Topic: What are you doing right now?

[goldshirt*9]

Struggling to stay sober.

soon

[subvinorosa]

I failed.

Cooking lunch.  Sigh.  I hate cooking.

[hmed2390]

I failed.

Cooking lunch.  Sigh.  I hate cooking.

I love cooking.

[smokester]

Creating my first wikipedia page.

Crazy syntax dudes.

[goldshirt*9]

Creating my first wikipedia page.

Crazy syntax dudes.

i hope you will be promoting 


am giving up on Ubuntu Unity.
not that the desktop nor applications were hard / rubbish but
it was such a long time to boot up.
laptop on .
5 secs of bios
25 seconds of black screen ( and that was a short timing )
password login
30 seconds of Ubuntu wallpaper
15 seconds of awaiting desktop to start.

hooray were off at last.

it seemed like a eternity waiting.

so now i'm playing  with a little number called Zorin o/s based on Ubuntu
boots up in about 15 secs and runs everything out of the box 

[hmed2390]

i hope you will be promoting 


am giving up on Ubuntu Unity.
not that the desktop nor applications were hard / rubbish but
it was such a long time to boot up.
laptop on .
5 secs of bios
25 seconds of black screen ( and that was a short timing )
password login
30 seconds of Ubuntu wallpaper
15 seconds of awaiting desktop to start.

hooray were off at last.

it seemed like a eternity waiting.

so now i'm playing  with a little number called Zorin o/s based on Ubuntu
boots up in about 15 secs and runs everything out of the box 

ARGH! Funny you should mention the new Unity UI, everybody in the linux community seems to HATE the new directions being taken with gnome, KDE, etc, and now with Ubuntu's drastic "dummed down" interface, everybody seems ready to switch over to Mac OS X! What gives? In all honesty, I'd rather have Unity over Windows 8's new look any day, at least with Unity, the "dummed down" aspect of it isn't so in your face as with Windows 8's new tablet orientated direction.

Personally, I'm anxious to fiddle around with Unity as it does look like things are shifting drastically and Linux is finally trying to appeal to users who haven't been coding straight out of the crib with 4 or C++ and Python books under their belt. And anyway, it's not that different from what Ubuntu was before, things have just been simplified or moved around for "better productivity purposes" which although subjective, I tend to agree with. I thing change is good, plus Ubuntu looks so purty now.

As soon as I get a decent build up and running I'm going to give Ubuntu another shot and fiddle around with it once again.

@Goldshirt, were you running it on a laptop? What were your specs? Unity is more demanding than the now dubbed "classic theme", which coincidentally, is why they decided to leave that classic boot as an option until 11.10 is officially out and about.

[goldshirt*9]

yes i was running it on my laptop.
my specs are.
intel core 2 duo t6600 @ 2.20ghz 4gb ram 250hdd.
had no problem running it , just slow to start up.
i liked Unity a lot. set up , everything worked.

I cannot run on my desktop as i have a nvidea graphic card and linux and graphic cards don't always mix. 

Have a look at Zorin linux ,based on ubuntu but quicker load up , plus you only have to install the dvd codecs and away you go.

[subvinorosa]

I love cooking.

Feel free to do it all the time for me.

[hmed2390]

yes i was running it on my laptop.
my specs are.
intel core 2 duo t6600 @ 2.20ghz 4gb ram 250hdd.
had no problem running it , just slow to start up.
i liked Unity a lot. set up , everything worked.

I cannot run on my desktop as i have a nvidea graphic card and linux and graphic cards don't always mix. 

Have a look at Zorin linux ,based on ubuntu but quicker load up , plus you only have to install the dvd codecs and away you go.

Yeah, that's a little strange. Ubuntu has always been pretty flexible for me over other distros that I've tried in the past, with everything working straight from the start-up. Unity is supposedly a work in progress, not to mention the pre-configuration that might be going on in the background initial to start-up allowing you to choose the classic boot over Unity. Supposedly that option is going to be shed with 11.10 so I'm hoping Unity will be more streamlined by then.

