DOS ain't dead - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu)

Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 23.03.2008, 15:13

> > Why not just reinstall Win2k if you like it and still have the install
> > CDs?
>
> Some day MS will stop "supporting" Windows 2000. ;-)

To be honest, they are already pushing Vista pretty hard (esp. on new machines), so it seems like even XP will be second fiddle soon. Even Vista SP1 is out now (although I haven't gotten it yet, need to check laptop to see if it'll automagically download it).

> > Ubuntu is clearly a popular favorite (probably due to freely mailing you
> a
> > copy if desired). But it's also been called somewhat unstable, for
> adding
> > too much fancy stuff, being too Windows-y. But if you like it, cool.
>
> It is very stable here. :-)

Well, I'm not sure where the problems are specifically. It's for sure a struggle to get Linux to work as well as Windows since some hardware vendors aren't too cooperative for various reasons. If ACPI, USB keyboard, and NIC work, then everything else should too.

> Thanks for your efforts, but I already did some research before installing
> Ubuntu. ;-)

Well, FreeBSD does have some advantages even over Linux (e.g. ZFS). It's supposedly pretty fast too. And now I hear that the next NetBSD (due Q4 2008?) will have some good improvements. Heh, whatever. It's all good. :-)

> DOSBox is for gamers. I'm not a gamer. ;-) But it has a nice debugger,
> which resembles Soft-ICE.

You were the one who told us about Galactic Conquest. :-)

> Photoshop is a bloated thing and so I only tried it once several years
> ago.

Well, I admit, I don't need it, but ya never know, some people have specific things that won't run elsewhere. (Yes, proprietary software was actually the norm in years past. Who knew?)

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Complete thread:

Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 09:50 (Miscellaneous)
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 14.03.2008, 15:06
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 17:10
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 14.03.2008, 15:14
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 14.03.2008, 17:10
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 16.03.2008, 19:13
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - sol, 16.03.2008, 19:30
    - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 16.03.2008, 20:23
      - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Steve, 17.03.2008, 03:35
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 17.03.2008, 10:10
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 17.03.2008, 10:27
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 16.03.2008, 20:21
    - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2008, 20:51
      - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 18.03.2008, 10:36
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 18.03.2008, 12:55
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - RayeR, 19.03.2008, 13:11
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 20.03.2008, 03:49
      - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 20.03.2008, 15:03
        Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Rugxulo, 23.03.2008, 15:13
        big surprise ("I told you so" -- Japheth) - Rugxulo, 25.03.2008, 06:20
        big surprise ("I told you so" -- Japheth) - Japheth, 25.03.2008, 16:17
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 03:26
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 08:31
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 13:21
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 16:54
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 22:11
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 23:23
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 26.03.2008, 13:35
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 14:10
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 26.03.2008, 14:27
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 22:09
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 26.03.2008, 23:22
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 26.03.2008, 23:47
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Japheth, 27.03.2008, 00:05
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 27.03.2008, 01:13
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Khusraw, 27.03.2008, 08:44
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI > 32 MB - Rugxulo, 27.03.2008, 23:45
        You seem to be a bit lazy... - Japheth, 28.03.2008, 23:15
        You seem to be a bit lazy... - Rugxulo, 31.03.2008, 00:39
        You seem to be a bit lazy... - Japheth, 31.03.2008, 03:49
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI >32 MB (but latest HXNTVDM works) - Rugxulo, 28.05.2008, 11:22
        Vista SP1 still hates DPMI >32 MB (but latest HXNTVDM works) - Japheth, 28.05.2008, 13:36
        random DOSBox / DOSEMU comments - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 02:21
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 02:43
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - DOS386, 04.06.2008, 02:46
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 04.06.2008, 03:13
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - rr, 04.06.2008, 09:38
        Vista all limits fixed - DOS386, 06.06.2008, 00:30
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Japheth, 04.06.2008, 19:12
        Vista DPMI limit fix(es) - Rugxulo, 05.06.2008, 01:45
        HXNTVDM becomes NTDPMIX - Japheth, 23.09.2008, 09:35
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - marcov, 07.04.2008, 12:42
- Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 08.04.2008, 10:58
  - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - Japheth, 08.04.2008, 12:55
    - Just to let you know... (Ubuntu) - rr, 08.04.2008, 13:45