At 11/10/09 08:22 AM, Deja-Vu wrote: You will notice sites like Google has the remember functionality but only remembers your username, it still prompts you for your password once your session has expired.

Google mail has remember me, and it remembers me for a month without needing to enter a password for that whole month?

At 11/9/09 02:43 PM, Jon-86 wrote: I meant to saw "Naaaaaw that's V"

I know who it is ;) but V is burnt like a mother chuffer.

At 11/8/09 08:17 PM, Guest8792 wrote: I still can't grasp the concept of how they make a movie based on a 1980's video game where you just try to trap your opponents in a wall of your trails.

The game was based on the original 1982 movie actually. Well, based on the light cycle part anyway.

At 11/8/09 05:43 PM, Samen wrote: Okedokie, I'll try doing that.

It should be obvious, but you'll want to run the setup in dosbox.

I recommend "The Typing of the Dead", it can improve your spelling abilities 10 fold...

I don't know if the freeware version comes with it, but there should be a setup exe that sets the sound device.

You'll want to use a sound blaster 16 as AFAIK Dos Box emulates that.

Well that really depends on what you've actually done so far...

It should just be a case of moving the html / php / asp files from your computer via ftp into the home folder.

Well I wish I could do Messenger meetings, you can blag your way through them far easier than a phone call.

At 11/5/09 08:26 PM, Alphabit wrote: Stuff

It was your own damn fault for not logging in prior to the interview.

Also who does Messenger interviews?

At 11/5/09 07:07 PM, Jon-86 wrote: Feckin love it :)

Burnt face man?

At 11/5/09 12:25 PM, Mechabloby wrote: What are you doing tonight to celebrate bonfire night?

Oh, I forgot...

Chicks with dicks.

Obviously.

At 11/5/09 06:28 AM, CronoMan wrote: That script uses an email client (mailto:)
You need to do this with serverside scripting and an smtp-server

This.

If you fill out the form and hit send, it just opens up an email in your client with the details already entered.

So that script doesn't do what you want it to do.

Worked fine on Linux using Wine, so crossover should work as well.

I think TF2 and CSS are 2 of the most common Wine / Crossover / Cedga games at the moment.

At 11/3/09 04:51 PM, funkycaveman wrote: thanks for all the info a few things:

first i know some programming languages and can use the cmd, but im guessing it wont be needed?

Using the CMD is almost nothing like using a Terminal Emulator and using bash. If you don't use Terminal or Bash in Linux, you are missing out on an awesomely powerful tool.

also by using a linux based operating system and using a windows emulator in it aparently runs programs better than in windows itself, with the 3d stuff i doubt the actual 3d graphics would be better but it gives you the choice.

I have no idea where you got that information. It is complete bullshit I'm afraid. Unfortunately I don't have Wine installed at all (and cannot be bothered), but Photoshop for me worked fine, but you couldn't read any of the menu text.

3D will be slower (if the applications use DirectX to render the graphics) as Wine will have to translate DirectX calls into OpenGL calls. This also can cause artefacts and other odd behaviour.

the new internal hdd would be blank, is it easier installing unbuntu from the get go or try windows then ubuntu afterwards?

It's easier to run the Live CD, honestly.

Ubuntu may install quicker than Windows (although Microsoft did a better job with 7, taking almost exactly the same amount of time), but you will likely need to do a lot of manual configuration of things that you take for granted in Windows.

At this point in time I see you more of a user than an administrator (in terms of knowledge / skill), and as I say with almost ever user: Get Windows. Simple as.

Also, regarding 3D you will of course need the drivers, which can be a pain in Linux.

9200's and older are not supported by ATi on Linux anymore, and you can only install the drivers up to 9.3.

HD graphics cards (like my main computers HD4870x2) have limited support, although the proprietary drivers can use 3D on them they really are shit compared to the Windows drivers.

The open source drivers "radeon" support everything up to the HD series in both 3D and 2D and the new "radeonhd" drivers support a limited number of cards in 3D and 2D and more only in 2D. 64bit can also cause issues as well with the proprietary drivers that Ubuntu "recommend" you install, I have failed several times to install it through the driver wizard without it causing my computer to seize after booting into GDM (login screen).

SiS cards are pretty awful anyway, but I've only been able to get 2D running on an old computer of mine.

Intel have limited support for specific cards for 3D, but most are happy with 2D.

3DFX are obsolete and shit, so frankly if you have one you should throw your computer out.

So if you do have ATi / SiS / Intel / 3DFX graphics, be prepared for a headache. Nvidia seem to be the only ones who are pro actively supporting Linux drivers at the moment.

I cannot stress enough, that at this moment in time people who simply use computers to do work should NOT install Linux.

Disclaimer: This is not a rant at you.

However, I still love the idea of Linux (and especially Arch Linux) mainly because it is keeping retards out right now.

At 11/3/09 04:01 PM, RageOfOrder wrote: Oh yes. So ugly.

