Comments on: Linux http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/ Deas Richardson is currently living as a JET and teaching English in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea, a gorgeous part of Japan. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/comment-page-1/#comment-2616 Deas Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:21:54 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/#comment-2616 I've currently got Ubuntu Gutsy installed via Parallels. But the device drivers are insane. ATI's open source stuff isn't exactly easy to use. (Part of it is because I'm a total newbie and trying to get instantaneously to the eye candy like a dope instead of testing the usability and productivity of the free software available.) Ha ha. :-) I’ve currently got Ubuntu Gutsy installed via Parallels. But the device drivers are insane. ATI’s open source stuff isn’t exactly easy to use. (Part of it is because I’m a total newbie and trying to get instantaneously to the eye candy like a dope instead of testing the usability and productivity of the free software available.) Ha ha. :-)

]]> By: Scott http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/comment-page-1/#comment-2614 Scott Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:45:26 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/#comment-2614 Well, there is the Live CD... Ubuntu has a CD which lets you play with the basic features without having to install it on a partition just yet. It's a bit laggy as it's running from the CD, and is a pretty basic install, but at least lets you see what you're dealing with before you install it. I don't even know that all the device drivers are on it. Well, there is the Live CD… Ubuntu has a CD which lets you play with the basic features without having to install it on a partition just yet. It’s a bit laggy as it’s running from the CD, and is a pretty basic install, but at least lets you see what you’re dealing with before you install it. I don’t even know that all the device drivers are on it.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/comment-page-1/#comment-2538 Aaron Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:18:30 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/#comment-2538 I put Ubuntu on an empty partition on my work computer, since they wouldn't let me use my own laptop on the yakuba LAN. Re: trying Linux.... put it on your existing computer, via virtualization (Parallels, VMWare) or the normal way? Try making shell scripts in OS X? What about Linux are you so interested in? My guess is it isn't the underlying OS that you're after, it's probably the desktop environment. In that case, you can get KDE (and maybe Gnome) on OS X through Fink. <em>Aaron's last blog post: </em><a href='http://www.amake.us/archives/2006/07/#e2006-07-01T10_36_22.txt' rel="nofollow">Block E is dead to me</a> I put Ubuntu on an empty partition on my work computer, since they wouldn’t let me use my own laptop on the yakuba LAN.

Re: trying Linux…. put it on your existing computer, via virtualization (Parallels, VMWare) or the normal way? Try making shell scripts in OS X? What about Linux are you so interested in? My guess is it isn’t the underlying OS that you’re after, it’s probably the desktop environment. In that case, you can get KDE (and maybe Gnome) on OS X through Fink.

Aaron’s last blog post: Block E is dead to me

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/comment-page-1/#comment-2537 Deas Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:37:06 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/#comment-2537 Any ideas for learning about it before I get a computer for it? (Obviously, hands-on is the fastest way to learn an OS. Tinkering = studying. And sometimes breaking everything and starting from scratch again. Ha ha.) Did the screencasts. I dunno. Forums are iffy. Hit and miss. Any ideas for learning about it before I get a computer for it? (Obviously, hands-on is the fastest way to learn an OS. Tinkering = studying. And sometimes breaking everything and starting from scratch again. Ha ha.) Did the screencasts. I dunno. Forums are iffy. Hit and miss.

]]> By: Scott http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 Scott Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:55:01 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/#comment-2534 Also tried out Ubuntu before my laptop died... Compiz/Beryl is awesome, but you have to make sure you have a graphics card that supports it. I've tried running it on this old desktop but Beryl won't run on it. Not surprising since it's a 8 year old machine. I can help you out with some basics, but I don't claim to be an expert in any way. Also tried out Ubuntu before my laptop died… Compiz/Beryl is awesome, but you have to make sure you have a graphics card that supports it. I’ve tried running it on this old desktop but Beryl won’t run on it. Not surprising since it’s a 8 year old machine.

I can help you out with some basics, but I don’t claim to be an expert in any way.

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/comment-page-1/#comment-2533 Deas Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:22:22 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/#comment-2533 So Ubuntu sounds like the way to go for a complete newbie like myself, then. Cool. Can I ask - does this mean you've installed Ubuntu on a work computer...or are you using a personal computer? (And have you played with Compiz / Beryl? Looks like after I play with it for four minutes it will bore me and cease to be helpful, but the impress your coworkers with non-Windows strangeness factor gives it some staying power in my mind... I am a sucker for eye candy.) So Ubuntu sounds like the way to go for a complete newbie like myself, then. Cool. Can I ask – does this mean you’ve installed Ubuntu on a work computer…or are you using a personal computer? (And have you played with Compiz / Beryl? Looks like after I play with it for four minutes it will bore me and cease to be helpful, but the impress your coworkers with non-Windows strangeness factor gives it some staying power in my mind… I am a sucker for eye candy.)

]]> By: Aaron http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 Aaron Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:19:10 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/12/04/315/#comment-2530 I run Ubuntu at work because they locked Windows down so tight that I couldn't install the apps I needed to do my job. Stupid IT people. You already have the friendliest *NIX platform out there: OS X. If you want something less polished but still accessible, I recommend Ubuntu. When I've dabbled in distros pre-Ubuntu, even wildly basic things (at least for OS X) like enabling Japanese input support, were nearly impossible. <em>Aaron's last blog post: </em><a href='http://www.amake.us/archives/2006/07/#e2006-07-01T10_36_22.txt' rel="nofollow">Block E is dead to me</a> I run Ubuntu at work because they locked Windows down so tight that I couldn’t install the apps I needed to do my job. Stupid IT people.

You already have the friendliest *NIX platform out there: OS X. If you want something less polished but still accessible, I recommend Ubuntu. When I’ve dabbled in distros pre-Ubuntu, even wildly basic things (at least for OS X) like enabling Japanese input support, were nearly impossible.

Aaron’s last blog post: Block E is dead to me

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