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Re:Is Linux really all that great....
Reply #45 on: March 24, 2006, 22:35:45 PM
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It could have been just my setup but when I searched I found several other references to problems with USB memory devices. It works now though.

Pity it doesnt recognise my 1400*1050 resolution notebook screen but thats being just picky...


I had the same problem with my notebook. cause it was cheap and cheerful


Mines got reasonable quality components and is a relatively powerful item (3.06GhzPantsium, 1GB ram Go5600), still more capable than an average lappy. Only issues are it weighs a good bit and battery life isnt good (about 30 mins).

The resolution though isnt a standard one so falls between whats expected and I get offered the next lowest.
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Re:Is Linux really all that great....
Reply #46 on: March 26, 2006, 21:19:03 PM
If you want a secure OS with a methodical, stable release program, then you should look no further than BSD. FreeBSD for the desktop, and OpenBSD for the utterly paranoid.

If, on the other hand you want an OS hobbled together by hundreds of coders, each keen to stamp their mark on a particular library or application, get Linux. It does get the job done (Although it still runs slower than BSD in my experience:P)

We may all laugh about windows being unsecure, but imagine being able to read the root password from any user account in a PLAIN TEXT FILE ;)
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Reply #47 on: March 26, 2006, 21:21:13 PM
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It could have been just my setup but when I searched I found several other references to problems with USB memory devices. It works now though.

Pity it doesnt recognise my 1400*1050 resolution notebook screen but thats being just picky...


I had the same problem with my notebook. cause it was cheap and cheerful


Mines got reasonable quality components and is a relatively powerful item (3.06GhzPantsium, 1GB ram Go5600), still more capable than an average lappy. Only issues are it weighs a good bit and battery life isnt good (about 30 mins).

The resolution though isnt a standard one so falls between whats expected and I get offered the next lowest.


I am pretty sure you can force the issue with a bit of editing .conf files :) Shouldnt be too hard, just specify a resolution by hand :)
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Re:Is Linux really all that great....
Reply #48 on: March 26, 2006, 21:24:38 PM
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If you want a secure OS with a methodical, stable release program, then you should look no further than BSD. FreeBSD for the desktop, and OpenBSD for the utterly paranoid.

If, on the other hand you want an OS hobbled together by hundreds of coders, each keen to stamp their mark on a particular library or application, get Linux. It does get the job done (Although it still runs slower than BSD in my experience:P)

We may all laugh about windows being unsecure, but imagine being able to read the root password from any user account in a PLAIN TEXT FILE ;)


plain text file,wheres that then? OpenBSD  sounds as if it comunity based too??
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Re:Is Linux really all that great....
Reply #49 on: March 26, 2006, 22:06:08 PM
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If you want a secure OS with a methodical, stable release program, then you should look no further than BSD. FreeBSD for the desktop, and OpenBSD for the utterly paranoid.

If, on the other hand you want an OS hobbled together by hundreds of coders, each keen to stamp their mark on a particular library or application, get Linux. It does get the job done (Although it still runs slower than BSD in my experience:P)

We may all laugh about windows being unsecure, but imagine being able to read the root password from any user account in a PLAIN TEXT FILE ;)


plain text file,wheres that then? OpenBSD  sounds as if it comunity based too??

it is but Berkley University check _everything_ that has been put through it.  Makes it probably the most satble of the open source disros.  However pretty much any of the "good" linux distros are just as useful
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Re:Is Linux really all that great....
Reply #50 on: March 26, 2006, 22:58:07 PM
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If you want a secure OS with a methodical, stable release program, then you should look no further than BSD. FreeBSD for the desktop, and OpenBSD for the utterly paranoid.

If, on the other hand you want an OS hobbled together by hundreds of coders, each keen to stamp their mark on a particular library or application, get Linux. It does get the job done (Although it still runs slower than BSD in my experience:P)

We may all laugh about windows being unsecure, but imagine being able to read the root password from any user account in a PLAIN TEXT FILE ;)


plain text file,wheres that then? OpenBSD  sounds as if it comunity based too??


That would have been Ubuntu 5.1 - the install password - my mistake
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