Jim Sarakun Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) There are 6 computers in our household. 2 are Imacs, a desktop and a laptop. Another is an old Tesco jobbie, a Phillips, running Windoze xp. It's an oldie so xp is pretty much all it can handle, though it does have a 275mb graphics card installed for internet games, minecraft comes to mind which it handles superbly. On a seperate drive it has Linux Mint 12. a very pretty and easy to use Linux operating system. Gnome 3, luvvit. Another is the first laptop I ever bought, in 2000, an old dell which came with xp but is now running Xubuntu, which works fine on this old knacker, Windoze shagged it with all the updates, but it runs fine now, like a new computer, on Xubuntu. Then we have a Dell XPS 720, built 5 years ago, future proof was the claim then, and even today there is not an operating system that will make this beast hang or slow down, not even Windoze 7, the famous rescource drainer. About £1500 they were new, 4 gig of ram, dual core and this particular one has 3 terrabite of hard drive and raid, which I don't use or need in fact, and it's my main PC and I love it to bits, picked it up for under £200. It also has 4 terrabites of usb caddies hooked up to it, with most of my movies, photos and music and with it all powered up, it just will not protest or slow down. And a surround sound music system with sub woofer, my, how us rich live eh? I'm on a £1 an hour now you know. My how I love this coalition. Then we have an old Toshiba Tecra laptop which I am posting this on now. It runs on Fedora 17. Ferdora 17 is a super Linux operating system, try it. I love it. It has Open Suse and Windoze XP Black in a virtual box should we get bored. The piece of resistance is a real space ship of a beast. A gaming PC. Quad core with 16 gig of ram and 2 terrabites of hard drive. Ubuntu 12.04 is the main operating system with Ubuntu 11.04 in a partiton and Windoze 7 also in a partition. The plan in the future for this beast, is to run it on a 50" or so , plasma monitor, so if any of you have a reasonably priced one for sale, mail me. I always install Linux over Windoze, having had Windoze mess up so many times prior to discovering Linux, and I lost lots of important and valuable information that made my life difficult, so now if it cocks up, it's easy to delete and re install under Linux. Linux being the primary operating system on all my computers now, but not the Imacs, YET.. Hey, you noticed, no mention of the Imacs. Well, Imacs are cool, pretty much virus unavailable, a cool tool, and they belong to the wife and my son, who are caught up with that Apple worm, that burrows so deep into their pockets they daren't talk about it. Their Iphones and Ipads and whatever Apple thing they are hooked onto. Macs are good, but work on the money grabbing system that Windoze uses. Though Mac does not burrow as deep as the Windoze worm, and I know all you Windoze users are still handing over your sheckles too, to fuel the Bill Gates engine. Yer anti virus...... de fraggers... ......nope... I wont go on....... you made your choice..... So, are there any other multi boot users out there on Pigeon Watch? With a couple of Linux operating systems in a virtual box, ready to check out, mess with, change the code and play around in terminal, or are you all happy with your Windoze XP and happy to finance the Bill Gates empire with your anti virus purchase, defragger, etc, etc, and the like? PS. Anyone wishing to acquire my PC empire, be warned that I will execute my right to defend my property with reasonable force.. though I am a very unreasonable man. Edited October 13, 2012 by Jim Sarakun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sprackles Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Warez is my answer to microsnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry-M Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I've got a dell xps m1730 (2.6ghz dual core, 8800m gtx in sli, 4gig ram) which currently has an old beta version of win 7 on it, and a main operating system of vista. Very tempted to put linux on it and win7 as a secondary boot for gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 rather than spent a fortune on a mac then use it as a pc, i buy a 1/3 of the price pc. Anything you need to keep a pc running well is free, its with a mac you have to constantly pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 My wife and I both use Thinkpad laptops, which have proven very tough after numerous batterings by the dogs and a few glasses of red wine thrown into them. In the office room I have an HP pc running windows 7, it runs just fine, and two Mac G5 dual processor 2.7Ghz. The macs are the latest models that will run the required OS for my scanners ( for you non-mac people, macs have a short and pretty useless upgrade path - often you have to buy a new mac to upgrade software to something that will run the application you want to use ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sarakun Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 You know Catweazle, I have a Mac G5 in my e bay watch list as we speak. Always fancied a play with one of those things, they also look really cool and futuristic, but don't they fetch good money still when second hand? It seems that most desktops are a bit like used cars, cost a fortune to buy but if you change your mind a year down the road and want something different, they sell at a fraction of the price. Seems like pimpkiller has sussed that one. I bought the XPS not only because I thought they looked cool when they first came out