[V]

Why don't you just put ur music on Fat32 and use it on both platforms?

because i don't have anywhere to put those 200gb of data while i convert the partition. and there's no chance in hell i'm gonna do something like converting a file system while all that data is there.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Vista will include a new security system called TCP/IP....

What a crock of shit!!

http://www.shelleytherepublican.com...first-you-dont-succeed-cheat-cheat-cheat.aspx

and that Ubuntu Christian Edition...is that for real!!!!

 

[JCK]

I want to be able to write on my NTFS external but I skipped the NTFS-3g and I am waiting for better economy to nail a new external, backup on it, format the NTFS to ext3 and live happily ever after.

 

[Chxta]

I don't have a swap partition on my hard drive, but I want to create one now. Can someone please explain how I'd do that without having to format my drive?

 

[JCK]

How were you able to install Linux without a swap partition?

 

[Chxta]

I did. That is what matters. Can you help me?

 

[V]

can't you just resize it with qparted and format the unallocated space as swap?

 

[Chxta]

can't you just resize it with qparted and format the unallocated space as swap?

Thanks. For some strange reason that never occurred to me.