karb0n

karb0n

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Reply to VMWare vs. Virtual PC in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I use VMWare to test new settings/software. True it can be alot slower than nativly but the "Undo" function comes in handy more than you'd think. (especially with Linux and the like) Wouldn't you find it easier to open up VMWare/VirtualPC to test something instead of rebooting and possibly breaking the OS?

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Reply to VMWare vs. Virtual PC in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Can't edit previous post so i'll add new one. Just wanted to point out that i run Gentoo Linux 1.4 under VMWare. There are visual flaws running in 640x480x16 until the vmware-tools are installed but after that its fine. Never really done any benchmarking (might do it some day if i get bored..)

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Reply to Can Linux go mainstream? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Frogboy - Isnt it a rather strange place to have an article on linux? ..wincustomize? I respect you guys coz you've done a brilliant job making windows better to use - but if you hadn't made things like WB/IP etc then Windows wud be the boring os it is. All the programs stardock does changes the appreance of windows, not the OS itself. Don't know about you but i like being able to put things like \Program Files onto another HD instead of my main HD. To mount things using text instea

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Reply to Can Linux go mainstream? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

exactly as it says. people who use windows are being controlled by their pc - take reboots for instance, windows makes you restart after every flipping thing. -- Linux, you reboot when u change bootloader or kernel. I like being able to change something if i dont like it. Don' you? And now with XP SP2, reportedly having nag screens every few mins telling you to reboot...fuck that, I'll stick with Gentoo and XP SP1 for gaming

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Reply to Can Linux go mainstream? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

One of the many reasons (IMHO) that People use windows rather than Linux is that Windows is forced upon them. Why get linux when u already have windows installed for you when you buy a new pc? Granted, windows is at first ALOT easier to use and has better software, but thats only because Microsoft Force it! Windows is for people who want to be controlled by their pc. Linux is for people who want to control their pc. Somethings never change.

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Reply to Does copy protection create software pirates? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The way i see games now is you pay the money for the CDKEY - NOT the game. I bought C&C generals and after a while cd1 got a massive crack in it! so was i gonna pay an extra £7 for a new cd? Nope, downloaded cd1 with no cd crack and now i have a working copy. As The_Wanderer said its stealing but so is recording a tv program. we have to justify it to ourselfs, no one else!

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Reply to Broadband issues in the not too distant future in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I'm on NTL in UK, 1MB down / 256kb up at £35/month. they tried to quietly cap transfers at 1gb per day saying "this is a recommended limit. if u exceed it we will contact u and help u to lower the amount" nobody accepts it and why shud we? What is the point of hi speed "unlimited" internet access if u cant use it? theres no difference between 128kbps and 1MB when browsing websites are concerned! As a user of linux (gentoo 1.4) i tend to download alot of updates/distro's so not

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