The Linux's you want to install

I wiped my itty bitty netbook and installed Fuduntu.

I'M LEARNING. I'M SO GLAD I KNOW WOK. D-: IT'S SO SCARY
 
Just an little FYI, if you install Ubuntu under wubi you may come across sub-optimal performance

This is because if you partition your hard drive to install Ubuntu, Ubuntu uses a different file system called EXT3/4
If you use wubi to install Ubuntu, Ubuntu will have to use the file system Windows uses called NTFS

As Ubuntu is coded to work efficient with EXT3/4 you might notice a small drop in performance, especially in games.

Another note is that the file format that Windows uses - NTFS, has poor performance with older computers and files easily get fragmented.
 
Imagine the number of alt accounts starting up the game for the promo : )

I think I'll just trade for it
 
Ninja_DC said:
Just an little FYI, if you install Ubuntu under wubi you may come across sub-optimal performance

This is because if you partition your hard drive to install Ubuntu, Ubuntu uses a different file system called EXT3/4
If you use wubi to install Ubuntu, Ubuntu will have to use the file system Windows uses called NTFS

As Ubuntu is coded to work efficient with EXT3/4 you might notice a small drop in performance, especially in games.

Another note is that the file format that Windows uses - NTFS, has poor performance with older computers and files easily get fragmented.
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I don't think so? It IS a file on NTFS, but I believe it looks like it's formatted ext4 in Ubuntu. I honestly haven't used Wubi since the early beta days though.
 
]t4s[robojezas said:
its not that i dont know its its that it wont let me type it -_-
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It's a safety feature, it types but doesn't show you it. Just type it using your memory, if you can't remember which letter you typed then quite frankly you should either learn how to type or get rid of your PC.
 
NothingMuchHereToSay said:
Firstly, Linux, itself, is a Kernel, not the OS itself.
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I lol'd here. Linux is not and has never been a kernel. Kernel is a kernel which is a core of the OS. Linux is an OS developed as a free operating system for Intel x86-based personal computers as defined by Torvalds himself.

Linus Torvalds on June 31, 1992 (taken from here):
Code: 
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
  professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.  This has been brewing
  since april, and is starting to get ready.  I'd like any feedback on
  things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
  (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
  among other things).

As you might know, Unix was developed by AT&T (that's what Linus is referring to in the quote above).
NothingMuchHereToSay said:
"Distro" is a shortened term for "Distribution" for a Linux-based Operating Systems.
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No respectful linuxoid would say "Linux-based OS". Linux itself is "Unix-based OS", that's why generally term "*nix-based OS" is being used.
 
PsychoRealm said:
I lol'd here. Linux is not and has never been a kernel. Kernel is a kernel which is a core of the OS. Linux is an OS developed as a free operating system for Intel x86-based personal computers as defined by Torvalds himself.

Linus Torvalds on June 31, 1992 (taken from here):
Code: 
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
  professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.  This has been brewing
  since april, and is starting to get ready.  I'd like any feedback on
  things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
  (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
  among other things).

As you might know, Unix was developed by AT&T (that's what Linus is referring to in the quote above).

No respectful linuxoid would say "Linux-based OS". Linux itself is "Unix-based OS", that's why generally term "*nix-based OS" is being used.
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What? I'm not going to get into a war here, but you're completely off. He did say free OS, but there's a reason why it's called the linux kernel and kernel.org, etc. The kernel doesn't come with a GUI, any GNU tools, editors, or anything like that. That is all up to the distro. It was commonly paired with GNU tools, which is why Stallman always gets hissy when people just say Linux when they're really referring to GNU/Linux. They're completely different architectures designed to run on different hardware originally. Unix ran on proprietary hardware while linux ran on the Intel x86 more commonly available processors. BSD is closer to Unix than Linux is to unix.

When people refer to Ubuntu, I've heard: Debian-based, Debian derivative, Linux-based. They are implementing a version of the linux kernel, hence Linux-based, not Unix based.
 
NothingMuchHereToSay said:
Sure, but to answer that question, you need the package "ia32-libs" from the Ubuntu Software Center.
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Okay, on ubuntu right now and I can't install the ia32-libs package because I get a "dependency error", not sure if this is because I'm currently stuck updating this thing or what. Also it seems any fucking plug-in this thing needs to install takes forever to do so, and it asks for my password everytime I try and install something and it's getting pretty damn annoying.
 
Boa-Noah said:
I know, that's why I need the ia32-libs package because it has all that junk for 32 bit linux stuff, now it seems like I'll need to find even more things to install and how to install them and then problem solve whatever errors they bring with them.
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You shouldn't have any dependency problems, as Ubuntu meets the minimum requirements, but you need to update first.
 
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