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[orb]

Random comment: Orbiter beta 111029 has been released.

 

[mojoey]

:woohoo:

 

[DanM]

After a few months of using Ubuntu as my main OS, I can now say that booting into Windows is somewhat of a painful experience.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

After a few months of using Ubuntu as my main OS, I can now say that booting into Windows is somewhat of a painful experience.

In what way?

 

[mojoey]

i only use windows, well...i just dont know how to get it switched to ubuntu and im rather satisfied with win7


Pyro:it freaks out if you do a hard shutdown, and it takes forever

 

[Scav]

Twelve years ago, when I was younger (and more adventurous), I logged .7 hours in a Piper Warrior. The ground temperature was 90 degrees (32C), it was in the middle of August and there was scattered to broken cumuliform creating a VFR ceiling at 3,500 feet MSL (1,067 meters). Which meant, of course, that it took the better part of a half hour just to climb up to 3,000' (914 m).

Last Saturday, I went up in a Cessna Skyhawk. Ignoring the moronic (and quite comical, in retrospect) episode of me actually handling the radio traffic for the first time in my life, I think I did alright, but the fact I hadn't been up in over twelve years, coupled with the different airframe, my fit of nerves, and an extremely light breakfast did strange things to my stomach.

At least I didn't finally become overwhelmingly sick until after I had steered her halfway through the downwind leg. Those Cessnas like to translate EVERY little air pocket straight through the wings and into the frame; it's like riding in a lowered Civic (when the 'lower'ing job has been done incorrectly). That, and the physical rotational characteristics of the aircraft left me feeling like I was at the end of a hundred foot long pendulum.

In spite of all of that . . . my instructor said I did an awesome job at the controls for only having three quarters of an hour of actual flight time.

I'm chomping at the bit to do it again.

 

[DanM]

In what way?

My copy of Windows XP does a lot of stupid and pointless things in startup. That's all.

 

[MattBaker]

I think I now, why Russia nullifies the Daylight Saving Time:
1st reason: You have to find the manual of your TV, phone, oven, etc. to figure out how to shift the clock of it
2nd reason: When you're reading 1011 GMT as launch time of Progress, you misscalculate by one hour

 

[Pyromaniac605]

 

[Spacethingy]

My copy of Windows XP does a lot of stupid and pointless things in startup. That's all.

You could always try taking out a few startup things. I found a load of AOL dial-up stuff that I didn't need (on broadband), so I disabled it.

Didn't appear to do much, mind, but it felt good.

 

[Fabri91]

Exactly. For some reason I tried multiplying by the denominator and after that didn't work, [math]{y-1}[/math]. Silly me.

Ah, could be worse. After seeing your previous post I decided to try it myself, and did something MUCH more stupid. Seeing Izack's answer was quite a :facepalm: moment.

 

[Izack]

Ah, could be worse. After seeing your previous post I decided to try it myself, and did something MUCH more stupid. Seeing Izack's answer was quite a :facepalm: moment.

Always attempt to find common factors first. In all things.

 

[Spacethingy]

OK, I've given Ubuntu a go...

:thumbup: THE GOOD: *It's so beautiful!*
:thumbsdown: THE BAD: D'oh, there's no Flash!
:blink: THE UGLY: errrrr, the @ key and " key are supposed to be muddled, right?

 

[DanM]

:thumbsdown: THE BAD: D'oh, there's no Flash!

I have flash running in Ubuntu just fine. I can't remember where I downloaded it, though. Try looking in the software center.

 

[Spacethingy]

I have flash running in Ubuntu just fine. I can't remember where I downloaded it, though. Try looking in the software center.

Built in software installer eh? I'll have a lookee...

 

[Urwumpe]

Now the apartment is officially mine, Urwumpe will relocate his HQ.

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Built in software installer eh? I'll have a lookee...

Hey, the 90s just called, they want their Linux back.

How do you think you install Linux software today? By configure.sh?

 

[orb]

:thumbsdown: THE BAD: D'oh, there's no Flash!

There is no problem with getting Flash player for Linux, even if there is no such package in distribution (Software/Package manager, Portage, or whatever it's called in Ubuntu). If you can't find appropriate package, there's one you can get: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

:blink: THE UGLY: errrrr, the @ key and " key are supposed to be muddled, right?

Did you set the right keyboard layout?

 

[DanM]

Built in software installer eh? I'll have a lookee...

It's kinda like the App Store with Apple products. For me, Ubuntu combines the best aspects of Windows, OS X, and Open Source software.

 

[orb]

How do you think you install Linux software today? By configure.sh?

emerge <package name>

...Then awaiting for building from sources to finish (in the meantime there is called configure.sh if there is one)...

 

[Linguofreak]

OK, I've given Ubuntu a go...

:thumbup: THE GOOD: *It's so beautiful!*

My reaction to the recent versions has been almost the opposite, but then I'm somewhat of a Luddite as far as GUI design is concerned. You'd probably find my preferred setup quite ugly.

:thumbsdown: THE BAD: D'oh, there's no Flash!

There isn't in a clean Windows install either. Flash and all those goodies are part of the setup that the vendor does for you before they sell you a new machine, so that non-technical users don't have to deal with it. (Technically, Windows itself is too. Waaaay back in the day computers used to come without even an operating system. Sometimes you can even get them that way today).

There *are* vendors that sell PC's with Linux pre-installed. It makes all that much easier. System76 is one in the US (for Ubuntu, specifically). Google, or a friend that uses Linux, could recommend vendors for other places in the world. Dell sells a few models with Ubuntu, but last I checked the selection was limited and the hardware was pretty low-end. My own System76 machine either came with Flash or else didn't have the problems with getting it to work that I'd had when installing Ubuntu myself as a second OS on our desktop earlier that year. Anyhow, getting Flash working (if it wasn't there already, which I *think* it was) was so easy that I forget the details.

Based on my experiences, doing your own install is good for checking Linux out, learning the ropes, and doing a trial by fire (since you're going to have more problems installing it yourself than with a pre-installed copy), but it's best for your sanity to get a machine with Linux pre-installed if you decide you like it well enough to use on a regular basis.

:blink: THE UGLY: errrrr, the @ key and " key are supposed to be muddled, right?

Do you have a US keyboard layout selected? (I believe it's the default in the installer, so if you weren't paying attention you may have selected it by accident). According to [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards"]Wikipedia[/ame], the positions of the " and @ keys are opposite on UK keyboards to what they are on US keyboards.

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emerge <package name>

...Then awaiting for building from sources to finish (in the meantime there is called configure.sh if there is one)...

Just so we don't confuse new Ubuntu users, emerge is for Gentoo. On Ubuntu you have the Software Center. (Actually, the only program I use the Software Center to get is Synaptic, which was the package management program for Ubuntu before the Software Center came along).