Comments on: Dell / Linux http://blog.50micron.com/2007/10/29/dell-linux/ Ranting and raving about storage and technology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:36:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SanGod http://blog.50micron.com/2007/10/29/dell-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-5696 SanGod Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:55:19 +0000 http://www.sangod.com/?p=179#comment-5696 Well - never being one to snark at something I've not tried. I put Ubuntu 7.10 on a spare harddrive I had for my D620 just to see what all the fuss was about. Oh My God - I'm impressed. Makes Fedora look like it's not finished yet (truthfully, it's not) Almost everything worked right out of the box, without tinkering. I spent $39 on Crossover Linux (http://www.codeweavers.com) and installed VMWare Workstation on it, and I've not gone back. (Still carry the XP harddrive with me just in case, but 99.9% of my work is now done on the Linux drive. I still had to tinker with the PPP settings to get my Sprint-EVDO modem working, but found some great docs on the how-to at the ubuntu website. Thank you for the suggestion, I do apologize for being so daft not to have taken it in the first place. Well – never being one to snark at something I’ve not tried. I put Ubuntu 7.10 on a spare harddrive I had for my D620 just to see what all the fuss was about.

Oh My God – I’m impressed. Makes Fedora look like it’s not finished yet (truthfully, it’s not)

Almost everything worked right out of the box, without tinkering. I spent $39 on Crossover Linux (http://www.codeweavers.com) and installed VMWare Workstation on it, and I’ve not gone back. (Still carry the XP harddrive with me just in case, but 99.9% of my work is now done on the Linux drive.

I still had to tinker with the PPP settings to get my Sprint-EVDO modem working, but found some great docs on the how-to at the ubuntu website.

Thank you for the suggestion, I do apologize for being so daft not to have taken it in the first place.

]]> By: SanGod http://blog.50micron.com/2007/10/29/dell-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4799 SanGod Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:20:42 +0000 http://www.sangod.com/?p=179#comment-4799 Yeah - I ended up having to go back to XP, too many things <i>almost</i> work. The main problem seems to be EMC's "Symmwin" and "Symmremote" applciations, which is required for my work. I still have the drive with it on it - I just swapped out to a newer (and faster) 7200RPM 80G drive for my work. -J Yeah – I ended up having to go back to XP, too many things almost work. The main problem seems to be EMC’s “Symmwin” and “Symmremote” applciations, which is required for my work.

I still have the drive with it on it – I just swapped out to a newer (and faster) 7200RPM 80G drive for my work.

-J

]]> By: danisaacs http://blog.50micron.com/2007/10/29/dell-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 danisaacs Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:40:38 +0000 http://www.sangod.com/?p=179#comment-4793 Bah. They made the GUI work a bit nicer for the Shmoes. But I still apt-get anything I need. It's still GNU/Linux. It's a pig with makeup. Bah. They made the GUI work a bit nicer for the Shmoes. But I still apt-get anything I need. It’s still GNU/Linux. It’s a pig with makeup.

]]> By: SanGod http://blog.50micron.com/2007/10/29/dell-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4766 SanGod Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:12:37 +0000 http://www.sangod.com/?p=179#comment-4766 I've heard Ubuntu described as "Linux for Windows users" I'd prefer Linux for Linux users. ;-) I’ve heard Ubuntu described as “Linux for Windows users”

I’d prefer Linux for Linux users. ;-)

]]> By: danisaacs http://blog.50micron.com/2007/10/29/dell-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-4756 danisaacs Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:48:38 +0000 http://www.sangod.com/?p=179#comment-4756 Hmm. don't you think maybe the world was trying to tell you something? Like: Use Ubuntu for your desktop. :) Hmm. don’t you think maybe the world was trying to tell you something? Like: Use Ubuntu for your desktop. :)

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