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Aug 19, 2007 11:14:42 GMT -5
Post by Nulla on Aug 19, 2007 11:14:42 GMT -5
OMG Nulla, a friend of mine would be so into you right now ;D He finds girls who know their way around a computer incredibly hot ^^ ;D lol and nabu what makes you think im a gal ?
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Aug 19, 2007 11:18:43 GMT -5
Post by mrpotty on Aug 19, 2007 11:18:43 GMT -5
i know Knoppix can read NTFS (obviously if i use it to access file on broken computers) but.... i actually do not remember if i have ever tried writing to the drive it might allow access to the file system. Let's pretend I had NO idea what the whole talk about "writing on NTFS" is about. Or in other words:
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Aug 19, 2007 11:21:59 GMT -5
Post by Nulla on Aug 19, 2007 11:21:59 GMT -5
i know Knoppix can read NTFS (obviously if i use it to access file on broken computers) but.... i actually do not remember if i have ever tried writing to the drive it might allow access to the file system. Let's pretend I had NO idea what the whole talk about "writing on NTFS" is about. Or in other words: NTFS = NT FileSystem - Microsofts Propieretory File System for WinXP the primary format of disks which are used in WinXP older version of windows used FAT and their variants unix / linux use EXT2 / EXT3 plus anything else except for NTFS mac os x uses HFS+ which is apple's journaled filesystem with rumours that support for ZFS will be done in Leopard when it ships in a month or two basically the reason that NTFS is not properly writable with other operating systems is that Windows is a closed system... people only manage to develop tools which edit them by hacking round and experementing. hope that helps add: i believe Vista uses a new one called WinFS, which has the ability to be (supposibly) unbreakable (yea right!)
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Aug 19, 2007 11:22:28 GMT -5
Post by nabusan on Aug 19, 2007 11:22:28 GMT -5
OMG Nulla, a friend of mine would be so into you right now ;D He finds girls who know their way around a computer incredibly hot ^^ ;D lol and nabu what makes you think im a gal ? Ooh, I'm sure I've read a few of your posts where you imply it. Probably just my imagination, though ;D
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Aug 19, 2007 11:24:59 GMT -5
Post by Nulla on Aug 19, 2007 11:24:59 GMT -5
;D lol and nabu what makes you think im a gal ? Ooh, I'm sure I've read a few of your posts where you imply it. Probably just my imagination, though ;D oh my ! where ? ! ? ;D i might make an edit to my profile
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Aug 19, 2007 11:25:31 GMT -5
Post by mrpotty on Aug 19, 2007 11:25:31 GMT -5
NTFS = NT FileSystem - Microsofts Propieretory File System for WinXP the primary format of disks which are used in WinXP older version of windows used FAT and their variants unix / linux use EXT2 / EXT3 plus anything else except for NTFS mac os x uses HFS+ which is apple's journaled filesystem with rumours that support for ZFS will be done in Leopard when it ships in a month or two basically the reason that NTFS is not properly writable with other operating systems is that Windows is a closed system... people only manage to develop tools which edit them by hacking round and experementing. hope that helps So if I would erase windows from my computer and wanted to install Linux, I had to format my harddrive into anything but NTFS?
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Aug 19, 2007 11:29:07 GMT -5
Post by Nulla on Aug 19, 2007 11:29:07 GMT -5
if you were to install it over the top you use either ext2 or ext3 which you wont have to worry about anyway.... ubuntu's install process is very pretty and easy ....
y dont you do a dual boot... then you have ur windows and linux on the same comp and u wont have to loose data
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Aug 19, 2007 11:29:51 GMT -5
Post by wallaceb on Aug 19, 2007 11:29:51 GMT -5
NTFS = NT FileSystem - Microsofts Propieretory File System for WinXP the primary format of disks which are used in WinXP older version of windows used FAT and their variants unix / linux use EXT2 / EXT3 plus anything else except for NTFS mac os x uses HFS+ which is apple's journaled filesystem with rumours that support for ZFS will be done in Leopard when it ships in a month or two basically the reason that NTFS is not properly writable with other operating systems is that Windows is a closed system... people only manage to develop tools which edit them by hacking round and experementing. hope that helps So if I would erase windows from my computer and wanted to install Linux, I had to format my harddrive into anything but NTFS? basically yes note: oops, i hit edit instead of quote the first time my bad
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Aug 19, 2007 12:28:14 GMT -5
Post by morefood2001 on Aug 19, 2007 12:28:14 GMT -5
I use Mandriva, a version you pay for. The NTFS and Windows Domain support are phenomenal. I dual boot with my computer, and I use it about 40% of the time. This includes strict Java Programming, and normal internet surfing. I like this distribution
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Aug 19, 2007 14:03:01 GMT -5
Post by wallaceb on Aug 19, 2007 14:03:01 GMT -5
the versions you pay for almost always support NTFS. that is the main reason you pay for it, MS makes the writers pay royalties for the rights to have NTFS support
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Aug 20, 2007 7:31:04 GMT -5
Post by mrpotty on Aug 20, 2007 7:31:04 GMT -5
Are there any 32bit versions of Ubuntu existing?
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Aug 20, 2007 7:55:58 GMT -5
Post by wallaceb on Aug 20, 2007 7:55:58 GMT -5
i think all of them are 32 bit
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Aug 20, 2007 8:11:11 GMT -5
Post by mrpotty on Aug 20, 2007 8:11:11 GMT -5
Well, the Ubuntu that I tried wasn't. But I looked a little bit closer and found something that SHOULD be the right version.
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Aug 20, 2007 8:34:49 GMT -5
Post by Nulla on Aug 20, 2007 8:34:49 GMT -5
hi again if you want 32bit version you go for the standard one.... x86 architecture which is pretty much every comp in general www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download so yea. im quite sure it picks the 32bit by default
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Aug 20, 2007 9:39:18 GMT -5
Post by mrpotty on Aug 20, 2007 9:39:18 GMT -5
I also heard about emulators that let you use Windows-programs in Linux. Is there anything you can tell me about that?
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Aug 20, 2007 9:46:55 GMT -5
Post by Nulla on Aug 20, 2007 9:46:55 GMT -5
yea u can emulate windows in linux and u can do vice versa too
bit tricky to set up but its a good way to test an install without playing round with ur comp too much
ive got a VMware setup for ubuntu and winxp (not from a partition, but from a disk image on my win xp hard drive so that i can boot a OS within an OS but u gotta have a relativly good comp to run that
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Aug 20, 2007 10:08:50 GMT -5
Post by chrisc801 on Aug 20, 2007 10:08:50 GMT -5
I also heard about emulators that let you use Windows-programs in Linux. Is there anything you can tell me about that? Search for wine
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Aug 20, 2007 15:30:29 GMT -5
Post by mrpotty on Aug 20, 2007 15:30:29 GMT -5
Okay, I don't know what I do wrong, but Ubuntu doesn't work on my computer. But I really feel attracted to Knoppix, so I guess I found "my" Linux. But I will try it out for a little bit longer, before I might change completely.
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Aug 21, 2007 9:18:55 GMT -5
Post by Nulla on Aug 21, 2007 9:18:55 GMT -5
well it is really what works for you.... if you like knoppix and it works well, then stick to it... at least you've had a crack at others too
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Aug 21, 2007 9:43:26 GMT -5
Post by mrpotty on Aug 21, 2007 9:43:26 GMT -5
BTW: I got no idea what I do wrong, but for any reason Wine doesn't work on my computer
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