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Linux vs. Windows (pg. 18)
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Why do you use windows? :nervous: :p Nice motherboard btw. |
I guess I still use Windows for a few reasons, because it's familiar to me, because I have a few Microsoft certifications, and because most of the programs that I have are Windows based.
I actually learned on a Mac back in the early 90's, but then in 10th grade a friend of the family gave me a government issued Dauphin 1050 laptop (don't ask) which was only running an Intel 386. I had to figure out both DOS and Windows 3.1 after I couldn't remember a password that I had locked it with.
Anyway, I've really been thinking about making a dual boot with both Linux and Windows, just to help make myself get more acquainted with Linux in general. I do want to use Linux but it just seems so far removed from everything that I've been doing - even though I know that's a bad excuse.
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
Must be more than just a nice motherboard if you're running it at 4.2 GHz |
Well, you're partially right. It is the processor that's cranked up to those high speeds. However, it's my motherboard that's allowing me to maintain the higher bus speeds which allow me to do it. My last one which was based on the Intel 915 chipset only supported up to 800MHz but this new one (955 chipset) supports the Pentium Extreme series with the 1066MHz Bus.
I basically just searched for the fastest recorded speeds and decided I needed to get whatever motherboard those Intel guys were using. I think it was both out of sheer determination to max out my system and the need to be upgradeable in the future as this board also supports Intel's new 65nm chips.
My rig is air cooled via Arctic Cooling, BTW. In that pic it was running warm as I had just done some benchmarks before I took that screenshot. It doesn't go above 55 degrees Celsius even while working at 100% load. Idle has been averaging about 40 degrees but I'm also set up in a pretty warm room to begin with.
Yes, I know I'm a computer nerd. :toothless I'm glad to be one. :tongue2
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| shaolin_Z |
| Man, I'm such a n00b! I tried adding wikipedia to the search engine in Firefox and wondered for days why the hell it wasn't showing up. Then I realized that I need root privelages to do it since that data isn't stored in the user's home directory :tongue2. n0000000000000000000000000b! :crazy: :toothless |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Man, I'm such a n00b! I tried adding wikipedia to the search engine in Firefox and wondered for days why the hell it wasn't showing up. Then I realized that I need root privelages to do it since that data isn't stored in the user's home directory :tongue2. n0000000000000000000000000b! :crazy: :toothless |
Haha, about time to create a profile in your home directory? ;) |
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| shaolin_Z |
I added the following line to /etc/fstab when I installed Fedora ages ago, but I was curious what the different fields meant:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
Ok, now it's pretty obvious so far:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs
I'm guessing the umask=0222 is for permissions right?
but what does ro,defaults and 0 0 mean/do? |
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| NeoPhono |
The unamsk is in fact permission, it's basically the opposite of the normal change permission numbers. (instead of 777 it's 222)
The first "0" after that means that you want dump to overlook that drive when making backups.
The second "0" means you don't want fsck to check the drive.
The "ro" means "read only." (as opposed to read/write or "rw")
That fourth column, which "ro" is actually a part of has several settings that can be modified, but by selecting "default" it does that for you. Except in your case you've change "rw" the default, to "ro." You've also changed the permission for the drive, although for practical purposes, leaving that out (going to the default setting) would probably work just the same. |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
Must be more than just a nice motherboard if you're running it at 4.2 GHz. |
I need a new power supply now. Since the 12V rails on my PSU aren't rock-solid, it wasn't 100% stable at 4.2GHz.
I've been getting some decent benchmark results at around 4.12GHz, though. :)
From the other night:
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| ogvh5150 |
| Very familiar for those of you still on Windows 98. |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by ogvh5150
Very familiar for those of you still on Windows 98. |
I thought the interface more closely resembled Windows ME - but yeah, that's just about how Windows 98 used to operate. |
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| shaolin_Z |
I love how much control you have over your desktop enviornment in KDE. Here are the results :) :
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
I love how much control you have over your desktop enviornment in KDE. Here are the results :) :
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That's nice!
What are the two speaker icons for in the tray? One's volume and the other is ______? |
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