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#1 spartanghost

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Posted 21 June 2008 - 11:32 AM

Anyone else here use Ubuntu? For those who don't, it's a distribution of linux that is very easy to use and quite capeable.

Im currently running Hardy Heron (though my wireless doesnt work on it

) but i won't program in anything else. anyone else ubuntuphiles?

#2 SaintArthur

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Posted 22 June 2008 - 04:52 PM

I've got a server at work with it installed. I just use it as a file server though.
Although I must admit that one of these days I'm going to go back to Solaris again, like I used to do...
I really liked solaris...

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#3 spartanghost

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Posted 23 June 2008 - 11:15 PM

i've never tried solaris, though i think there are some solaris machines at my university.

#4 Shluey

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Posted 24 June 2008 - 07:52 PM

I run CentOS, which is like Ubuntu if you add the words "not" before each descriptor in your post. I also just got home to see yum telling me there are 191 updates to install... apparently it's new release time... how long will it take to fix everything this breaks? God only knows.

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Posted 26 June 2008 - 02:19 PM

<3 Ubuntu. I'm currently running Hardy Heron.

I've been running it on my lappy since Dapper Drake and have been using it more and more since I got the display issue solved (the resolution was not going to widescreen). I hardly ever boot to Windows on my laptop anymore and since I have a Mac with Parallels at work (and love it) I run Ubuntu at work too.

The only thing I don't like is that I can't run Yahoo Launchcast in anything but Exploder... Ah well, my desktop has a much better sound system anyway.

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#6 Mizafim

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Posted 26 June 2008 - 02:58 PM

Dual-booting Gutsy Gibbon on my laptop. Haven't bothered putting Hardy Heron on it yet (but I've got the disc, so it's just a matter of time). Originally put it on because I needed to use Linux for my C programming class, kept it on because I like it.

I can't bring myself to use it full-time, though, yet. Partially because WINE is good, but still doesn't quite cut it for me with some of my programs, and because I've got a list of programs that make my OS of choice -- XP -- pretty much pimped out for me.

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#7 PeteKlip

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 10:09 AM

i ran ubuntu on an old laptop we had lieing around, linux is always a great thing to learn to use, and ubuntu and dedora are the easiest

i love ubuntu too