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by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:34 am

sdsichero wrote:
Woo Hoo! Someone else is nerdyboy now!

Have you tried installing Ubuntu on the Mac Jude?

Heh. Interesting. I read Achilles post on the mobile so there were no avatars, I do that a lot, confuse someone on there with someone else. I wonder what about his posting style made me think he was you. :lol:

I have not, I've only had this thing for a few weeks now. I will probably at some point make it boot linux as well, and also run Windows XP in a virtual machine so I can use comicrack.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:36 am

What I really love about the mac is the multi-touch controls on the touchpad. It just blows away the touchpad on any laptop I've ever used. It's almost better than a real mouse.

I would be interested to see how that handles in Ubuntu.

by **sdsichero** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:43 am

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:What I really love about the mac is the multi-touch controls on the touchpad. It just blows away the touchpad on any laptop I've ever used. It's almost better than a real mouse.

I would be interested to see how that handles in Ubuntu.

Does Ubuntu have that functionality built in to their OS?

I know you can figure it out, but just FYI...

https://discussions.apple.com/message/17830333#17830333

by **sdsichero** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:43 am

Oh yeah and no backs on the nerdyboy thing! Woo hoo, I'm free!!!

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:46 am

sdsichero wrote:
Does Ubuntu have that functionality built in to their OS?

I know you can figure it out, but just FYI...

https://discussions.apple.com/message/17830333#17830333

Ubuntu has multitouch capabilities and whatnot, I imagine it can probably use the mac touchpad, though I don't know that for sure. I'm sure someone has gotten it working if it's not native. I've gotten my xbox, ps3, and wii controllers to work with Ubuntu.

by **Max Blyss** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:00 am

Linux is the Way and the Light where PC's are concerned. Everything Jude said about it is true. The only things I would add are:

1. There's a lot of different interfaces rolling around, and they're all customizible. Look at a few different Disributions and find one that looks good and workable for you. (I use a customized version of Xubuntu, which uses a lighter interface than the graphics - heavy Unity, or certain others.)

2. People occasionally have driver issues with certain graphics cards and wireless cards (Broadcom Wireless is a good example...), so I'd advise running the Live CD first, or doing a dual boot initially just to give yourself familiarization time, and to poke around and make sure every last little thing works.

There's a very helpful community out there, help usually gets posted quick on the forums, and there's a fix out there for most anything that goes wrong. The vast majority of machines seem to work with little to no tweaking, and the more front - running Linux Distros like Ubuntu and its variants are very new-user friendly.

Good luck and have fun!

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:01 am

I like Max Blyss.

by **Max Blyss** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:04 am

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:I like Max Blyss.

Knowing that Linux folk inhabit the Outhouse might just have me around here more despite my ever - growing distaste for most current comics! :-D

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:52 am

Max Blyss wrote:

Knowing that Linux folk inhabit the Outhouse might just have me around here more despite my ever - growing distaste for most current comics!

Awesome.

I get out all my aggression at comics by lambasting them with news articles.

by **achilles** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:12 am

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:
Heh. Interesting. I read Achilles post on the mobile so there were no avatars, I do that a lot, confuse someone on there with someone else. I wonder what about his posting style made me think he was you.

I have not, I've only had this thing for a few weeks now. I will probably at some point make it boot linux as well, and also run Windows XP in a virtual machine so I can use comicrack.

I have a posting style? :lol:

I didn't notice...

I use Ubuntu on my work, and Mac for fun. Windows is straight out, since it sucks---big time. Unless you have to use it for work I guess.

by **MistaT** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:38 am

I read a little bit more on the different distros, mainly Mint and Ubuntu. Like I mentioned earlier, apparently the shell programs (Unity vs Gnome) are the big deciding factor between the two. And from what I understand being new to Linux I really wont see a whole lot of difference, especially being that I am not looking to be a "power user" or anything. I just want something that runs smoothly, is secure, and easy to use. Ease of use has always been a concern when thinking about switching to Linux before, but apparently both Mint and Ubuntu are more new user friendly than earlier versions of Linux.

That being said, I will probably go with Ubuntu. Should have it up and running later today. I need to go get me some more discs to put my files on. I got a lot of junk that I was just going to dump, but after looking through them I am reluctant to let them go. Its taken a while to amass all of them and I don't want to have to go through the trouble again.

by **Max Blyss** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:09 am

When you get 'Buntu'd up, go into the software center and get the program 'Comix' to read any scans or .cbz / .cbr files you may have. IMO, it's better than CDisplay for Win.

by **MistaT** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:46 am

Max Blyss wrote:When you get 'Buntu'd up, go into the software center and get the program 'Comix' to read any scans or .cbz / .cbr files you may have. IMO, it's better than CDisplay for Win.

Awesome! This is why it is taking so long to save my files. 53GB of comics!!

by **Cat-Scratch** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:28 pm

MistaT wrote:I'm sick of Windows, can't stand Apple and I've gotten a really nasty virus that I can't seem to get rid of. Sounds like a perfect time to go Linux. What do I need to know?

One, it does not run on all PCs. Next, while it will do almost everything you want, it will not run every piece of software you want to use.
Example - no iTunes.

Check out Mint, http://linuxmint.com/ , it's built from Ubuntu is pretty good out of the box.

by **achilles** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:44 pm

One other thing, take the time to learn to be a power user---it's fun! You can do a whole lot if you learn the command line. And learn a nice text editor, the time you put in will be rewarded later. I don't know if you program at all, but if you want to, Linux is a great way to go. And yeah, Gimp is a great (FREE!) image editor.

If you put in the time to learn, and really search out what's out there, there's a way to do almost anything on Linux, whichever distro you go with.