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sunfolk
Master Cruncher Super Kiwi Socialistic Empire Of Jacinda Joined: Oct 8, 2006 Post Count: 1769 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Tomahawk4196,
----------------------------------------Your car analogy is very apt and sadly accurate. In exactly the same way that an amateur mechanic CAN tinker and tune a model T he is unable to tinker with a modern blackbox automobile. I have learnt a great deal more in four years with linux than I ever did in twenty with windows. Having said that my attitude to cars is: get in,turn key, travel A to B, Done. Most people have the same attitude to computers, what sane person would'nt?  twilyth, Again you're spot on, linux is a lost cause in the consumer space, Android will I am sure become ubiquitous. Nap, I got your latest email, what can I say? Ubuntu sucks!     |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7851 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Tomahawk4196, Your car analogy is very apt and sadly accurate. In exactly the same way that an amateur mechanic CAN tinker and tune a model T he is unable to tinker with a modern blackbox automobile. I have learnt a great deal more in four years with linux than I ever did in twenty with windows. Having said that my attitude to cars is: get in,turn key, travel A to B, Done. Most people have the same attitude to computers, what sane person would'nt? twilyth, Again you're spot on, linux is a lost cause in the consumer space, Android will I am sure become ubiquitous. Nap, I got your latest email, what can I say? Ubuntu sucks! I consider myself a neophyte on Linux, but I have found it fairly easy to get it to run BOINC without too much problem, except for the continuing problematic wireless connectivity issue - currently working (fingers crossed.) Edit May 11, 2014: Changed a DHCP address on my range extender to a static address and problem went away. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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doive1231
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Tried Linux but half the programmes I wanted didn't work and I haven't got the time to look for an answer. The reason we like Windows is precisely so we don't have to type command lines in and I think this is why Ubuntu has a software centre or otherwise they wouldn't have included it right? *cough*
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Former Member
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Well Linux Ubuntu is now at version 14.
It is nice, and you can install Boinc 7.2.42 with it. Have you all tried it? |
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