A Serif font on your task bar, eww.

I did a :P as my post mood because I wasn't serious.

But I prefer to not use a big desktop manager like KDE or Gnome, and go for just using Openbox with Tint2 and Nitrogen.

At 11/3/09 03:02 PM, kiwi-kiwi wrote: Plus KDE looks very nice.

Eww, KDE...

At 11/3/09 02:23 PM, funkycaveman wrote: Well i do have other computers and a small netbook for my dtp kinda stuff, on this computer i am looking to use most of the adobe suite and also 3d max seeing i have not learnt any new ones yet such as maya and blender that i really should

I have no idea what Maya or Blender have in terms of options for Linux, but Adobe don't ahve any native binaries, so you will have to run either emulation (Wine, WineX, Cedga, crossover etc) or in a VirtualBox (equivalent of VPC).

true, but if you have windows already installed you can dual boot? i think ubuntu recognises windows and asks if you want to when installing it?

It does but that still isn't a reason to install it.

Ubuntu, and Linux in general should only be installed if you ACTUALLY want it. For the sake of trying it just run the Live CD and see if you like it.

Unless you want something Linux specifically has to offer then I really don't see any point to it.

I also don't recommend using emulation such as Wine, because it is very much hit and miss and pointless when you have a Windows capable machine and a Windows CD Key.

Bearing in mind I run 3 Arch Linux servers and a Debian Laptop, I still use Windows (7) on my main Desktop.

You haven't said anything about what you do on computers other than flash and generic "3d software". You also haven't said how competent you are with computers and operating systems in general.

Stick with Windows, a bigger hard drive is no reason to change your platform.

Flash forum and use code tags.

Yes and yes. The only issue you may have is with some peripheral drivers (like old camera's etc), but x64 OS' support more than 4GB of Memory (which is System RAM + Graphics VRAM) and give the hardware the best chance of performing optimally. That's not to say x86 would be bad, but it is just better to have an x64 OS on x64 hardware.

You may find response limited due to lack of payment, but I'll send you a PM anyway.

At 10/31/09 12:03 PM, letiger wrote: and thats what matters

Considering you can't edit your own posts, yes... Dick.

Care to share for the benefit of others?

At 2/13/07 04:46 PM, PS3-fan wrote: Seriously the navy is for panzys. There is almost no danger unless a jack ass crashes a submarine or there is nuclear weapons involved. Once i graduate from high school i will join the Marines. The Marines are out there doing real fighting. Marines >>>>>Navy. Just saying do.

Huh, in the UK the Marines are part of the Navy.

Oh... By butt tongue, I thought you meant a tongue in your butt.

I AM DISAPPOINT.

At 10/31/09 12:47 AM, bgraybr wrote: 1. The default window manager is Gnome.

Ubuntulite has Openbox / PCManFM installed out of the box. No gnome.

2. I don't like typing sudo <command> and then my password every time

su? Or in Nautilus tools > Open as Root (or something like that).

3. When I opened up the file manager and went to /usr/bin to change something all of the files were hidden

No idea what you mean, I could see everything... Ctrl+H will also show hidden files and will stay like that until you next press Ctrl+H.

4. This isn't Linux.

Ubuntu it aimed at the average (Windows) user. It is not trying to preach to the converted, especially not the geekier ones.

All of the things that make the distro "user friendly" just take up memory and make things run slower.

Kind of part of point 4, most people will be running Windows Vista or Windows 7 by now (those that look more for change anyway) so likely hood is they don't have a Intel PII with 128MB RAM, a 4MB Onboard video card and 10GB of hard disk space.

Ubuntu just seems like an operating system for people that want Windows/Mac but don't want to pay a lot of money.

Still kind of part of point 4, this is almost exactly what they are advertising.
"Get Ubuntu, just like Windows or Mac, but free, secure and fun".

Screen shot of Absolute. See? It looks great but is still fast fast fast.

But it's going to be far more alien to those fresh from Windows, or those who are not power users. And what the hell is going on with a "Start" button in that screenshot? Infact the whole taskbar looks hideous. Tint2 is far nicer.

Iit seems PeachBlossom has already posted pretty much the same thing but better... Oh well...

At 10/30/09 06:59 PM, Luke-Bassett wrote: people say cuss often in england its just something you get used to

Oh okay then, you know being from Reading near London, England, Great Britian; I don't know what it means.

At 10/30/09 08:00 PM, bgraybr wrote: Eh... Ubuntu. I'd go with something Slackware or Arch based if you really want to learn how to use Linux.

Arch Linux is awesome, my server runs it. However, I think Ubuntu is a bit gentler on newcomers to the Linux scene, especially with the no hassle setup.

At 10/30/09 06:36 PM, Luke-Bassett wrote: dont cuss the map the map was epic

Duh okay den.

Seriously, it was average at best, there wasn't any creativity put into it at all.