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Distribution: PCLOS, Fedora Core, Slackware and Mepis.
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Using and configuring LDAP for authentication...then configuring Samba to use LDAP as it's user database. Kind of a pain to get up and running, but the end result is woth the work.
The coolest thing I've ever done is changing from a dual-boot Mandrake-10 Official/Windows98SE to a dual boot Mandrake-10 Official/Suse 9.1, ridding myself of Microsoft forever!
1. Set up a useable Linux environment in Arch Linux
2. Started using Fluxbox
3. Got my Radeon 9800 working in X.org. w00t!
4. Installed a Mac OS X on an iMac without updating the firmware, rendering it useless until I installed PPC Debian.
Originally posted by thegnu
1. Set up a useable Linux environment in Arch Linux
2. Started using Fluxbox
3. Got my Radeon 9800 working in X.org. w00t! 4. Installed a Mac OS X on an iMac without updating the firmware, rendering it useless until I installed PPC Debian.
now that's one that i got to tell me Mac buddy whose is always turning up his nose everytime i mention how cool Linux is!!!!
Distribution: Slackware 10.0, Gentoo ( no version )
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Originally posted by dukeinlondon People look a bit sad as soon as I start with this kind of things.... You are lucky. None of my friends care in the least about computers
my too
either they use windows and dislike linux , use linux like windows , or *shudder* use BSD.
Originally posted by perry now that's one that i got to tell me Mac buddy whose is always turning up his nose everytime i mention how cool Linux is!!!!
he he he - thats a good one!
- perry
Yes, very good indeed. I've never had the chance to work with Macs and it's interesting that my first experience with Apple products happens to be a worse experience than I've ever had in Windows. I found it appalling that for all the hipper-and-better-than-thou posturing, they allowed me to install the OS without a passing mention of the requisite firmware update. They even have the firmware update on the Jaguar CD, so it's not like they didn't know about it.
Anyway, since my main computer is an Athlon running Arch Linux, I'm using the iMac to fool around with creating a user friendly, attractive, intuitive environment for the average person. It's coming along slowly, but it's pretty interesting. I've not made any great strides in that direction yet, but I will add it to my list of cool things I've done in Linux.
I echo everyone's sadness about not having friends who care about computers. Sometimes I'll be hanging out with people and I get really excited about sometime incredibly dweeby like the X server. And people don't care.
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