Can Windows do this?

Tux

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I had an old 1.8ghz celeron that I use as my [-]mp3[/-] print server.. Running ubuntu 8.4.1

This morning the cpu decided that it wanted to go to wherever dearly departed pc components go. I take out the mobo, remove ramchips.

Insert 2.4GHZ AMD board, plug in cables and reboot. That's it. No drivers to install, no configs even to change.

Last time I did that with Windows it BSoD'ed me through 7 timezones and would probably have swore at me if it had sound
 
Okay all you windows fanbois...

If you had to clone WindowsXP on 27 machines (all the same hardware specs), how would you do it? And how would you handle windoze activation?
 
The_Librarian said:
Okay all you windows fanbois...

If you had to clone WindowsXP on 27 machines (all the same hardware specs), how would you do it? And how would you handle windoze activation?
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I'm no Windblowz fanboi by any stretch of the imagination, but surely the activation could be handled by a corp edition? :p
 
Try gentoo, u will be shocked by the power!! I thought ubuntu was 1000 times cooler than windows, then i tried and gentoo and that 1000 times better than ubuntu.
 
The_Librarian said:
Okay all you windows fanbois...

If you had to clone WindowsXP on 27 machines (all the same hardware specs), how would you do it? And how would you handle windoze activation?
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I have done it on 2000 machines


but I am l33t.....


Oh try this on Ubuntu.... install on a 32 bit chip then drop in a 64.

FAIL...

My windows drive coped with 32 -> 64 but not the other way :/
 
Nerfherder said:
Oh try this on Ubuntu.... install on a 32 bit chip then drop in a 64.

FAIL...
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given i've installed 32-bit Linux OSes on a 64-bit CPU and the restored many times, I can say its not a FAIL. Not knowing your specific conditions makes it difficult to pinpoint the problem.
 
phiber said:
Try gentoo, u will be shocked by the power!! I thought ubuntu was 1000 times cooler than windows, then i tried and gentoo and that 1000 times better than ubuntu.
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I enjoyed my time using gentoo back in the day when portage actually used to work properly (been a while, maybe the fixed it) but it only offers slim benefits over ubuntu and a few unique drawbacks.
 
phiber said:
Try gentoo, u will be shocked by the power!! I thought ubuntu was 1000 times cooler than windows, then i tried and gentoo and that 1000 times better than ubuntu.
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Just remember, one of the reasons gentoo is so powerful is the fact that it compiles (the os and sub sequent applications) for the optimal performance for the specific hardware configuration. So he will problably not have been able to just slip in another mother board.

BTW Gentoo is my favorate Linux distro!
 
swappimng mother boards real neat but me thinks only a hand ful of distros can handle this ive tried it on fedora vector opensuse mandriva they just seem too hang ,. i wonder whats so great about gentoo or is it just bragging rights that they use gentoo
 
I've used lots of distro's (Suse, Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu) and so far I've had the best experiance with gentoo. It took about a week to get set up properly but after that it was the most stable install I've had.
 
What is the major differences between Ubuntu and Gentoo? If I decide to load Gentoo will I have a battle installing my drivers? Do I have a GUI? What mission is it to get software etc.?
 
Tux said:
I had an old 1.8ghz celeron that I use as my [-]mp3[/-] print server.. Running ubuntu 8.4.1

This morning the cpu decided that it wanted to go to wherever dearly departed pc components go. I take out the mobo, remove ramchips.

Insert 2.4GHZ AMD board, plug in cables and reboot. That's it. No drivers to install, no configs even to change.

Last time I did that with Windows it BSoD'ed me through 7 timezones and would probably have swore at me if it had sound
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I woke up one day to a dead PC - sucks.
Took out HDD, shoved it into an old PC, booted, and worked. Not one issue.

Funny thing is, I am still on that "old PC" now, 4 months later. Felt no need to buy a new PC.

UBUNTU FTW!!!!
 
Lord-Nikon said:
What is the major differences between Ubuntu and Gentoo? If I decide to load Gentoo will I have a battle installing my drivers? Do I have a GUI? What mission is it to get software etc.?
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Last time I used Gentoo there was no gui installer, so you had to complie and install everything yourself, even the X server and window manager.

Most distro's have GUI installers and is very easy to install with point and click.
 
Tux said:
I had an old 1.8ghz celeron that I use as my [-]mp3[/-] print server.. Running ubuntu 8.4.1

This morning the cpu decided that it wanted to go to wherever dearly departed pc components go. I take out the mobo, remove ramchips.

Insert 2.4GHZ AMD board, plug in cables and reboot. That's it. No drivers to install, no configs even to change.

Last time I did that with Windows it BSoD'ed me through 7 timezones and would probably have swore at me if it had sound
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Using windows going from AMD to Intel works fine.
 
Tux said:
That old celeron would just BSoD if I put xp on it. Still worked for another year with Ubuntu on it
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BSoD means hardware. Linux doesn't utilize the hardware to its full capacity, due to the fact that the drivers for Windows are written to (for lack of a better word) 'better' work with the hardware than the ones built into Linux. And in this case (now this is certainly no pat on the back for XP :) ) XP seems to have tried to use the faulty CPU completely, causing it to crash. As Ubuntu is less resource intensive, it managed to run fine. This is my experience with Linux and Windows.

---> Don't let my sig throw you off, I've got Intrepid running on a PC, my sig MIGHT change some time :D
 
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