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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2008, 01:29:37 AM »
windows media center? Not that i want to self expose myself as a computer geek and lunix lover, but its really a worthless pick.

dual-booting ubuntu and openSUSE here.  :)

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2008, 11:38:32 AM »
dual-booting ubuntu and openSUSE here.  :)

Excuse me?

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2008, 01:10:56 PM »
Excuse me?

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i don't have Windows on my computer. i have two versions of Linux on instead: one called Ubuntu, another called OpenSUSE. "dual-boot" means when my computer starts up i can pick which one i feel like using. thus i can make it do nifty things like have a cool dock bar at the bottom or the big analog clock, amongst other things.

also nice because both are 100% free.

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2008, 02:36:05 PM »
i don't have Windows on my computer. i have two versions of Linux on instead: one called Ubuntu, another called OpenSUSE. "dual-boot" means when my computer starts up i can pick which one i feel like using. thus i can make it do nifty things like have a cool dock bar at the bottom or the big analog clock, amongst other things.

also nice because both are 100% free.

How is Ubuntu?  Is it pretty stable?  How about compatibility with hardware?  I was looking at it a year or 2 ago.

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2008, 02:49:48 PM »
dual-booting ubuntu and openSUSE here.  :)

those are fighting words   >:(

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #30 on: January 06, 2008, 02:50:40 PM »
How is Ubuntu?  Is it pretty stable?  How about compatibility with hardware?  I was looking at it a year or 2 ago.

it's a lot more stable now than it was then. it recognized everything on my notebook immediately. wireless, sound card, graphics, even the media buttons above the keyboard (i have an HP dv6000). i constantly use stuff from the "unstable" and "testing" repos, so a program will go grey once in a while but the OS is surprisingly stable overall. no problems at all.

they have a liveCD for it now, so you can take it for a test run. i have to admit a lot of the fun is just the visual effects.  :D

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #31 on: January 06, 2008, 02:54:46 PM »
those are fighting words   >:(

what, you wanna throw down?

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?!?!??  >:(

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #32 on: January 06, 2008, 03:03:12 PM »
How is Ubuntu?  Is it pretty stable?  How about compatibility with hardware?  I was looking at it a year or 2 ago.

haha ubuntu is for homos, BSD IS THE WAY TO GO!
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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2008, 03:07:27 PM »
haha ubuntu is for homos, BSD IS THE WAY TO GO!

bah. there's this anti-ubuntu thing that i don't get. it works smoothly, boots up quickly, and if i need to get into the terminal and get my hands dirty i can. if you need all-GUI you can, if you prefer command line you can use that instead.

i think people just hate ubuntu because it's popular and user-friendly. ::)

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #34 on: January 06, 2008, 03:13:02 PM »
bah. there's this anti-ubuntu thing that i don't get. it works smoothly, boots up quickly, and if i need to get into the terminal and get my hands dirty i can. if you need all-GUI you can, if you prefer command line you can use that instead.

i think people just hate ubuntu because it's popular and user-friendly. ::)

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #35 on: January 06, 2008, 03:22:33 PM »
i bet you cried when rob levin died

actually i don't even know who that is.  ???

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Re: Anybody uses Windows Media Center?
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2008, 03:28:10 PM »
actually i don't even know who that is.  ???

dont worry, some open sores mongol who is now burning in hell
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