TwoGigsBad

"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob) 11/10/2013 at 15:40 • Filed to: None

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lepie > dogisbadob 11/10/2013 at 15:43

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www.ubuntu.com

TheOnelectronic > lepie 11/10/2013 at 15:47

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I mean, if you aren't going to be able to do anything with your computer, you might as well EXPECT it.

JustWaitingForAMate > lepie 11/10/2013 at 15:48

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Because switching to linux is going to fix a potential fault in the RAM.

lepie > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 15:48

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Please elaborate.

lepie > JustWaitingForAMate 11/10/2013 at 15:49

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There's a memtest86 image on the standard ubuntu install/live disc.

The Transporter > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 15:50

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Gizmodo is that way >>>

JustWaitingForAMate > lepie 11/10/2013 at 15:51

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Ah there is too. My knee jerk reaction was to put that in the 'Should have bought a Mac' response pile. Apologies.

TheOnelectronic > lepie 11/10/2013 at 15:53

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Compatibility issues, mostly. Like it or not, Linux is still vastly undersupported for most consumer-use software and hardware.

Also, my only first-hand experience with Linux (solaris) just makes me want to hurt things. "Tools" and "Utilities" should not be separate categories! Those are synonyms!

dogisbadob > dogisbadob 11/10/2013 at 15:54

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I was trying to be funny

TwoGigsBad, a play on TwoWheelsBad!

I don't have any computer problems right now though!

TheOnelectronic > The Transporter 11/10/2013 at 15:54

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Of course, how silly of me to reply to a comment about an operating system to a post ostensibly related to computers, and include a statement about computers.

lepie > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 15:57

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Okay ...

1) Most hardware works out of the box with linux nowadays. Only (some) GFX cards and wifi need special drivers/firmware files, and even they download automatically.

2) Linux is NOT solaris, and solaris is NOT linux.

lepie > dogisbadob 11/10/2013 at 15:58

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Thank god. Two wheels good though.

TheOnelectronic > lepie 11/10/2013 at 16:40

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I'm... pretty sure it is Linux, seeing as how it's what our university's "Linux labs" are populated with.

At least I'm mostly sure it was Solaris. I suppose I could be misremembering.

lepie > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 16:42

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It's not. I'm a consultant, and i specialize in unix and storage. I deal with solaris quite a lot in both areas. Solaris is not linux.

TheOnelectronic > lepie 11/10/2013 at 16:46

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I can't find any information on the university website regarding which specific flavor their computers run on, but I'll take a look next time I'm in there, figure out what they use.

PS9 > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 17:20

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Gonna have to Concur with lepie. Linux =/= Solaris. Both have been developed using unix technology, but a lot of OSs have. You can't say Mac OS and Ubuntu are the same OS just because they can trace their development history back to Unix.

TheOnelectronic > PS9 11/10/2013 at 17:26

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One of two things has occured. Either our labs are lying about the "Linux" part, or I'm misremembering the name of the OS they use.

PS9 > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 17:28

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Could also be that your university uses SPARCs, but I doubt that. No one uses SPARC anymore. It would explain Solaris' presence in your labs, though.

The Transporter > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 17:57

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Solaris is based on UNIX System V Release 4. Linux is UNIX-like, in that it emulates the appearance, functionality, and behavior of UNIX. Linux started out as a sort of clone of UNIX but has developed down it's own path. These days, Linux and UNIX aren't really that compatible.

I've worked with both Solaris and multiple distros of Linux and I would say that if Solaris is your only exposure to UNIX and UNIX-like OSes, then I understand why you are frustrated. Solaris and its associated Common Desktop Environment aren't exactly user friendly.

As far as x86 hardware compatibility, I've found that as so long as you're dealing with an Intel chipset and an Nvida GPU, it's actually easier to get a fresh install of Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, or even Fedora fully operational than Windows. AMD has crappy Linux compatibility, but even that is set to change now that Valve has announced their migration to Linux with SteamOS.

I use a Ubuntu powered laptop as my primary computer and there's literally nothing that I could do with Windows that I can't do with Ubuntu.

TheOnelectronic > The Transporter 11/10/2013 at 18:34

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Could I use it on my laptop? Sure. My laptop is essentially a glorified web browser.

But for my main PC, I enjoy gaming too much for it to be a viable option. Emulators are too inefficient for that. I also do a lot of video editing/compositing and photo editing/digital darkroom work, and even when programs themselves work with linux, often essential tools/external programs do not.

Also, Windows 8 can pretty much set itself up. The only thing I've needed to do is download graphics drivers from Nvidia and I'm good to go. Can't get much easier than that.

The Transporter > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 18:43

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I do a lot of the same things you do. Editshare ported Lightworks to Linux earlier this year and Maya has run on Linux for years now. Most CGI shops use Red Hat workstations running Maya these days. And while I wouldn't say that GIMP is as good as Photoshop, there are a number of schools that are teaching image processing with it because it's free and open source.

TheOnelectronic > The Transporter 11/10/2013 at 19:00

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Photoshop, Premiere, AE, and Lightroom are the programs I'm familiar with, so I tend to stick with those. My 3d program of choice is Blender, which I'm pretty sure has a version for every OS man has ever known or dreamed, so that's not really a limit.

The Transporter > TheOnelectronic 11/10/2013 at 19:10

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I forgot about Blender. Yes, that's Linux compatible.

GhostZ > JustWaitingForAMate 11/10/2013 at 19:33

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...wait, what? Did you actually just suggest that a Mac wouldn't suffer from the same problems?

JustWaitingForAMate > GhostZ 11/10/2013 at 20:04

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I suggested no such thing. Responses like 'should switch to Linux' and 'Should switch to Mac' are are spewed by the fanatics of each faction, and should never be listened to.

GhostZ > JustWaitingForAMate 11/10/2013 at 21:18

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Ah, okay. We're all cool.