Windows Linux or Mac?
POSTED BY: Haze
UPDATED: Saturday, April 8, 2006 06:42
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Because this thread is still active I decided to post a bit of info concerning Windows XP and Linux that have recently come to my attention.
XP... I decided to see what the "Power Toys" could do for me. Messed with logon defaults, wanting to keep it simple. Then, I started having a problem logging onto my own computer. There is only one user, no one else touches it, and I wanted to be able to simply push the button and turn it on. (The entire system goes OFF at the end of the day, always, for personal reasons.) The problem was that no matter what I did, I ended up having to either push a button to get in, or in the other startup mode, hit Ctl-Alt-Del twice to get to push yet another button to start things up.
Went to Microsoft website, where I found close to 2,000 links to this specific problem. Happily I was able to find the right one reasonably quickly, and fixed the problem through editing the registry, something one doesn't do happily or lightly.
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Disgusted, I again went looking for Linux aps, only to rediscover Linux never deals with either *.mpg or *.mp3 files, both of which I NEED. Accordingly, I'm stuck with XP. Because of the way I work, I can't mess with dual boot.
The only good thing is that Windows XP and M/S did in fact deal with the problem. The bad part is that M/S created the problem themselves.
So life goes on with XP....
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ruxton:
Disgusted, I again went looking for Linux aps, only to rediscover Linux never deals with either *.mpg or *.mp3 files, both of which I NEED. Accordingly, I'm stuck with XP. Because of the way I work, I can't mess with dual boot.
What do you mean by, "Linux never deals with either *mpg or *.mp3"?
Do you mean, audio/video editors?
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ruxton:
Linux never deals with either *.mpg or *.mp3 files, both of which I NEED.
I wish I knew where all this misinformation is
coming from...
Try installing "w32codecs". I know it's not very
straight forward, and it is confusing for new users
but Linux can playback virtually ANY media
file. It's true that most 'big' distros don't
ship w32codecs in the default install since most
of these codecs are proprietary. But they are
available.
But Ruxton, I'd really like to know how you got
that idea into your noggin'.
P.S.I suddenly have a hankering to rip another CD to my hard drive as automatically title-tagged mp3s!!
P.P.S. Elive comes pre-loaded with DVD codecs
and the w32codecs (that naughty Thanny) which
means that if you install it, you can playback
DVDs and virtually any audio/video file out of the box!
http://www.elivecd.org/gb/Download/0.4.2/
Plus it's code-named Serenity
Sigma! Stop me before I pimp again!!
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SigmaNunki, "...audio or video editors?"
Yes. I need GoldWave, which doesn't run on Linux. Also, from my brief reading, Fedora Core 5 still has problems with Dell's sound cards.
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STDOUBT,
Here's the thing. I looked at one of the Linux websites and read that Linux cannot deal with MP3 or mpg files because of copyright laws. While it may be true that I can in fact get MP3 files to run, and mpgs, under Linux, I simply don't have time to dig into the Internet and find all the solutions. And I have to do it all myself because of my location.
I find that my favorite CD burner, Burnquick, cannot work under Linux. Just yesterday I tried for over an hour to copy a CD with Windows XP's built-in software. It would not do what I wanted, which was to read from one CD drive and write to another. So I installed Burnquick and did the job, including installation, in less than a minute.
It's largely a time thing. If I spend all the necessary time to get the computer to do everything I want, the cost in time would be in the thousands of dollars. I can't afford that, so make do with the Microsoft stuff…at least until I get pissed off at it again!
Thank you for your time and information.
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Took the advice of the masters on this thread and installed dual-boot Ubuntu. As expected, it can't find the damned sound card on my Dell GX1 P3 500 mhz. But the program looks good. Will spend a bit of time fiddling with it, next few weeks.
WHY did I do this, after my last post? Got so pissed with Windows screwing up stuff I carefully set up, and with it not permitting me to do what I want to do that I went back to this thread, read a bunch of it, and popped for Ubuntu. LOOOONggg download. Created boot disk. It all worked, but for the sound card. Why can't they fix this simple thing? More time to dig into it, or else just zero sound on Linux.
Immense thanks to Citizen and STDoubt.
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Try some of these links:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems
http://www.archivesat.com/Edubuntu_developer_discussion/thread278571.h
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https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/491
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
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I've been a long time Linux user, with Linux being the only OS on my main machine for the last few years. I've used Debian mostly, but have recently moved onto Ubuntu.
With regards to getting your soundcard working - log a bug report if it is a genuine compatibility issue; they are always looking to improve the hardware support, but don't know unless someone tells them.
mrben
"Carpe Aptenodytes"
http://www.jedimoose.org
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My Ubuntu DVD arrived last week. Great except for the fact I cant get the live CD boot up! Very annoying.
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Who do you suppose is in there?
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Citizen, many thanks, but now another problem has surfaced, which has taken up my whole afternoon, about four hours now, to no avail. The dual-boot window, "grub," is GONE. And nothing I have done has brought it back, including some very inventive cussing.
I simply put Ubuntu on my D:\ drive, which is a separate hard disk of 80 gig size. Windows XP Home resides on C:\, a small six-gig drive. No matter what I do including trying the "rescue" mode of Ubuntu allows me to reinstall grub. I let Ubuntu set the partitions, which it ought to have done well, including setting the grub screen onto C for selection at boot.
Don't expect any help, but can't afford six more hours to try to access the Linux stuff. This worthless shit pisses me off like you can't believe. All I see on link after link are commands to type, none of which the computer is able to see. Now one suggests downloading a 125-MB fixit disk to solve the problems that NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Thanks for letting me rant.
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