and had all the spec and some, for that time, but because of the ease of getting at everything, clip in hard drives, four of them, perfect if you like to try all the operating systems out there and I do so the XPS is perfect for multi booting. Alas I could not afford one 5 years ago. Compared to Windoze though, Linux has come on in leaps and bounds and has and does everything and so much easier to use too. I used to hate that pop up box saying I don't have access, on my PC, that I had bought and paid for, yeah right. I tried that Windoze 8 but was not impressed though it was the free trial version. It looked too much like an Iphone to me and it is geared the same, to take your hard earnt, for every app a price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliesims Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 The mac g5 is awsome and looks great, would love one but a tad expensive as I remember the 12 core one is 3.5k o.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I run Ubuntu and prefer it over Windows! Ubuntu is a low memory program and.can be run on the smallest of CPU units and low memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry-M Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 What is linux like for driver support though? Would i have to rely on windows for gaming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sarakun Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 What is linux like for driver support though? Would i have to rely on windows for gaming? Pretty much Bry-M and that is the only reason I still have a partition with Windoze, the kids and their games. You can install Wine which is a Windoze layer for Linux, but I don't want Windoze anywhere near Linux as it has always proved to be the root of all my PC problems. I did try it and it did cock up, so I always install Windoze in a partition first, then Linux over the top which makes Linux the primary operating system. Better still give Windows it's own hard drive then if you have to do a reinstall, you can do so without altering the first boot or creating a small oppurtunity to mess up your Linux install. Now Rescutec and Grub Customizer come into play, both simple ways of re installing Grub and giving you the smart splash screen back with the boot options when you first switch on. Windows splash screen is black and white. Black and White? Come on Windoze, get with it, I can use my own photo's to greet me when I turn on my PC, or anything I want, which puts a smile on my face. Black and white is so dour, so last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 You know Catweazle, I have a Mac G5 in my e bay watch list as we speak. Always fancied a play with one of those things, I would dump the G5s if I could, but they're the only machines that can fully support my scanners ( which cost £15k each ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy518 Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Jim u need to get out more. Anyway thought you were out shooting today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willxx Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I've got a raspberry pi I'm intending to set up as a media player for missus in kitchen but currently looking for a cheap toucscreen interface i can use to do away with keyboard. Might just end up plugging a tablet into a socket and mounting on wall connected to speakers though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Windows for college work Linux for speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) Going to be spending £500 or so on everything but a monitor/box/powersupply for a mid-range gaming rig at the end of this month. This is happening because my computer refuses to run planetside 2 faster than 18fps. Edit: I keep getting given Planetside2 beta keys, if anyone wants one PM me. Edited October 13, 2012 by Bleeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Chuufing hell Jim, have you got sore pinkies yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry-M Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Pretty much Bry-M and that is the only reason I still have a partition with Windoze, the kids and their games. You can install Wine which is a Windoze layer for Linux, but I don't want Windoze anywhere near Linux as it has always proved to be the root of all my PC problems. I did try it and it did cock up, so I always install Windoze in a partition first, then Linux over the top which makes Linux the primary operating system. Better still give Windows it's own hard drive then if you have to do a reinstall, you can do so without altering the first boot or creating a small oppurtunity to mess up your Linux install. Now Rescutec and Grub Customizer come into play, both simple ways of re installing Grub and giving you the smart splash screen back with the boot options when you first switch on. Windows splash screen is black and white. Black and White? Come on Windoze, get with it, I can use my own photo's to greet me when I turn on my PC, or anything I want, which puts a smile on my face. Black and white is so dour, so last year. Thanks, going to look into this. Need to make sure i do the steps correctly so i don't royally cock it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 so what is linux then? and how does one go about getting it? i've only got an old toshiba sat pro laptop that has a celery processor apparently, windows is ok i guess but not having used anything else i don't have anything to compare it with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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