Comments on: The New Year Linux Resolution: Day 2

By: AshPringle

AshPringle — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:33:56 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion Arunabh, i’ll check it out

By: Arunabh Das

Arunabh Das — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:03:12 +0000

If you really want to make things interesting, you should install compiz fusion (beryl) library and also theme it like a Mac. – Arunabh Das

By: Arunabh Das

Arunabh Das — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:43:47 +0000

The next thing you should try to go is install Globus Toolkit – a grid computing platform on linux. – Arunabh Das

By: Rompalle

Rompalle — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:31:59 +0000

First of all i have never seen a run of the mill Windows user install a second OS on an external drive? Normally we install on an internal disk. Have you also tried this same procedure with Windows?

And most of all I am sure you have always installed/re-installed Windows on one disk. Had you put a new harddisk or wiped out your existing Windows it would have went perfectly well.

Your not being fair to Ubuntu/GNU linux by doing 2 completely different installs!

Take your Windows disk out and put a new disk in then do the install! its easy.

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The New Year Linux Resolution: Day 6 | zMogo Tech Stuff — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:51:26 +0000

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By: AshPringle

AshPringle — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:42:02 +0000

Thanks for the comments everyone!

@Jeff: It’s good to know other people have similar issues as mine! I consider myself fairly computer literate, but I had no idea what a boot loader was before I started this. Thanks for the USB suggestion!

@Maternitus: Hehe, mine still has seven.
As for the deleted comments, I personally haven’t deleted any. Maybe it was the admin? Was it your comment? Sorry if it was!

Day 7 is up, and you can read it if you like!
http://www.zmogo.com/gear/the-new-year-linux-resolution-day-7-the-stunning-conclusion/

By: Maternitus

Maternitus — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:54:56 +0000

Deleting comments, huh? If you go on like that, your week doesn’t have six days, but eight. And mine still seven. But I am not sure if that is my Linux-box.

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The New Year Linux Resolution: Day 5 | zMogo Tech Stuff — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:43:45 +0000

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The New Year Linux Resolution: Day Four | zMogo Tech Stuff — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:03:31 +0000

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The New Year Linux Resolution: Day 3 | zMogo Tech Stuff — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:01:38 +0000

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By: jeff

jeff — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:48:36 +0000

haaa this is sort of funny, I’m on a linux/resolution kick as well. I spent 2 hours trying to straighten out the bootloader as I am having issues toggling between windows and the 2 linux distros. I’ve hosed my MBR many times. Oh well. You make it sound like an exciting adventure a opposed to a depressing farce though.

Great blog!

Next time: put the boot loader on a USB so it doesn’t screw up the hard drive

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:16:33 +0000

Oh, as for people suggesting other distributions: just ignore them. You’ll get that all the time, which ever distro you choose. But I suppose you already figured that out

By: AshPringle

AshPringle — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:49:52 +0000

Thanks for the comments everyone!

In retrospect the way I went about installing was a bit unorthodox. But it’s all a learning experience. I figure if I made that mistake I’m sure other people will too. Knowing where people can make mistakes is important in knowing how to improve the process of switching to an OS.

Paul, thanks for pointing out the typo. Like anyone I am only human, and make mistakes sometimes.

I’ve completed my account of day three, if you’d check it out here’s the link!

http://www.zmogo.com/gear/the-new-year-linux-resolution-day-3/

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:59:24 +0000

If you get frustrated with Ubuntu, give Sabayon a try. They just released 4.0 and it’s very user friendly. It’s a DVD download rather than a CD but it’s well worth it.

http://www.sabayon.org

By: Paul Nguyen

Paul Nguyen — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:03:44 +0000

for a writer, you had a rough but healthy experience with linux. unfortunately, where microsoft office might have caught “the article that you’re reading write now” as a grammatical error (ahem! maybe the only thing it’s good for), you, a writer, did not…