Linux COOL :-)

[Killer 11]

What do you think of Mandrake Linux.I think it's cool,it is as simple to use as windows ,but it looks nicer and works more stable.(I'm on my dad's pc where it is a cleanly installed Linux)

[ConductorBob]

10.0 =
8.0 =

[RaptorTycoon]

Mandrake wont install with me, it hangs on the usb detecting process..

And yeah, linux is cool. and retarded at the same time.. argh, librairy file madness!!

[ChrisCF]

The library madness is no worse than DLL Hell. If anything, it tends to happen less frequently than DLL Hell.

USB is still something of a sticking point, mostly because manufacturers can supply their machines with Windows drivers, but don't bother with anything else.

[ThorRune]

I dunno about mandrake, never tried it, but i liked SuSe linux.

The comand prompt-thing is strange though. Commnds seem random, they don't make sense to me at all

[GoneWacko]

it is as simple to use as windows ,but it looks nicer and works more stable.

It's only as easy to use as Windows if you have a DE like gnome installed...

I had much more fun when I didn't have gnome 2.8 installed yet... (I just had 6 consoles and that was that )

[orudge]

10.0 =
8.0 =

7.0 was fun. Also, if you look very carefully, you can find my name and e-mail address in a library supplied with Mandrake 8.2. See if you can guess what!

[jacke]

Mandrake Linux is nice, they have come far in user friendly stuff.

7.0 was fun. Also, if you look very carefully, you can find my name and e-mail address in a library supplied with Mandrake 8.2. See if you can guess what!

Uhm....no

[GoneWacko]

Someone install 8.2 and write a shell script that goes through all the sources of all libraries and greps for 'rudge'

[ChrisCF]

Code: Select all

grep -r [Rr]udge *

In fact, do that in the libraries folder and see if it's in the resultant binaries. You should see something like "Binary file 'libfoo.a' matches".

[GoneWacko]

Well yes when I say shell script of course I mean "type grep with the right options"

[Patchman]

My name is on most recent Linux distros, in two packages in fact

[GoneWacko]

Which are... ?

[Patchman]

Bochs, the x86 emulator (I wrote music and sound support by implementing an SB16 emulator)
pppoed (the "older" pppoe driver for ADSL connections), for which I helped write multi-device support

[Singaporekid]

but it looks nicer and works more stable

It looks nicer because it's new and it's working well because it's a clean install

[GoneWacko]

N..o

It looks nicer because of the gui he installed
and it's more stable because it's linux

But I have to add that Windows XP is stable too.

[orudge]

Oh yes, thinking about it, you might find my name somewhere else, including up to two pieces of software I wrote, or part-wrote.

[ChrisCF]

I've just realised that you might be able to find my name in a few credits files.

[Moriarty]

You mean they've figured out how to make linux useable?

Or is it as needlessly complicated as all the other distro's i've ever tried?

[Slace]

linux can be as complicated as you want it to be (at least... to a point I mean). Install a distro like Mandrake or Red Hat and not worry about the command prompt and its a piece of cake. GUI's such as KDE and Gnome have made huge advances in the usability stakes. Software can be installed from the rpm database, just like an exe and everything will be working fine without the need for adjusting config's, compiling source's or anything.

btw, I'm currently running grep -r [Rr]uge /* on my server to see what I find

Oh, another bit of fun (well... nerdy fun anyway ) grep kernel source for [fF]u** and [sS]h**, you'd be supprised at the number of references (providing you can work out what the **'s are covering )