Pretty true in regards to graphic card compatibility with Linux although Ubuntu is adopting very strongly as of late and if you visit system76 or ZaeReason you'll notice that the latest NVIDIA cards(as of late last year up to this year) are supported and can be integrated into a build of your choice. I really have to applaud that, and with all of the changes in interface and usability , Linux is really starting to look prettier and prettier as a Desktop OS for everyday use.

http://www.system76.com/

http://zareason.com/shop/home.php

Edit: @Goldshirt, I've never heard of Zorin Linux, all the more reason to check it out, thanks. 

Feel free to do it all the time for me.

Pfft - with a capital "P".

[subvinorosa]

So much for loving cooking.

[goldshirt*9]

Yeah, that's a little strange. Ubuntu has always been pretty flexible for me over other distros that I've tried in the past, with everything working straight from the start-up. Unity is supposedly a work in progress, not to mention the pre-configuration that might be going on in the background initial to start-up allowing you to choose the classic boot over Unity. Supposedly that option is going to be shed with 11.10 so I'm hoping Unity will be more streamlined by then.

Pretty true in regards to graphic card compatibility with Linux although Ubuntu is adopting very strongly as of late and if you visit system76 or ZaeReason you'll notice that the latest NVIDIA cards(as of late last year up to this year) are supported and can be integrated into a build of your choice. I really have to applaud that, and with all of the changes in interface and usability , Linux is really starting to look prettier and prettier as a Desktop OS for everyday use.

http://www.system76.com/

http://zareason.com/shop/home.php

Edit: @Goldshirt, I've never heard of Zorin Linux, all the more reason to check it out, thanks. 

only problem i  had was the start up time on my laptop. 
my desktop has a old graphic card so i kinda knew i'd hit problems  (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT )
and this was the problem http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10069997&postcount=1
i pretty much leave it W 7  to be truthful as my wife would pull her hair out login into linux   
plus the family use tversity around the home from the desktop through ps3's.

nice lappys link , expensive though then again i suppose not ,look quality built
i did look at a laptop running http://www.ebuyer.com/product/265844 this but with a intel i5 and 8gb ram
for £366.00 ($550 ish ) but  have ran out though.

i have the same laptop with the above mentioned spec in previous post and it runs great.

zorin is very good.( built on 10.0 ubuntu) but not unity desktop.
only thing i couldn't get to work was the internal mic and now that's ok.
does come pre installed with most things configured ( play on linux , wine , compiz ).
it will do for me until unity improves

[hmed2390]

Oh good, that looks pretty tedious if you ask me, it's cool that you found the fix though, I know I would have been going crazy trying to figure out why it was booting so slow on me. Right now I'm trying to figure out why firefox has been acting stupid on me a couple of months after I upgraded to Firefox 4.0 , and now I'm starting to convince myself that it has to do with my setup.

I cannot run on my desktop as i have a nvidea graphic card and linux and graphic cards don't always mix. 

I stumbled across this earlier(pretty awesome, I had no idea):

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver.html

Supported products

Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Version:
   
275.09.07 Certified
Release Date:
   
2011.06.14
Operating System:
   
Linux 64-bit
Language:
   
English (U.S.)
File Size:
   
49.2 MB (32-bit also available)

GeForce 500 series:
GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520

GeForce 500M series:
GTX 560M, GT 555M, GT 550M, GT 540M, GT 525M, GT 520M

GeForce 400 series:
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405

GeForce 400M series:
GTX 485M, GTX 480M, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M, GT 415M, 410M

GeForce 300 series:
GT 340, GT 330, GT 320, 315, 310

GeForce 300M series:
GTS 360M, GTS 350M, GT 335M, GT 330M, GT 325M, GT 320M, 320M, 315M, 310M, 305M

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 295, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTX 275, GTX 260, GTS 250, GTS 240, GT 240, GT 230, GT 220, G210, 205

GeForce 200M series:
GTX 285M, GTX 280M, GTX 260M, GTS 260M, GTS 250M, GT 240M, GT 230M, GT 220M, G210M

GeForce 100 series:
GT 140, GT 130, GT 120, G 100

GeForce 100M series:
GTS 160M, GTS 150M, GT 130M, GT 120M, G 110M, G 105M, G 103M, G 102M

