The Ubuntu Thread

[Reincarnate]

I just installed Ubuntu via VirtualBox on my Windows machine... looking into a LAMP stack. What are some other things I should look into configuring / installing / etc?

[choof]

I'd look into a good VPN

I'm still pretty green when it comes to linux, so I can't offer much help beyond that lol

[Reincarnate]

man virtual machines are fun

I can't believe I have never played with these before

[clasko1000]

A few days ago, i installed the latest version of Ubuntu to a USB stick, but its slow as bawls. It takes like 3 minutes to open consol. Any ideas?

[choof]

use a lightweight distro that loads into ram like macpup

[AutotelicBrown]

FedoraLiveCD is very convenient.

And what's the intended use of your Ubuntu VM? Aside from setting up whatever working environment you want to use (e.g. vim configuration and extensions, IDEs) it's pretty easy to set up everything on a per need basis, especially with the Debian packages.

And no Ubuntu thread is complete without mentioning Moebuntu, the best way to improve your Ubuntu experience.

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by AutotelicBrown

FedoraLiveCD is very convenient.

And what's the intended use of your Ubuntu VM? Aside from setting up whatever working environment you want to use (e.g. vim configuration and extensions, IDEs) it's pretty easy to set up everything on a per need basis, especially with the Debian packages.

And no Ubuntu thread is complete without mentioning Moebuntu, the best way to improve your Ubuntu experience.

I mostly want to learn Linux a bit and get some experience with webserver shit

[choof]

oh my god moebuntu lmao why have I never heard of this

[clasko1000]

Originally Posted by choof

use a lightweight distro that loads into ram like macpup

Can you explain what you mean by this?

I'm using a 32GB PNY Drive thats formatted in FAT-32, which is probably bad.

I was just trying to have a copy of linux to play around with, nothing special.

[m0de]

i have a version of puppy linux installed on a older HP computer that was previously only compatible with windows vista (no thx). its ubuntu based, very very light weight, extremely stable, and ridiculously fast (compared to using vista).

i think more people should look into atleast trying linux in dual boot with windows to see just how much better everything runs. im no linux guru by any means, but it is real easy to setup, and there is TONS of help around the web you can google whenever you need help with anything.

[choof]

Originally Posted by clasko1000

Can you explain what you mean by this?

I'm using a 32GB PNY Drive thats formatted in FAT-32, which is probably bad.

I was just trying to have a copy of linux to play around with, nothing special.

lightweight means it takes up very little in terms of resources. easy on the gpu, only needs 1gb of ram to run flawlessly, etc. these kind of distros are fantastic for breathing new life into old computers. I put lubuntu on my brother's 6-7 year old laptop and it's blazing fast.

macpup is a distribution of linux that you can put onto a usb stick/cd, and when you boot from usb/cd, it will put all of the system files into ram. reading from ram will ALWAYS be faster than reading from anything, even high end solid state drives.

the ubuntu that's on your usb is most likely a live-cd, which is generally used for toying around with before you install to your hard drive.

[clasko1000]

Originally Posted by choof

lightweight means it takes up very little in terms of resources. easy on the gpu, only needs 1gb of ram to run flawlessly, etc. these kind of distros are fantastic for breathing new life into old computers. I put lubuntu on my brother's 6-7 year old laptop and it's blazing fast.

macpup is a distribution of linux that you can put onto a usb stick/cd, and when you boot from usb/cd, it will put all of the system files into ram. reading from ram will ALWAYS be faster than reading from anything, even high end solid state drives.

the ubuntu that's on your usb is most likely a live-cd, which is generally used for toying around with before you install to your hard drive.

Cool, ill give that a shot.

Thank you

[Fission]

Originally Posted by m0de

i think more people should look into atleast trying linux in dual boot with windows to see just how much better everything runs. im no linux guru by any means, but it is real easy to setup, and there is TONS of help around the web you can google whenever you need help with anything.

not many people are willing to learn new things when it comes to computing if they don't have to. linux is definitely the superior OS for every use case except gaming though.

[Calcium Deposit]

I used to collect vm machines, had like around 30 different operating systems including a very glitchy (but usable) OSX image

[sweet2kill210]

If you're into customization of how everything looks, I would recommend downloading Ubuntu Tweak, and if you want to be able to run Osu! on it or something you need PlayOnLinux and you should also download Wine as it allows you to use several Windows applications.

Haha, I downloaded Ubuntu on my laptop because I had Windows 7 and it got some kind of virus so I decided to just try a new OS and ofc whatever virus I had doesn't do shit to my laptop now. :P

Gimp is a good program for photo editing imo, but there's a bit of a learning curve. I haven't tinkered with it myself much though.

[FoJaR]

Originally Posted by Fission

not many people are willing to learn new things when it comes to computing if they don't have to. linux is definitely the superior OS for every use case except gaming though.

cs go just got ported to linux, goodbye windows, it was nice knowing you.

[FoJaR]

gnome-do is pretty much necessary, aside from that i dont use much other than a terminal emacs and some browser windows.

on my gaming PC i have a thing that lets me map buttons to my logitech G13, and then steam and chrome and gnome-do

oh and compiz is nice.