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WhatANerd's "Aerospace" 486DX 50MHz

Posted on 2015-01-08, 08:36

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I last posted (been so darned busy lately!), but I thought I would quickly share another one of my systems with you all. The 50MHz 486 was always such a rare but powerful beast that, to me, has retained an aura of exclusivity for decades. I also think it's cool …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-11, 18:28

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Yeah, I totally agree. I used to have more fun fiddling with trying to get the games to work than actually enjoying the games. Spending all that time trying to get them to work made their actual use anti-climactic. :lol: Ahhh I think you hit the nail on the head - I'm all fiddled out from DOS/ …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-11, 18:08

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Go ahead, try to play an encrypted DVD on Linux. I dare you. Even with libdvdread & libdvdcss2? In my experience, libdvdcss2 always takes a half hour minimum to get working. With every release, it seems like the installation routine changes just enough to throw me off completely. I mention DVD …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-11, 01:29

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Haha, love how this thread is taking so many twists and turns. Regarding Jurassic Systems: are you sure that's CDE? Didn't Irix use it's own window manager on its interactive desktop? That doesn't look like the CDE I am used to, but then again CDE was supposed to be "Common". What about Mac OS 8/9 ' …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-10, 07:32

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Corduroy, I hope it doesn't seem like we're jumping on you. I respect your opinions and am not going to fault you for having them. You have some good points too. Anyway, thought you guys might want to see this.....I had a killer mock OS X FreeBSD desktop years ago, back when Aqua copycat themes were …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-10, 04:48

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Just to add... Canonical had revenues of $66 million in 2013, with losses amounting to $21 million. Novell had revenues of $1.1 billion in 2003, with losses amounting to $162 million.

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-10, 04:40

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Word processing, spreadsheets, and simple 2D drawings aren't "serious work" in the scheme of things. That's not to diminish your work or effort, by the way, it's just to give some perspective. Computers are used all the way from a college student typing up their work, through to engineering and …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-09, 20:29

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From what I've heard regarding modern lenovo computers is that they suck. They are extremely cheaply made and often have hardware issues not like the old IBM computers. It's too bad IBM sold out of the home computer market. You're right, for the most part. It depends on the model. Right now I have …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-09, 20:25

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2) Linux totally messed up the automatic fan controller on my Lenovo Thinkpad L512 several years ago. TWICE. Reflashing the BIOS did not solve it; I had to send it in to Lenovo for a depot warranty repair both times! If you think I'm making this up, here's my post: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/R-and …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-09, 20:01

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I am a college student Ah, that explains it - the zeal of a college student. You of all people should understand opportunity cost - Linux is a huge timewaster. I never understood Mac people when I was younger, but after years of dealing with Linux I can now completely understand just wanting to get …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-09, 00:24

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I stopped using Linux after that stupid X color control bug that never got fixed. This is still the case today. I must say that I am a bit surprised - thought there would be many more Linux boosters here. I was afraid I would be the only one with something negative to say. http://www.apicalnetworks …

Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-08, 03:34

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Well, I'm speaking to desktop Linux, and to a lesser degree, Linux on SMB servers, here. I don't care if it works flawlessly on 50 billion phones or datacenter servers - good for it. I wanted to like Linux, I really did. I've been using it since Red Hat 4.0, and it's still just as buggy as it was …

Re: New guy saying hi (and my Q700)

Posted on 2014-07-07, 07:15

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Thanks for the warm welcome and compliments, guys. I had never even seen a Quadra 700 in the flesh until I got this one. I appreciate reading all of your stories so I'll be sharing more as time allows. I'm certainly envious of many of your systems too. Oh and don't take my first post the wrong way; …

Re: Thrift store finds? (Software)

Posted on 2014-07-07, 00:06

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Goodwill typical destroys vintage gear for the metal value (even though the base value for the metal is at multi year lows) so what little they put out isn't that great. Not to get off topic, but in the Los Angeles / OC area (and quite possibly far beyond), all the Goodwill stores send all of their …

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