GeForce 9 series:
9800 GX2, 9800 GTX+, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GT, 9650 S, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO 512, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9500 GT, 9500 GS, 9400 GT, 9400, 9300 SE, 9300 GS, 9300 GE, 9300 / nForce 730i, 9300, 9200, 9100

GeForce 9M series:
9800M GTX, 9800M GTS, 9800M GT, 9800M GS, 9700M GTS, 9700M GT, 9650M GT, 9650M GS, 9600M GT, 9600M GS, 9500M GS, 9500M G, 9400M G, 9400M, 9300M GS, 9300M G, 9200M GS, 9100M G

GeForce 8 series:
8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8600 GTS, 8600 GS, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8400, 8300 GS, 8300, 8200, 8100 / nForce 720a

GeForce 8M series:
8800M GTX, 8800M GTS, 8700M GT, 8600M GT, 8600M GS, 8400M GT, 8400M GS, 8400M G, 8200M G

GeForce 7 series:
7950 GX2, 7950 GT, 7900 GTX, 7900 GT/GTO, 7900 GS, 7800 SLI, 7800 GTX, 7800 GT, 7800 GS, 7650 GS, 7600 LE, 7600 GT, 7600 GS, 7500 LE, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7300 LE, 7300 GT, 7300 GS, 7150M /NVIDIA nForce 630M, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / nForce 620i, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7000M /NVIDIA nForce 610M

GeForce Go 7 series:
Go 7950 GTX, Go 7900 GS, Go 7800 GTX, Go 7800, Go 7700, Go 7600 GT, Go 7600, Go 7400, Go 7300, Go 7200

GeForce 6 series:
6800 XT, 6800 XE, 6800 Ultra, 6800 LE, 6800 GT, 6800 GS, 6800, 6700 XL, 6610 XL, 6600 VE, 6600 LE, 6600 GT, 6600, 6500, 6250, 6200 TurboCache, 6200SE TurboCache, 6200 LE, 6200 A-LE, 6200, 6150SE nForce 430, 6150 LE, 6150, 6100 nForce 420, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 400, 6100

NVS Series:
NVS 300

Quadro series:
6000, 600, 5000, 4000, 400, 2000D, 2000

Quadro FX series:
FX Go1400, FX 5800, FX 580, FX 570, FX 5600, FX 560, FX 5500, FX 550, FX 540, FX 4800, FX 4700 X2, FX 4600, FX 4500 X2, FX 4500, FX 4000, FX 380 LP, FX 3800, FX 380, FX 370 Low Profile, FX 3700, FX 370, FX 3500, FX 350, FX 3450/4000 SDI, FX 3400/4400, FX 1800, FX 1700, FX 1500, FX 1400, CX

Quadro Notebook series:
5010M, 5000M, 4000M, 3000M, 2000M, 1000M

Quadro FX Notebook series:
FX 880M, FX 770M, FX 570M, FX 560M, FX 540M, FX 380M, FX 3800M, FX 370M, FX 3700M, FX 360M, FX 3600M, FX 350M, FX 2800M, FX 2700M, FX 2500M, FX 1800M, FX 1700M, FX 1600M, FX 1500M

Quadro NVS series:
NVS 450, NVS 440, NVS 420, NVS 295, NVS 290, NVS 285, NVS 210S / 6150LE

Quadro NVS Notebook series:
NVS 510M, NVS 4200M, NVS 320M, NVS 160M, NVS 150M, NVS 140M, NVS 135M, NVS 130M, NVS 120M, NVS 110M

Quadro Plex series:
Model IV, Model II, D Series, 7000

Quadro G-Sync series:
G-Sync II

Quadro SDI series:
Quadro SDI

ION series:
ION LE, ION

C-Class Processors:
Tesla C870, Tesla C2070, Tesla C2050, Tesla C1060, T10 Processor

M-Class Processors:
Tesla M2070-Q, Tesla M2070, Tesla M2050, Tesla M1060

[xtopave]

I understand several languages. That isn't one of them. 

Right now I'm drinking a glass of wine and doing (trying to do) magic tricks with my daughter.

[chekovsulu]

I suggest you take her nose.

I'm clicking on youtube links.

[subvinorosa]

Wasting time.