The Geniuses' Thread

shadowninty

lads, should I upgrade to Oneiric? I'm cloning my Natty install anyway

shadowninty

tbf, when Installed Windows 7, it didn't have drivers for wifi, webcam, Intel graphics, audio or Ethernet. Ubuntu supported all this out of the box for me
This is despite the fact that the Windows install ISO is 3GB, while Ubuntu's is just 700MB

Just remember that Linux is NOT Windows.

shadowninty: Go ahead. I don't see why you wouldn't want to have the most up-to-date software, all the time.

shadowninty

Ok, updating now...
If this goes wrong I'm blaming you Conor

Cakes.

I'm after taking my laptop apart looking for the CMOS battery :pac:

Couldn't find it!

Screaminmidget

Cakesofrice wrote: »

I'm after taking my laptop apart looking for the CMOS battery :pac:

Couldn't find it!

Its on the motherboard

shadowninty

Cakesofrice wrote: »

I'm after taking my laptop apart looking for the CMOS battery :pac:

Couldn't find it!

I thought you fixed it? :rolleyes:

Cakes.

Screaminmidget wrote: »

Its on the motherboard

I looked all over the motherboard

LilMissCiara

Is it possible to like copy dvds to my laptop so I can watch them without the disks?

Jackobyte

shadowninty wrote: »

lads, should I upgrade to Oneiric? I'm cloning my Natty install anyway

Ugh, I'm now 2 upgrades behind on ubuntu. When did this happen?

Jackobyte

Jackobyte wrote: »

Ugh, I'm now 2 upgrades behind on ubuntu. When did this happen?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ#Q.29_When_will_the_new_release_be_made.3F

:pac:

LilMissCiara wrote: »

Is it possible to like copy dvds to my laptop so I can watch them without the disks?

Well, you'll have to check first of all if the terms under which you bought the DVD allow you to make a copy. Under Irish law, it's up to the creator of the work to decide if it can be legally reproduced or not.

Given that it's legal to do this if it your DVD doesn't specifically say that you can't (most do), I suppose it's OK to tell you that yes, it is possible. :pac:
If you Google a tutorial for a program such as "DVD Rip", you can learn how to do it.

Jackobyte

Deleted User wrote: »

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ#Q.29_When_will_the_new_release_be_made.3F

:pac:

Oh, I know you can get rolling updates but that can cause instability and I'm really not that bothered. Hopefully, by September, I should be in a position where I can mess around with my computer without any real major risks.

leemurta

LilMissCiara wrote: »

Is it possible to like copy dvds to my laptop so I can watch them without the disks?

Yes I tried the first few parts of this on a dvd I had it seems easy enough, I never got to shrinking it, if you don't a normal sd dvd can be 8gb or more:o

Hope this helps: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/rip-a-dvd/

shadowninty

Jackobyte wrote: »

Ugh, I'm now 2 upgrades behind on ubuntu. When did this happen?

Updating failed for me so I went back to my partition image backup

Jackobyte

Jackobyte wrote: »

Oh, I know you can get rolling updates but that can cause instability and I'm really not that bothered. Hopefully, by September, I should be in a position where I can mess around with my computer without any real major risks.

Can it? :eek: Other distros... :rolleyes:
(Arch is amazingly stable. The only thing that can break is Wine, but that's not Arch's fault, rather Wine's, and Wine users have ways of dealing with their programs suddenly not-working)

Jackobyte

Deleted User wrote: »

Can it? :eek: Other distros... :rolleyes:
(Arch is amazingly stable. The only thing that can break is Wine, but that's not Arch's fault, rather Wine's, and Wine users have ways of dealing with their programs suddenly not-working)

I've never actually set up a rolling updates OS but most warn that things may break because of untested updates.

I've been meaning to get an Arch boot for a while. I've an unused Peppermint boot that can be overwritten. Another task for September.

shadowninty

nothing broke for me when I updated to Natty. Its not Windows

Jackobyte

Jackobyte wrote: »

I've never actually set up a rolling updates OS but most warn that things may break because of untested updates.

I've been meaning to get an Arch boot for a while. I've an unused Peppermint boot that can be overwritten. Another task for September.

In my experience, Arch hasn't broken. Maybe packages might, but the packages are well-maintained and tested anyway. Best of luck when you do get it going. It's a learning journey, alright.

Jackobyte

Deleted User wrote: »

In my experience, Arch hasn't broken. Maybe packages might, but the packages are well-maintained and tested anyway. Best of luck when you do get it going. It's a learning journey, alright.

Well, I'm fairly comfortable on ubuntu atm. At a stage where I don't have to go to google all that often anymore. Starting to get the hang of terminal command and other stuff at this stage.

shadowninty

Upgraded to 11.10. Found out that LightDM was the cause of my problems. Stick to GDM

JamJamJamJam

This looks like an appropriate place to post this:



I had a nerdgasm when I saw it first... :cool:

Isn't that how everybody does quadratic equations? :P

[latex]x^2 + 3x + 8 = 0[/latex]
[latex](x + \frac{3}{2})^2 + \frac{23}{4} = 0[/latex]
[latex]x = - \frac{3}{2} + \frac{ \sqrt{23}i }{4}[/latex]
or
[latex]x = - \frac{3}{2} - \frac{ \sqrt{23}i }{4}[/latex]

:pac:

JamJamJamJam

Deleted User wrote: »

Isn't that how everybody does quadratic equations? :P

[latex]x^2 + 3x + 8 = 0[/latex]
[latex](x + \frac{3}{2})^2 + \frac{23}{4} = 0[/latex]
[latex]x = - \frac{3}{2} + \frac{ \sqrt{23}i }{4}[/latex]
or
[latex]x = - \frac{3}{2} - \frac{ \sqrt{23}i }{4}[/latex]

:pac:

Nah we always just used the formula which seemed crazy until i saw how straightforward it was to prove :-P

Davidius

JamJamJamJam wrote: »

Nah we always just used the formula which seemed crazy until i saw how straightforward it was to prove :-P

I think this highlights one of the problems with maths education.

shadowninty

shadowninty wrote: »

Upgraded to 11.10. Found out that LightDM was the cause of my problems. Stick to GDM

Slim worked fine for me. If you want a lighter login manager it might suit you.

Conor108

Installed Ubuntu 11.04 myself a few weeks ago. I was using a previous Ubuntu version in college because it just starts up SO much faster. Still have XP on the HDD to dual boot but I rarely find myself booting into windows these days. Thanks to whoever said you can use Google Earth after installing WINE

Insect Overlord

I just downloaded the phpBB English language pack for translation. It's huge. Also, I haven't figured out which pieces of the text I'm supposed to take out, which I'm supposed to leave in English and which I'm supposed to translate. This could take a while...

Insect Overlord

Has anyone ever read the Apple software licensing agreement?

THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.

You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missiles, or chemical or biological weapons.

It's mad, Ted!

shadowninty

The crew of LA Class nuclear submarines must've been disappoint that their ship ran on Red Hat instead of OSX

Screaminmidget

Ok, ill be honest and admit that as I was reading that I was thinking more along the lines of Itunes than the Mac OS.....