I just made a 60GB Ext3 distro-hopping partition, so it’s safe to say I’ll be trying something out on there at some point. However, school is approaching, so I may not get as much time as I need/want. There is, however, an alternative solution!
I could, quite easily, reformat that partition to XFS and create two [...]
Filed in BSD, Computing, Linux, under BSD, Computing, Distro Hopping, Linux, UNIX on August 15, 2008
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I have just compiled another list of distributions and operating systems I want to try. I shall post it here in case you’re curious. Key: - = Tried, and finished with. + = Tried, and want to try again. > = Permament favourite. * = Not yet tried.
Linux (8/13)
- Ubuntu
- Xubuntu
- Kubuntu
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Filed in Computing, under BSD, Computing, Distribution, Distro Hopping, Linux, UNIX on June 26, 2008
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If you don’t know what the ports system is, you must be living under a rock. It is the “package management” facility of FreeBSD, and is basically a sophisticated way to compile things from source and to uninstall them, too. It is not the most intuitive of systems for someone who has never seen it [...]
Filed in BSD, under BSD, FreeBSD, Ports on June 11, 2008
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I decided on what to do with my old and soon-to-be replaced laptop! I installed FreeBSD on it! I haven’t really looked at it in depth, but I found enough to make me completely and utterly confused.
One was the ports system. I was expecting package manager-like functionality where I would just type port install opera [...]
Filed in BSD, under BSD, FreeBSD on June 10, 2008
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