Recent content by Ghettobox

And people wonder why I quit where I was and make considerably less now working for myself. Meat puppet middle management, being squeezed on hours and "dedication" to some corporate entity and their bottom line are enough to make me puke when you look at how well people are being "taken care" of...

Responses like this I why I don't tell anyone to use Linux anymore unless they actually are capable of researching what they need, and what they are willing to do to use Linux. The guys/gals who make Wine do it out of the goodness of their heart. They don't charge a red cent for their labors...

Should have multiquoted but meh. It's pretty game specific. My kids and wife play some WoW, which has a GL client so it runs flawlessly in Wine and if there is a difference between the DX version in speed I can't tell. This assumes your running a vendor driver. My kids desktop pulls slightly...

This really depends. On my old kick around Thinkpad t61 it's as good if not better than on windows 7. Of course Thinkpads as a whole play really well with Linux down to the fingerprint readers etc. It's hit or miss on most brands (dells do pretty well usually) but I can say my rMBP does much...

I used to be the biggest Linux advocate in the world. I use it pretty much full time at work and at home. My kids use it and have since I let them on the computer. I generally run the latest Ubuntu LTS, or Arch depending on my mood. Gaming really isn't a problem because Wine is really, really...

I don't "need" an i7, no. I have been on this Phenom for years (that and the RAM in this system I actually bought off this forum). I am at a loss as to what difference the extra cache and HT would make in my use. I'll assume video encoding would be my only task that could really benefit from the...

A couple updates. Was following a couple links and picked up my PSU. Grabbed a Corsair CXM430 for the ridicules $29.99 after rebate price. It's a known good performing PSU so that's cleared up. Here is a build I tossed together to give people an idea what I am thinking and if it's on the right...

Honestly while I appreciate the input that GPU is way, way more than I need or can likely afford. I do have room for 2 slot cards in the case, and plenty of length. I honestly don't game much anymore. I alternate between Star Trek online, some EVE, some skyrim and some Lord of The Rings...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Coding, web browsing, some gaming 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700 ish. Some flexibility in this. 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if...

Sorry about the lack of reply, you edited while I was responding. I think you make a fair enough point, but at the same time what you're saying is not jiving with what you're saying other should do. Everyone knows its poor application, bad code or hardware failures that bring systems down. It's...

Pretty much this. I've never had a problem since 7 with stability in windows. On pretty much any type of machine. Spot on. Obviously there will be certain cases, but as a whole MS does a pretty amazing job getting things to work across a myriad of machines and almost countless applications.

Cool story bro. Do you have a point? Honestly I am dying to hear how many times knowledge of whatever vague init system your referring to has saved the day.

Not really. If it crashes over and over again 99% of the time its an application or a hardware problem. Hardware I can fix easy enough, assuming I have the parts to replace. If it's an app though, well there are so many variables I'd hate to speculate. Chances are better than nothing you have...

Bingo, we have bingo.

Whatever you do don't follow this advice. For the love of god don't waste your time learning init (system D or upstart if you really need to know this crap) or any of that under the hood crap that is time wasting at it's finest. Know what happens in the real world when your Linux server crashes...