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Roderik n00b
Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 55 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 11:54 am Post subject: Totally hooked on gentoo! |
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Since forever i've had 2 computers, one as server (running linux, redhat or mandrake) and to play with, and my main box running windows (2k/xp) for real jobs (watching divx, flashfxp, msn etc ).
Problem with the ms box was it worked but wasn't exactly fun to play with, sure a new xp theme was fun but it isn't exactly exiting. And with the linux box that it was slow (PII 233 with 512mb ram), x worked buggy, programs didn't do what i wanted them to do etc, typical new linux user stuff i guess. Same thing happend those 2-3 times i treid linux @ my main box (duron 1ghz), it just didn't have the smoothness i was accustomed to desktop wise.
After upgrading my linux box to a athlon 750 2 week ago i descided to finally give gentoo a shot, i was bored, i had exams, so time a plenty And wow, i was amased, i started to work more and more on the linux box and finally last week installed it on my main box too. It installed perfectly, kernel compile went good, sound worked (took some playing though, they didn't mention in the desktop guide that alsa didn't like if you'd installed the emu10k1 in the kernel), i can watch my divx, i can surf great with mozilla, evolution is a good replacement for outlook and the fluxbox desktop has exactly the kind of performance and functionality i want in a desktop.
Main conclusion, Gentoo Linux rulez so hard even ms lovers can appreciate it! |
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WyriHaximus n00b
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 56 Location: koedijk(alkmaar), The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Well your not the only one here I installed it a week ago on my seccond handed 2,6Ghz 512MB RAM . And it worked perfect install went smooth (except I overwrited my bzImage in /boot wiht my config but after that everything worked great). My first time installing gentoo was on my 400Mhz server (I need to update my kernel there to get lufs working but can't find the guide for it ) and now 9 months later I'm runnign 100% gentoo . It has everything and more then windows and most things are better msn works great IPv6 support maxium custimizeble and lots mroe
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Whoops I mis read the date and found out I've replyed on a topic of 5 months ago
Sorry for this
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Grtz,
WyriHaximus |
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frippz Guru
Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 460 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:12 am Post subject: |
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Nice grave robbing there, diggin' up a two year old thread...
One would hope that such a clue as "upgrading to a AMD 750" would hint it out! |
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eeknay Guru
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 402 Location: EndOfTheRainbow
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:27 am Post subject: |
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*Levi* wrote: | Nice grave robbing there, |
indeed. _________________ Linda: "The holiday season is time of celebration for most but it is also the time to remember the tragic suffering of the less fortunate."
Morbo: "Earthlings do not yet know the meaning of suffering." |
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30726 Veteran
Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 1501
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:44 am Post subject: |
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I guess that's one unanswered posts less |
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WyriHaximus n00b
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 56 Location: koedijk(alkmaar), The Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:48 am Post subject: |
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Whoops it's even older then 5 months
I realy should sleep first before posting here
I found it when searching for a kernel upgrading guid
Grtz,
WyriHaximus |
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geniux Veteran
Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 1400 Location: /home
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 9:39 am Post subject: |
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WyriHaximus wrote: | Whoops it's even older then 5 months
I realy should sleep first before posting here
I found it when searching for a kernel upgrading guid
Grtz,
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Why? Heh, I thought it was pretty funny
Great work though, answering an unanswered post from 2002 _________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ AM2
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kamagurka Veteran
Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 1026 Location: /germany/munich
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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weee.
/me dances around the grave. _________________ If you loved me, you'd all kill yourselves today.
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