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09-20-2013 , 12:48 PM

#3526

iversonian

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mac os ain't unix either

09-20-2013 , 12:49 PM

#3527

Krayz

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It's easier than going windows -> OSX. Most things are very similar, you don't need to touch the command line unless you have to.

09-20-2013 , 12:50 PM

#3528

amplify

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kokiri

what's the learning curve like going windows -> ubuntu?

We are going about this backwards.

What is your issue with Windows and what do you want to accomplish with this transition?

09-20-2013 , 12:52 PM

#3529

iversonian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by amplify

We are going about this backwards.

What is your issue with Windows and what do you want to accomplish with this transition?

what are you trying to do? reduce pub drama? this could potentially be as GOAT as the toilet plunger incident!

09-20-2013 , 12:57 PM

#3530

kokiri

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Quote:

Originally Posted by amplify

We are going about this backwards.

What is your issue with Windows and what do you want to accomplish with this transition?

good question

i have a limited budget for computers and i would generally like to achieve as much as i can within it,

i find windows slow and frustrating often

i think i would probably generate some pleasure from using something not-windows just because

09-20-2013 , 12:58 PM

#3531

Chips Ahoy

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You could just boot linux off a usbkey and try it.

But go ahead, install it. You won't regret it more than the other way.

09-20-2013 , 12:58 PM

#3532

kokiri

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Quote:

Originally Posted by iversonian

what are you trying to do? reduce pub drama? this could potentially be as GOAT as the toilet plunger incident!

to be fair to me, there was the great pub incident of me reinstalling windows, which is notable much like the dog which didn't bark in the night.

09-20-2013 , 12:59 PM

#3533

Krayz

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chips Ahoy

You could just boot linux off a usbkey and try it.

You can install Ubuntu without a new partition on top of windows now. Removing it is just as simple as uninstalling too.

09-20-2013 , 12:59 PM

#3534

kokiri

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chips Ahoy

You could just boot linux off a usbkey and try it.

yeah, i think i probably will.

thanks all.

09-20-2013 , 01:01 PM

#3535

kokiri

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one of my 3 laptops in regular rotation has like a 60gb HD of which 50odd of it is used up just because.

If I move my photos to an external HD, would that be accessible by the ubunto?

09-20-2013 , 01:03 PM

#3536

iversonian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kokiri

one of my 3 laptops in regular rotation has like a 60gb HD of which 50odd of it is used up just because.

If I move my photos to an external HD, would that be accessible by the ubunto?

ubuntu doesn't read NTFS natively. good chance your HD is formatted NTFS.

09-20-2013 , 01:06 PM

#3537

kokiri

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Quote:

Originally Posted by iversonian

ubuntu doesn't read NTFS natively. good chance your HD is formatted NTFS.

What about if I put them onto a usb?

09-20-2013 , 01:06 PM

#3538

iversonian

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you have a new job. i think you can afford to buy a decent laptop.

09-20-2013 , 01:07 PM

#3539

iversonian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kokiri

What about if I put them onto a usb?

that should be fine.

09-20-2013 , 01:09 PM

#3540

kokiri

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Cheers

I am a poster child for wasted potential. Both my parents were punch card era computer people, and I grew up with computers, and then at some point at like age 13, when I should have been going full johnny mnemonic, I lost interest and missed the chance to develop some really valuable skills more or less for free.

09-20-2013 , 01:11 PM

#3541

kokiri

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Quote:

Originally Posted by iversonian

you have a new job. i think you can afford to buy a decent laptop.

I've already overheard my wife discussing with a family member quitting her job

09-20-2013 , 01:14 PM

#3542

iversonian

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and you quit banking just when the bonuses started to get absurd.

09-20-2013 , 01:24 PM

#3543

amplify

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Quote:

Originally Posted by iversonian

ubuntu doesn't read NTFS natively. good chance your HD is formatted NTFS.

close. it reads ntfs and I am pretty sure writes to it.

problem is installing it on an NTFS partition as you need ext for linus/unix file permissions.

09-20-2013 , 01:26 PM

#3544

kokiri

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Nods sagely.

09-20-2013 , 01:36 PM

#3545

Chips Ahoy

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Just let linux be linux. Sacrifice a laptop and do a clean install. See if you like it.

09-20-2013 , 01:58 PM

#3546

kokiri

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Does poker stars run on ubuntu?

09-20-2013 , 01:59 PM

#3547

eyebooger

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Krayz

One thinks they've won WCs, the other actually has. Better to hearken back to the good 'ol days than to be a complete embarrassment to your country by your existence.

I knew that Mexico had never won. But I didn't realize their results were so bad.

They've only ever made the QFs twice (and both times they were the hosts). Never beyond. I'm really amazed by that.

09-20-2013 , 02:01 PM

#3548

ElliotR

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chips Ahoy

Just let linux be linux. Sacrifice a laptop and do a clean install. See if you like it.

Bah. This is easy to say when you have so many laptops laying around you pass them out like candy on Halloween.

09-20-2013 , 02:02 PM

#3549

amplify

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kokiri

Does poker stars run on ubuntu?

You'd have to run it in WINE.

I leave the rest as an exercise for the neophyte linuxer.

09-20-2013 , 02:38 PM

#3550

Mark_K

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Last time I tried to run pokerstars (2.5 years ago?) under wine was a pretty bad experience. It was slow and resource intensive.

But maybe it was my machine...

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