HP635 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 http://distrowatch.com/ Or go there. There's a list on the side as well that has the top 100 Linux distros. They also provide news about any happenings in Linux distros in the main area there. As far as the external HDD goes, I do believe most come with back-up/syncing software but if you wanted to do a copy & paste type deal, it's cool. If you don't really care about the software, I might recommend buying an internal HDD and putting that thing into an external closure. You'll get more space (around 50 GB) for the same price but end up losing out on the back-up/sync software. I'm sure some of these 'heads would know where you can get freeware/open source software like that, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 PROJECT ALERT: I got a 300 gb external USB harddrive and i want to partition it to put on like 5 different linux on at the same time my problem is how to get it to boot i will need a boot manager and go fuck with my cmos settings and prolly some other crap its not gonna be easy as it sounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 oh, damn dude i just saw some shit where a guy is booting 127 diff os's. off one hd http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/artic...oot_laptop.html not it ^ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/s.../multiboot.mspx also not it http://www.ffnn.nl/pages/articles/linux/vm...ge-creation.php making vmware images....not it, but cool HERE!!!! http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread....threadid=143973 100+ LINUXESESESESESSSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 yeah i could do that too but i do not have 1 TB of data in internal harddrives just 300gb on an external linux runs like pure shit on a VM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 http://www.gizmag.com/go/5214/ mini projector!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by Mainter@Feb 15 2006, 02:03 PM yeah i could do that too but i do not have 1 TB of data in internal harddrives just 300gb on an external linux runs like pure shit on a VM Quoted post actually, i have to disagree. ubuntu runs very nicely on my computer. maybe just because i'm cool, but i'd like to think it's not that at all. some lesbians on the board would disagree....then again, they don't like penises. anyhow, yeah. ubuntu runs nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 http://tech.rufy.com/articles/2006/02/15/a...ng-port-scanner hey mainter...show that to your mac lovin buddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by lord_casek+Feb 15 2006, 01:07 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lord_casek - Feb 15 2006, 01:07 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mainter@Feb 15 2006, 02:03 PM yeah i could do that too but i do not have 1 TB of data in internal harddrives just 300gb on an external linux runs like pure shit on a VM Quoted post actually, i have to disagree. ubuntu runs very nicely on my computer. maybe just because i'm cool, but i'd like to think it's not that at all. some lesbians on the board would disagree....then again, they don't like penises. anyhow, yeah. ubuntu runs nicely. Quoted post [/b] you aint cool dont give your lame ass credit like that ;) so you are running ubuntu on virtual machine without any problems? thats good how often do you mess with it or you just let it sit there and use it once in awhile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny ballbags Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 so there are a whole bunch of different linux os's? wtf? one more question: how big of a job is it to swap proccesors between two machines? i just found a pc at work with a petium 4 3.0ghz w/hyperthreading and mine at home is pentium 4 2.5 w/o hyperthreading... if its not too crazy i might try to switch em up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 is it Ok to install software on my x-drive? I have the software already on my computer, version 9.0 sp3, but I got this other software that only runs on the 9.0 sp1 version...so instead of unintsalling and reinstalling and losing the fixes from sp3, i want to just install the software on another drive so I have two versions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I'm having trouble with a project I'm working on... I want to cut together several short snippets from various copy-blocked DVDs. Does anyone know an easy way to bypass the copy blocker through either my computer (powerbook) or video camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by Mainter+Feb 15 2006, 02:27 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mainter - Feb 15 2006, 02:27 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> Originally posted by lord_casek@Feb 15 2006, 01:07 PM <!--QuoteBegin-Mainter@Feb 15 2006, 02:03 PM yeah i could do that too but i do not have 1 TB of data in internal harddrives just 300gb on an external linux runs like pure shit on a VM Quoted post actually, i have to disagree. ubuntu runs very nicely on my computer. maybe just because i'm cool, but i'd like to think it's not that at all. some lesbians on the board would disagree....then again, they don't like penises. anyhow, yeah. ubuntu runs nicely. Quoted post you aint cool dont give your lame ass credit like that ;) so you are running ubuntu on virtual machine without any problems? thats good how often do you mess with it or you just let it sit there and use it once in awhile? Quoted post [/b] i just uninstalled vmware player and deleted the ubuntu image yesterday. i didn't use it much. just testing security with browsing using a vm jonnhy b-bags....download this http://mymirrors.homelinux.org/puppy/emptycrust107RC.iso burn to cd by right clicking and opening with your cd burning program (nero hopefully) called puppy linux. very user friendly. sparo likes it lonesome cowboy bill: sure. do whatever you want. harvey: not familiar with mac software. sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by johnny ballbags@Feb 15 2006, 02:13 PM one more question: how big of a job is it to swap proccesors between two machines? i just found a pc at work with a petium 4 3.0ghz w/hyperthreading and mine at home is pentium 4 2.5 w/o hyperthreading... if its not too crazy i might try to switch em up Quoted post It's just a matter of physically taking the old one out and replacing it, as long as your motherboard is compatible with a faster processor and supports hyperthreading. I'd go to your motherboard manufacturer's website and see if there's a compatibility list that has the processor you want on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 yeah yeah and when you do pop the old one out, make absolutely sure that the pins are lined up with the new one before you pop it down in its place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny ballbags Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 ok... used record now... no nero... i have an external burner somewhere that uses nero... have to look for it... do i have to change the boot sequence and then just boot of the cd... is it gonna fuck up other shit with xp? can i find my motherboard manufacturer through device manager? its not as simple as the name on the shell of the pc, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by johnny ballbags@Feb 15 2006, 04:54 PM ok... used record now... no nero... i