[Ubuntu-us-ok] Howdy

Fri Aug 22 02:02:04 UTC 2014

Cal,
I have a MBP (what I am typing from).  The easiest thing for installing,
is using the disk util to resize, and then install on that partition.  I
have tried rEFIt, but honestly holding down 'option' and choosing
'windows' works everytime.  Then I simply suspend my computer.  And
every few weeks or so (depending on when the new kernel comes out, or if
I have been digging into things that normal users don't :D ) I turn it off.

I am a bit frustrated with Apple, as there are so many great tools that
don't exist, like lspci, and lsusb as well as a few other things....  so
I can't really bring myself to ever use OSX.... though I think it does
have bash, so it wouldn't be as bad as using windows (for me).

After I found the power available in the terminal, I can't really use
any other OS... there is so much you can do typing one command (with
pipes and redirects of course) and so many amazing tools (imagemagick is
so fast for CLI image processing)

On 08/21/2014 08:44 PM, Cal Hardage wrote:
> Israel,
>
> I'll have to give 14.04 a try.  A live version would be good considering
> the horrid EFI Apple has.   When I purchase my current MBP, I didn't want
> to deal with it so I just run mac os,  but from time to time, I played with
> VirtualBox running an Ubuntu guest.  Maybe it's time to do it again.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cal,
>> Glad to hear of a Warty User!  11.10 was a rough spot, I think you'd be
>> very surprised to try using 14.04, there have been vast improvements in
>> so many areas!
>> It would be worth trying a Live version, though installing on an Apple
>> is a pain... and there is no Booting from USB (unless you already have
>> GRUB installed of course)
>> I think it was easier using OpenFirmware on the old PPCs than the horrid
>> mishmash GPT/MBR EFI stuff Apple has going on :P
>>
>> But, use whatever works for you!  And thanks for checking in with us!!
>>
>> On 08/21/2014 08:26 PM, Cal Hardage wrote:
>>> Chelsea / Vinita checking in.  I started with 4.10 (Warty Warthog) and
>>> continued until about 11.10.  These days I'm using apple at home and
>>> windows at work.  Although, I do have a new mobile lab for school that is
>>> dual boot.
>>>
>>> I miss Ubuntu but I had to cut back as I was spending too much time on a
>>> computer.  (Maybe I need to dual boot my laptop....)
>>>
>>> I'm glad to see some interest in our area.
>>> Cal
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nice to see you checking in!
>>>> I am sure a lot of us have used a lot of different distros.  I mainly
>>>> use Ubuntu, because it is so easy to install and set up (though most are
>>>> generally very easy now days), and so much software is available for
>>>> Ubuntu.  And, I am most familiar with the Debian/Ubuntu setup, so I
>>>> don't have to re-learn the equivalent for things like:
>>>> sudo stop lightdm
>>>> Which I occasionally need, as I test some really unstable things
>>>> sometimes :)
>>>>
>>>> On 08/21/2014 04:22 PM, James Deaton wrote:
>>>>> Been crazy to see so much activity on this list. I forgot I was even
>>>> subscribed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I use many variants of Linux — but mostly Ubuntu for a number of
>>>> projects both for work and at home. I haven’t been able to participate
>> in
>>>> months but there is a group in OKC called the OKCLugNuts — just
>> discovered
>>>> the website isn’t active at the moment but there is a meet up page:
>>>> http://www.meetup.com/OKC-LUGnuts/
>>>>> A lot of Ubuntu fans there.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Matt Yakel <matt.yakel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Questions? Anyone in the SysAdmin arena? If so how much experience do
>>>> you
>>>>>> have? Where do you learn most from?
>>>>>> I am a green/Jr. SysAdmin for my company. Inherited it cause another
>> guy
>>>>>> left. I'm running the development environment and monitoring on
>>>> production.
>>>>>> If anyone knows of good how-to(s) and things they use I could use a
>> bit
>>>> of
>>>>>> real world info and advice. Been on this for about 9-10 months now,
>> was
>>>>>> previously (and still am) helpdesk for the office Windows PCs.
>>>>>> Thanks great to see other Linux users in OK. :)
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 08/21/2014 11:08 AM, James Stansell wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm from Tulsa (and Broken Arrow) ^_^ but not able to be very active
>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>>> days. It's nice that a lot of my servers at work run on SUSE Linux.
>> :)
>>>>>>>> It's great to see this group more active, so thank you Israel for
>>>> waking
>>>>>>>> things up here!
>>>>>>> No problem,
>>>>>>> I had just been wondering if anyone in OK still uses Ubuntu, and I am
>>>>>>> glad to see the activity!!
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Travis Northrup <
>>>> northruptc at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> :) Looks like you woke the party up.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So far, we seem to have Miami, Guthrie, Claremore, Tahlequah, I'm
>>>> sure
>>>>>>>>> Tulsa
>>>>>>>>> is still around somewhere.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hey Billie & David.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 09:43:06 PM Israel wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 08/20/2014 08:56 PM, Travis Northrup wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Israel & Anthony,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Checked my email and did a double take when I saw the list name
>> in
>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> subject. Rare.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Haven't seen many posts from here in a long time.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> How goes?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 06:58:00 PM Israel wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>> I was poking around lp and found this list.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is anyone active on it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder, mainly, if there is a fairly active FLOSS community
>>>>>>> here....
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Travis,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is going great!  Just joined the list, and thought I'd see if
>>>> anyone
>>>>>>>>>> was around here :)
>>>>>>>>>> I have been pleasantly surprised by the response!
>>>>>>>>>> I am glad there is an Okie community!
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