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03-30-2005 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by sonicsuby
Windows is great.
For a desktop.
Nah, it's not too bad in the server world, it's just a pain in the ***. Goofball *** problems always exist and you don't have the same ease of use and stability as UNIX platforms.
For a desktop.
Nah, it's not too bad in the server world, it's just a pain in the ***. Goofball *** problems always exist and you don't have the same ease of use and stability as UNIX platforms.
Otherwise, Linux is pretty cool since you can really lock it down, plus it's free!
03-30-2005 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Will
Yeah I had a Linux box running for a while...but where can I find a Unix distro?
google is your friend...and if it isn't, it definitely should be.
a good place to start: http://www.linuxiso.org
03-30-2005 | 01:30 PM
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I just read your post again, and my brain finally registered that you may be looking for an actual Unix OS... Most of those are unfortunately proprietary to a company and/or fairly expensive. One exception I know of is SUN Solaris (I think they're up to version 10 or some such), which can be had for free.
You could also try FreeBSD, which is also based off of Unix.
Lots of possibilities out there. :]
You could also try FreeBSD, which is also based off of Unix.
Lots of possibilities out there. :]
03-30-2005 | 01:39 PM
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see, we had a long discussion at work as to use windows or unix as the OS for a console we're developing. the opinion of our lead software engineer is that windows by itself is actually very good, it's bad drivers that make it teh suck.
03-30-2005 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by RussB
see, we had a long discussion at work as to use windows or unix as the OS for a console we're developing. the opinion of our lead software engineer is that windows by itself is actually very good, it's bad drivers that make it teh suck.
well that, yeah...and all the extra bloat that comes along with it.
03-30-2005 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sonicsuby
His post had TIA. SRIC bylaws state that I nuke those posts 
on account of sounding like an idiot (which i am anyway, so it doesn't really matter)...
WTF is TIA!? I see it all the time around here and i've yet to make sense of it...Thanks in Advance? Terrorism Information Awareness? Tortilla Industry Association?
03-30-2005 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sonicsuby
"Thanks in Advance" is the typical use of TIA on forums, I believe.
Then using TIA turned in to some gay mating call for a few people on the forums. It's annoying.
Then using TIA turned in to some gay mating call for a few people on the forums. It's annoying.
YWIA