have an external burner somewhere that uses nero... have to look for it... do i have to change the boot sequence and then just boot of the cd... is it gonna fuck up other shit with xp? can i find my motherboard manufacturer through device manager? its not as simple as the name on the shell of the pc, right? Quoted post ok, first things first: yes, change the boot sequence. actually, you may not even have to. most computers now days ahve it set to boot from the cd rom automatically. now: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-132.zip download that and unzip it. run cpu z and that will tell you your mobo manufacturer plus some other important stuff about your computer. good to keep it around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=539323 Winpooch is a watchdog for Windows that helps you increase the security of your computer. Winpooch can prevent suspicious programs from doing dangerous actions such as writing to system directories or sensible registry keys. It acts as a powerful anti spyware and anti trojans, and if you have ClamWin installed, you can tell Winpooch to scan every program before it runs. This new release provide a cache for antivirus, this prevents from scanning the same file several times and thus increase the computer speed. It also contains many bug fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by johnny ballbags@Feb 15 2006, 02:13 PM so there are a whole bunch of different linux os's? wtf? one more question: how big of a job is it to swap proccesors between two machines? i just found a pc at work with a petium 4 3.0ghz w/hyperthreading and mine at home is pentium 4 2.5 w/o hyperthreading... if its not too crazy i might try to switch em up Quoted post go right ahead it you will fry both computers and lose your job in the process linux is an open source operating system people can download the kernal and tweak it whatever way you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 ballbags...you can just buy a new motherboard and processor. get an epox board and an amd processor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by Mainter@Feb 15 2006, 04:15 PM go right ahead it you will fry both computers and lose your job in the process Quoted post How do you figure? As long as they're the same socket type and the motherboard can support the speed, he'll be fine. Even if it can't support the speed, it won't fry anything (or at least shouldn't)... it just won't boot up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by Herbivore+Feb 15 2006, 05:29 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Herbivore - Feb 15 2006, 05:29 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mainter@Feb 15 2006, 04:15 PM go right ahead it you will fry both computers and lose your job in the process Quoted post How do you figure? As long as they're the same socket type and the motherboard can support the speed, he'll be fine. Even if it can't support the speed, it won't fry anything (or at least shouldn't)... it just won't boot up. Quoted post [/b] intel is the devil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I dunno... when I bought my P4 3.0GHz processor and tried to put it into my old motherboard, it just made a constant beeping noise when I turned it on. I took it out and put my old processor back in and it worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny ballbags Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by lord_casek@Feb 15 2006, 04:24 PM ballbags...you can just buy a new motherboard and processor. get an epox board and an amd processor. Quoted post it was the idea of not havin to buy anything that got me interested in this whole thing... ive ended up moving ram around between work and home to my advantage a few times and i thought it might not be much harder than that... but i have other things in mind when it comes time to spend some $$... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by Herbivore@Feb 15 2006, 05:43 PM I dunno... when I bought my P4 3.0GHz processor and tried to put it into my old motherboard, it just made a constant beeping noise when I turned it on. I took it out and put my old processor back in and it worked fine. Quoted post usually what happens. i think mainter was referring to 'since he doesn't know how to replace a processor' type situation. good to have you frequenting the thread again, herbivore. like a nerd reunion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by lord_casek+Feb 15 2006, 04:32 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lord_casek - Feb 15 2006, 04:32 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> Originally posted by Herbivore@Feb 15 2006, 05:29 PM <!--QuoteBegin-Mainter@Feb 15 2006, 04:15 PM go right ahead it you will fry both computers and lose your job in the process Quoted post How do you figure? As long as they're the same socket type and the motherboard can support the speed, he'll be fine. Even if it can't support the speed, it won't fry anything (or at least shouldn't)... it just won't boot up. Quoted post intel is the devil Quoted post [/b] im just saying with his computer knowledge he will fry them by ESD during work if he goes up to a computer opens it up and pulls out the processer shoves it in his pocket gets it dirty bends the pins so on................ casek posted while i was typing a response yes he is right on the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindvapors Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 ^^that happened to me once with RAM. i had a nice motherboard that i tried swapping with this one only to end up having the monitor not show anything at all. it was really odd. i still have that motherboard too, just sitting around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 damn 5pm already got to go to school be back on tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by mindvapors@Feb 15 2006, 05:49 PM ^^that happened to me once with RAM. i had a nice motherboard that i tried swapping with this one only to end up having the monitor not show anything at all. it was really odd. i still have that motherboard too, just sitting around. Quoted post same here. i fried a stick of 128 meg pc2700 back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Originally posted by lord_casek+Feb 15 2006, 04:47 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lord_casek - Feb 15 2006, 04:47 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>i think mainter was referring to 'since he doesn't know how to replace a processor' type situation. Quoted post [/b] <!--QuoteBegin-Mainter@Feb 15 2006, 04:48 PM im just saying with his computer knowledge he will fry them by ESD during work if he goes up to a computer opens it up and pulls out the processer shoves it in his pocket gets it dirty bends the pins so on................ Quoted post True... but yeah, johnny as long as you're careful you should be alright. Try to get one of those static proof bags that electronics usually come in to transport it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 have not fried anything yet YEAH BOI!!!!!!!!!! oh wait back in the day like 1997 my first computer (a packard bell running windows 95) the floppy drive went out started smelling something burning and then the whole processor went up in flames that was fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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