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anypony got a good site with information about Mac OS X? i'm writing a report on it... actually, if anypony has any good sources for info on Windows, Mac, and Linux it would be appreciated :)
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:05:52 UTC from web-
@techdisk42 My face is full of it. No one or set of sites, sorry :P
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@jdagrapesy Durr... anypony else?
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:09:35 UTC from web
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@techdisk42 For Linux, you should narrow it down to a common distribution/build, such as Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat, etc... can't really help you a ton on the others, but I do suggest picking a version of each.
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:10:57 UTC from web-
@chiefanchor yeah, the assignment actually calls for that, im looking for ubuntu stuff
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:11:49 UTC from web-
@techdisk42 What kind of Ubuntu stuff are you looking for?
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:12:33 UTC from Choqok-
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:15:07 UTC from web
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@techdisk42 Basic info? Detailed info? Phoronix would be a good source for benchmarks, for example, I can't help you much unless you can be more precise on what kind of info you need =/
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:16:51 UTC from Choqok-
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:17:51 UTC from web
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@techdisk42 Ubuntu is based on the linux kernel, the kernel being the bit of software in every OS that commicates the OS' desires to the hardware it's working with (CPU, GPU, RAM, HDD, etc..), Ubuntu has a package manager called APT where with some simple commands any binary program in it's reposity can be automatically downloaded and installed, it is an opensource project which means anyone can see all it's code and make changes and submit those changes (bugfixing, helping to develop features, etc..), these projects are usually managed by a meritocracy or a by the dev team voting for team leaders and project leaders and such; Ubuntu is based on the debian GNU/Linux distro, I used 'GNU/Linux' because that referes to the GNU tools that make the userland that is the place most ponies are using all the time (the programs that make things work), the Linux bit is because the distro is using the Linux kernel, try not to make the mistake of calling it a linux distro, it's a GNU/Linux distro
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@jdabananasy WOAH!
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:21:01 UTC from web -
@jdagrapesy Did you copy that, or was that all you?
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:22:14 UTC from web-
@techdisk42 All this pony
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@jdagrapesy ... how do i dun refrence a social network for bronies?
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:24:30 UTC from web-
@techdisk42 "A place of great interconnectivity, of friendship and brotherhood, that has left behind stigma and prejustice of the past and present which exists to bring people together and to bridge the river of haters with a dragon's back whom is eternally grateful for one ponies contribution to the continuation of his moustache, this is RainbowDash Network, a place of hooves and bros" then brohoof towards the class and hope they are too stunned to think :D
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@jdaapplesy Technically GNU/Linux is more correct, yes, but the term "Linux" is still more common. Nice info though, that could help @techdisk42 a lot.
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:22:32 UTC from Choqok
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@techdisk42 Track down the main site for the distribution, then - it should give you a ton of information on its own. Some technical details [b]may[/b] be found on Wikipedia, though I'm not sure.
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:13:17 UTC from web-
@chiefanchor well, TBH im having the most trouble finding info on Mac OS X, and I don't really want to only source wikipedia...
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:16:51 UTC from web-
@techdisk42 You could talk about Mac OS X' great and intuative design? Like, that if you connect an USB device it appears on the desktop and you can disconnect it, among other methods, by dragging it to the recycle bin?
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:17:52 UTC from Choqok-
Thursday, 29-Mar-12 20:18:56 UTC from web
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