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I would use a BSD for a server
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What makes you say that Ubuntu Server wouldn't be a good choice? Is it the whole Ubuntu thing, or something else? Keep in mind that I set this up before I had a very clear understanding of how Linux works, and at the time I was using Lubuntu. It has 2 HDDs, an 80GB one for the OS and a 250GB one for my actual data. I recently chopped the OS drive into 10 GB partitions, and right now (off the top of my head) I have Ubuntu Server (the one that's currently running), Arch, and Slackware. As of now, GRUB only knows of Ubuntu, [opens SSH in a terminal], wait, now it knows about Slack, I might have been wrong about installing Arch. But I digress. Does Debian come with an option to not install a GUI? Since it's a server, it doesn't really need one, and honestly the Celeron in there seems too weak to handle any kind of excess processing, just take the mplayer example from the previous page. :) I can't believe the original owner ran XP on it... |
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(((Hey Maw! Lookit me! I done-did knowed the answer to the compooter question!))) |
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I really need to mess with that computer again, it's collecting dust now. But first, I need to find a better method of connecting the keyboard. It only has an AT port. After a bit of Googling, I discovered that a PS/2 keyboard is essentially an AT keyboard with a different shape connector. I used Invisible Fence wire to give my alligator clips something to connect to (it fits PERFECTLY in the holes on the AT port) and I hacked the shield of the PS/2 plug away (with wire cutters...it was an interesting project) until I could reach the pins. 4 alligator clips later, I had a keyboard. Is there something wrong with me, or is this considered normal in the area of Linux users? :rolleyes: |
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Depending how mplayer was compiled, mplayer offers video output options. You can type this to see a list of video output playback: Code:
mplayer -vo help |
I must say with the smaller text and stepping back from the screen further video looks good enough to watch from a CLI. :)
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I just lost what little faith I had that Microsoft was going to be able to make Windows 8 usable. I know it was a long shot, but I was honestly hoping that it would work out all right.
I tried to uninstall the "updates" that caused my laptop to boot so slowly. That didn't work. I did some looking around, and Microsoft has a "Refresh" thing that's suppossed to reset the OS. I made the assumption that it would reset 8.1, which was what I wanted. Instead, it stuck me in 8, :confused: and now the "App Store" won't work, so I can't re-update to 8.1. So I did a bit more Googling (using IE, since I felt like punishing it :rolleyes:, and Firefox was gone) and found a few things that didn't work. I eventually came across a "Reset" which (if I understand this correctly) wipes the partition and reinstalls the OS. It's running now, so it should be done in the morning. Then I get to sign into it, find the 2 updates required to make Win8.1 avalible in the "Store" then download 3.1 GB that I've downloaded at least 4 times aready. Then I get to install 8.1, then try to keep it from updating itself. :banghead: Then I'm dual-booting Win7 on it. And once I'm done with that, I'm throwing Arch on there as well. :Pengy: The only reason I have for keeping 8 is for the warranty, and I just don't like the idea of completely wiping the original OS off it. My dad probably wouldn't like it, either. I guess I could always get win8.1 freshly installed, then use Clonezilla on it. Actually, I wish I would have done that earlier, then I wouldn't have all these problems!! |
So I re-installed 8, upgraded to 8.1, and it worked. Took an image and immediately shrunk the Win partition to 100GB. It's a 1TB hard drive, so it's not that big of a deal for me. (My backup server only has 250 GB, I think, so I hope I don't use the full terabyte) I then made another NTFS partition and burned a Win7 install DVD. Apparently, Win7 doesn't like GPT disks. It simply refuses to install. So I guess I'm stuck with 8.1. But once I get Arch on it, I'll barely be using Windows anyway, so it shouldn't matter. I plan on giving Arch 100GB, then making the rest a shared partition for my files.
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i have a need for MAC OS for a CAD program, but i also need Windoze, so i have a new killer PC that i will run win8.1 w/ vmware, and then i'll have a bunch of vm's for all my other nix's and doze OS's, etc. new machine is e31270v3 xeon, asrock 9ac mobo, 32G of ECC, three 240G crucial SSD's in raid-5, evga gtx760 video, and corsair water cooler. |
Well if you don't have a fast CPU and lots of RAM virtualizing isn't very fast.
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