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Ubuntu is humming

by gareth
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Well I got internet connected, set up my crt refresh rate - those were the only glitches with Ubuntu and I solved them both myself.

This weekend I will set up my firewall and anti virus security and I'm ready then to start using wine and some virtualization like virtualbox or similar.

Apparently you can deliberately run windows viruses in wine and they can't contaminate the linux files - if done correctly. Theres a proggy called apparmor that contains the files linux apps can access for security reasons.

Also there are the user permissions, Root etc.

I may stick the snazzy compiz on tonight too.

Ubuntu is great.
  • Profile picture of the author jlxsolutions
    CONGRATZ you have just installed a REAL operating system almost makes me all EMO each time i see one more human in the world break loose from the momopolic idiocrazy macroshit (aka microsoft ok ok i know i shouldnt swear and i know microsoft is a ugly word)
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    • Profile picture of the author gareth
      check it out man - I wasnt going to but I skinned it



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      • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Morgan
        Nice! as I said in the other thread, it doesn't take much to get hooked. Once you get it all dialed in, get a nice lean kernel compiled, it will run like a champ for ages. Plus if you learn shell scripting and C, you can really go wild with it, and create all kinds of wacky stuff.

        Congrats on the switch, the initial hassle is worth it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas Wilkinson
    Been watching things like this on the forum for a long while now. There
    are people in here with specialized skills that can't pay their light bill.
    About three years ago I was having lunch with a good friend and his son,
    then a Jr. at U.S.F. I mentioned I was wanting to learn more about Linux
    and before we knew it somebody came up with a Saturday offline business.
    Chad got to use a room at his church as long as a couple of people got in
    the class for free. Craigslist wasn't big then but flyers and some freebies
    got around. He hoped about 12 would show up, He got 20 AT $99 A POP.
    Brighthouse even cooperated and fixed up some connections at the church.
    (There were 14 more people that wanted in but there wasn't space.)
    I was in that first group. He got his new girlfriend to help. She didn't
    know diddly about computers but turned out to be a quick study. The four
    hour class turned out to be 8. We had to send out for food. A few months
    went by and he had moved to a local hotel, had all day classes and had
    expanded to a basic and advanced classes on successive Saturdays. He and
    his then fiancee started saving their class money towards a house.
    After graduation a national insurance company offered him a "day" job but
    the classes kept on three Saturdays out of four. Fast forward, Chad and his
    new wife recently bought a forclosure at the courthouse FOR CASH. He still
    has his day job. His wife does the classes all over central Florida during the
    week, he helps on the weekends.
    How many people in this forum have skills and knowledge that are in some
    kind of demand in the real world. Maybe you couldn't create a six figure income
    out of thin air OR maybe you could. Never know till you try.

    Tom
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    When you hear someone telling you what YOU can't do, they are usually talking about what THEY can't do.
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