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mikeyx said:
1 option: ubuntu desktop on netbook, just works after install
2 option; damn small linux or like minimalist linux booting from usb stick, using 4 passport drives as a raid arrary with a usb hub, keyboard and monitor with a minipc as the boot mechanism, need lessly complicated but fun
3 option: same ubuntu netbook, backtrack 4 in emulation, different kinda fun....
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Not sure what your point is. Do you mean that the choice is limited, or that Linux is great fun to play around with?

'cause I'm hoping it's the second.
 
Bram Kaandorp said:
Not sure what your point is. Do you mean that the choice is limited, or that Linux is great fun to play around with?

'cause I'm hoping it's the second.
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pretty much that it can and likely will do what you want it to. Unlike commercial products it can come in many interesting and fun forms and has yet to get boring after many years of playing with it.

Want to play with an alien OS thingey, google oberon system3.
 
mikeyx said:
pretty much that it can and likely will do what you want it to. Unlike commercial products it can come in many interesting and fun forms and has yet to get boring after many years of playing with it.

Want to play with an alien OS thingey, google oberon system3.
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That's exactly what I've found. Even after 3 years of using Linux, I'm still not in the "it's just a system I use for stuff I need done" state of mind that Windows got me into.

I'm still finding stuff that intrigues me, and I still find things which I want to work on (such as finding a good rolling release distro with a wide array of programs available).

It's an absolute joy.
 
Bram Kaandorp said:
But apart from that, it's virtually identical to Ubuntu in all but the GUI and codecs?

In that case, I might just stay with Ubuntu, because I want to try Gnome 3, so I'd have to install it either way.
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I wasn't aware the codecs were different, but they are very similar under the hood.
 
All too frequently I make a mistake while typing that overwrites or erases most or all of what I have been entering into a test box, commonly reply boxes on these forums. With recent versions of Windows I would have hit "alt-backspace" to undo my mistake but no such luck with Pardus or, if I remember correctly, Ubuntu.

Anyone got any solutions?
 
Sideroxylon said:
All too frequently I make a mistake while typing that overwrites or erases most or all of what I have been entering into a test box, commonly reply boxes on these forums. With recent versions of Windows I would have hit "alt-backspace" to undo my mistake but no such luck with Pardus or, if I remember correctly, Ubuntu.

Anyone got any solutions?
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If I understand you correctly, you would be helped by using ctrl-z.
 
And "crtl-shift-z" to redo the undo.

And don't forget that you can go back several steps with crtl-z, and redo several steps with crtl-shift-z. At least in FF.
 
Been using Linux exclusively for at least nine years now. It's on my main machine, my old laptop and a little Asus notebook. Linux is great.

Would say that Linux Mint is the tidiest distro I know; used it for last two years (ish).

I am a graphics/web/code guy and of all the apps I used in Winders-land, the only one that there is no alternative for is Flash (the dev environment). That's ok cos I stopped doing that kind of work a while ago.
Other than that, there are good apps for vectors, bitmaps, 3D as well as text, PDF and then coding environments etc.

It can do anything at all. I have forgotten how to use Winders!
 
Donn said:
Been using Linux exclusively for at least nine years now. It's on my main machine, my old laptop and a little Asus notebook. Linux is great.

Would say that Linux Mint is the tidiest distro I know; used it for last two years (ish).

I am a graphics/web/code guy and of all the apps I used in Winders-land, the only one that there is no alternative for is Flash (the dev environment). That's ok cos I stopped doing that kind of work a while ago.
Other than that, there are good apps for vectors, bitmaps, 3D as well as text, PDF and then coding environments etc.

It can do anything at all. I have forgotten how to use Winders!
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If I could make use of your experience, could you recommend a good feed reader/podcatcher combination?

At the moment I'm using Liferea and Gpodder, but I'd prefer to use just one program.

Gpodder has marvellous podcast capabilities, but no regular (non-media) feed support, and Liferea has poor podcast support, so I'm looking for a combo program.

And I also hope that at one point, I can say that I don't know how to use windows, if only because it sounds so freaking awesome.
 
Bram Kaandorp said:
It's simpler because you use one less key.
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Small problem in the case of crtl and shift. In fact, to me it would be the simplest to have it crtl-z and crtl-shift-z with the z in the bottom left (standard layout), instead of in the middle of the keyboard (German layout).
 
Bram Kaandorp said:
If I could make use of your experience, could you recommend a good feed reader/podcatcher combination?
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I don't listen to podcasts (can't avoid falling asleep, I'm weird) so I have not looked. I use Thunderbird for mail as well as RSS (some RSS I just make bookmarks in Firefox - i.e. subscribe to a feed) and that works well.

And I also hope that at one point, I can say that I don't know how to use windows
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:) Baby steps Padawan. It takes magnificent power to forget how to use Winders. I am such a Jedi. Modesty forbids me from further self-praise. :D
 
Lord Emsworth said:
keyboard (German layout).
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Not sure if this thread has touched on it but of things non-ascii Linux has a super system to enter characters. It's really natural and flows with one's typing.

Setup your 'compose key' (however your desktop let's you) to something like right-Alt and then you can do:

ä = compose, double-quote, a (all individual presses, not simultaneous)
è = compose, `, e
— = compose, - three times (minus key, press thrice)
© = compose, c, O (capital o)

I hope those came out ok.

I am sure there are more - what are your tips?
 
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