Comments on: A round of GNU/Linux, heading in to the back nine. (Part 2) http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/11/12/a-round-of-gnu-linux-heading-in-to-the-back-nine-part-2/ free software, free culture, free association Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:53:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Scott Carpenter http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/11/12/a-round-of-gnu-linux-heading-in-to-the-back-nine-part-2/#comment-500 Scott Carpenter Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:29:30 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/11/12/a-round-of-gnu-linux-heading-in-to-the-back-nine-part-2/#comment-500 Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I wrote in <a href="/2006/10/26/book-review-linus-torvalds-just-for-fun/" rel="nofollow">another entry</a> about how I wished I had spent more of my youth learning this stuff when I had more time. But I need to let that go and keep telling myself there's plenty of time still to learn. Tony: I have 3 slots each with 128MB RAM for 384MB total. Not sure if that's the max or not. I'm thinking about getting a new machine, and if so, it might be fun to try installing gNewSense on Wintermute. Should run fine in terminal mode, and I'm guessing graphics is one of the bigger challenges with going completely "free." Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I wrote in another entry about how I wished I had spent more of my youth learning this stuff when I had more time. But I need to let that go and keep telling myself there’s plenty of time still to learn.

Tony: I have 3 slots each with 128MB RAM for 384MB total. Not sure if that’s the max or not. I’m thinking about getting a new machine, and if so, it might be fun to try installing gNewSense on Wintermute. Should run fine in terminal mode, and I’m guessing graphics is one of the bigger challenges with going completely “free.”

]]> By: Geoff http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/11/12/a-round-of-gnu-linux-heading-in-to-the-back-nine-part-2/#comment-498 Geoff Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:48:49 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/11/12/a-round-of-gnu-linux-heading-in-to-the-back-nine-part-2/#comment-498 Don't feel too bad... I've been running Linux for probably about 9 years now, and I <em>still</em> have problems with X. Every time I have to reinstall due to harddrive failure (um... twice now) or a new machine, X is the hardest to get behaving properly. Even my wireless card worked relatively quickly this time! ^_^ Don’t feel too bad… I’ve been running Linux for probably about 9 years now, and I still have problems with X. Every time I have to reinstall due to harddrive failure (um… twice now) or a new machine, X is the hardest to get behaving properly.

Even my wireless card worked relatively quickly this time! ^_^

]]> By: Tony Lawrence http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/11/12/a-round-of-gnu-linux-heading-in-to-the-back-nine-part-2/#comment-491 Tony Lawrence Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:25:41 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/11/12/a-round-of-gnu-linux-heading-in-to-the-back-nine-part-2/#comment-491 Don't sweat the Alpha geeks. Sites like yours are much more valuable for most folks: the Alpha's don't usually explain things very well - for most things that will have you and I sweating for hours, they consider these trivial.. And of course often it IS trivial: once you've done it once, and assuming you knew the fifteen other trivial things that "everybody" knows. But until then.. Slow machine? How much ram you have in that puppy? Don’t sweat the Alpha geeks. Sites like yours are much more valuable for most folks: the Alpha’s don’t usually explain things very well – for most things that will have you and I sweating for hours, they consider these trivial..

And of course often it IS trivial: once you’ve done it once, and assuming you knew the fifteen other trivial things that “everybody” knows. But until then..

Slow machine? How much ram you have in that puppy?

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