EFILive on Linux

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Originally Posted by GMPX

I'm burning the W7 RC1 DVD now. I removed the Beta version and will install W7 RC1 at some stage. From what I saw W7 will be a reasonable choice to upgrade from XP (not that I really need to).
I still use XP on this machine, no matter what people say XP is not that bad, sure it has it's moments of 'where is the reset button' but they don't happen often enough to be a problem for me. A fresh install of XP runs pretty good.
Vista on the other hand, what where they thinking!

Cheers,
Ross

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I read some of the changelog for W7 , still not to impressed with it .
If I get time I may DL W7 and play with it (1-10 , 1) , the XP mode sounds pretty lame to me , running XP apps in a separate environment , don't know , CPU HOG , security flaw ?
Once you get Compiz (KDE or Gnome , Linux) set up and working Areo looks unimpressive to say the least .
Seriously , I use Windows when I have to , but any other time I make Linux do for the most part , Windows is okay and both Linux and Windows have strengths and weaknesses .
Windows Vista what were they thinking ? More Money ! :secret:

Gil

My understanding was that Vista was the new "Windows Millennium".......

I still run XP at home and it's a 6 year old install that has been butchered to within a millimeter of it's life. ( remembers the day an application un-install went terribly wrong when the app thought it installed the system32 directory... ).

I'm pretty happy with the latter versions of KDE though. My 13 year old daughter is happy with her laptop running Open SUSE and KDE, does her school work in Open Office and surfs the web using Opera. Now if I could just get an iPod touch application for it and some Lexmark printer drivers and EFILive talking to the V2, all would be sweet.

This bites , guess a force to update : http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...ps-xp-mode-win

Funny you mention Vista Millennium Edition, I was just thinking that last night as W7 RC1 finished downloading. ME was such a POS, had it on a refurb'ed 700mhz Celeron with 256mb ram and my first 4x CD burner!! Ran it for about 5 months til XP came out then upgraded in a flash and never looked back.

I can understand your hate for MS, but remember Im from Seattle where lots of people work for either Boeing or Microsoft so...and access to the company store is pretty sweet too. Ill be upgrading W7 beta to RC1 probably friday afternoon or saturday evening, hoping I can upgrade instead of having to wipe this partition as Ive got so many programs installed it takes hours to reinstall all of them.

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Originally Posted by swingtan

Now if I could just get an iPod touch application for it and some Lexmark printer drivers and EFILive talking to the V2, all would be sweet.

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Yep that would be sweet , I don't have a iPod but I do know there are apps for Linux that work well with them , and Lexmark printer , what can you say , use a HP , maybe now that someone from EFILive is actually using a Linux Distro we might have a chance of a build for Linux . :gossip: :hihi:

Erik , reloads are a PiTA in any OS , feel your pain .

More F.U.D. for Win7 : http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...otkit-released
Some people just don't like Win7 .

Reloads are a huge PITA, for about 3 years I would save my files and format my HD and reinstall XP Pro just to make it run faster. Then I figured out how I can tweak it to make it run faster anyway.

Haha not surprised at all about that bootkit, remember how Microsoft claimed XP was "unhackable"? I saw keygens and serials that worked BEFORE it was publicly released...doh!!

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Originally Posted by Chevy366

maybe now that someone from EFILive is actually using a Linux Distro we might have a chance of a build for Linux .

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Actually Andrew is a UNIX guru, and I spent the first 15 years of my working life as a UNIX systems programmer - all done via green-screen, dumb terminal. Multiple sessions were handled by having multiple terminals on the desk - really low tech but expensive.

VI is still my favorite editor. I can still code/edit faster using vi than when using any fancy IDE on a PC. If only I could integrate VIM as my Delphi editor...

A UNIX version of EFILive would be easier for me to write than a Windows version. :fluffy:
The thing preventing us from doing it is that it is such a small fraction of our user base. I know that is a catch 22, UNIX platforms won't dominate until all the apps are available for it, but the apps won't be ported to UNIX until it is a dominant OS.

Regards
Paul

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Originally Posted by Blacky

VI is still my favorite editor.

Regards
Paul

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You're a sick individual. That's like saying putting my pud in a waffle iron is my favorite form of sex.

Just kidding. I've worked with VI in an AIX environment just enough to be intimidated by it. I admire anyone who's mastered it.

VI is a bit awkward, but VIM is just plain awesome. Lately though, I've been using Komodo Edit a lot, it has a lot of power (regex, macros, even VI bindings for the true believers), but it does it all GUI and platform independent.

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Originally Posted by mistermike

You're a sick individual. That's like saying putting my pud in a waffle iron is my favorite form of sex.

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Who've you been talking to? She said she wouldn't tell. :secret:
Paul

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Originally Posted by Blacky

Actually Andrew is a UNIX guru, and I spent the first 15 years of my working life as a UNIX systems programmer - all done via green-screen, dumb terminal. Multiple sessions were handled by having multiple terminals on the desk - really low tech but expensive.

VI is still my favorite editor. I can still code/edit faster using vi than when using any fancy IDE on a PC. If only I could integrate VIM as my Delphi editor...

A UNIX version of EFILive would be easier for me to write than a Windows version. :fluffy:
The thing preventing us from doing it is that it is such a small fraction of our user base. I know that is a catch 22, UNIX platforms won't dominate until all the apps are available for it, but the apps won't be ported to UNIX until it is a dominant OS.

Regards
Paul

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"If you build it...they WILL come".

They never used to sell Laptops or PC's without Windows and the option to use Linux. Never before was it commercial viable/available. It is now in the USA.

Linux EFI Live = More sales of Linux computers.