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@Omni I thought I could at least /try/ to download the drivers I need to Linuxify my laptop. Where should I start? :e
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@derpyshy You don't download drivers to install Linux :P But, well, at any rate, what do you want to do exactly? Just try Linux on your laptop? Wubi should work, at least to try Ubuntu or an official variant of it. Here is the link: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer, and here is the manual (if you need it, you probably don't): http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/install-ubuntu-with-windows. I will recommend you to choose "Xubuntu" as desktop environment in the installer, as your system is probably too weak to run the default Ubuntu interface (Unity) well. Then again, just search around for the different versions to see which one you like best :P (Maybe you already made a choice?)
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@omni Do I need to backup everything?
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@derpyshy Backing things up is always a good idea, but because Wubi doesn't even need to format at all the risk of losing system files is near-zero. Still, you should always back up important files regularly :P
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@omni ah. When this is done, can I still open/see my folders? I'm pretty sure OS doesn't have anything to do with folder-format :/
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@derpyshy Actually, it does, the OS defines which file format you use (Windows uses NTFS, other OSses generally use something else), however, Ubuntu supports NTFS as well.
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@omni Okay. I'll have a look at it once I get home :3
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@omni By doing this, do you know if it will the overall performance increase?
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@derpyshy Wubi won't give you the same performance a real installation will give you, but Xubuntu should be slightly less heavy. If you need even more performance and don't care about how your system looks, you could give Lubuntu a try.
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@omni hm... I want it too look modern, atleast :3
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@derpyshy Then you want to stay away from Lubuntu, it looks like a cheap Windows 2000 clone :P Xubuntu looks a bit nicer, while still using relatively little resources. There are distributions which use even less, but I don't expect you to know much about installing properly :P
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@derpyshy Hey bro how do u make your avatar pony did you draw it on deviant art or...
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@derpyshy Muffin! http://ur1.ca/9v8ey
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@gumballwinter Draw it on DeviantArt? X3 No, I vectored it over Ditzy Doo hugging a screen :b
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@ditsydoo How the... as soon as I said Ditzy Doo, you appeared! O.O ... DITZY! *GLOMPS*
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@ditsydoo MUFFIN POWERS, ACTIVATE! Note: Level Up! You are now at level Muffin.
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@derpyshy oh lol sorry im not talented like that Im probably the one with least talent on RDN xD
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@gumballwinter Naaaah, you should try it :)
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@derpyshy AAHH *Giggles* I came because http://ur1.ca/9v8fo
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@techdisk42 YAAAAAY! http://ur1.ca/9v8fp
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@techdisk42 Dude thats like the most highestest level on any game evor LOL
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@ditsydoo Yay! Mail! ^u^ *gigles*
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@ditsydoo Muffin!
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@derpyshy I still dont know how lol
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@derpyshy I heard you wanted a muffin :3 http://ur1.ca/9v8g5
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@ditsydoo ^3^ yay! Can I have it? :3
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@derpyshy Yesh :3
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@gumballwinter search "My Little Pony Vectoring Is Magic" in YouTube :3
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@derpyshy Alright thank you
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@ditsydoo *noms the muffin* Thank you ^.^ *hands you muffincream*
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@derpyshy Nomnomnomnom ^u^
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@omni What does proper installing involve, actually?
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@ditsydoo Mmmm... how are you? ^.^
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@gumballwinter No problem ^.^
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@derpyshy Pretty good, how about you?
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@derpyshy Partitioning, formatting the partition and installing the OS on there. It's not hard, really, it's just scary to most because if you screw up you will lose files.
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@ditsydoo Very good aswell ^u^ about to turn my laptop into a penguin. sorta :3
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@derpyshy How 'O'
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@omni Well, you can't gamble without the chance of losing money :b
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@ditsydoo MAGIC.
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@omni Also... where is Wubi? 9_6
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@derpyshy :o
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@ditsydoo Hehe no, I'm trying out Linux (bestponi) :3
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@derpyshy >w< hehehehee
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@omni ooops hehe, Ubunto Desktop IS Wubu x3
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@ditsydoo *hugs*
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@omni >Starts Wubi.exe >Laptop shuts down
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@derpyshy *poke*
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@cajunbrony23 agagaggaag
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@derpyshy whats
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@cajunbrony23 *whats up?
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@cajunbrony23 up?
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@cajunbrony23 So what is noirbatch drawing for u
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@derpyshy whats up yes lol
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@gumballwinter something, its a supries, noir is my bro ^_^
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@cajunbrony23 thats cool he was willing to draw my pony after he draws yours
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@gumballwinter hes really nice like that
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@cajunbrony23 Yes he is everypony that i've met on RDN has been nice as hell
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@cajunbrony23 Playing MarioKart 7 :3 you?
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@derpyshy Somehow, I find that hard to believe.
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@gumballwinter and I shuld be nicer to them
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@derpyshy nothing really
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@omni It was going all "WHEEEEEEE!", before it x3
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@omni "Cannot unpack (Wubi's destination)"
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@derpyshy Do you have admin permissions (what are you running on, Windows 7?)
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@omni Windows 7, yes. I guess I'll have to go to my favourite place, the control-panel again :3
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@omni gah. Turns out it didn't get properly downloaded, due to poopy wifi...
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@derpyshy That explains it.
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@omni >Language: Bokmål. NO. >Language: English (GB) >:3
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@omni approximately 21 hours left. I really hope this is Windows-hours :s
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@derpyshy The download is around 700MB, so depending or your Internet speed...
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@omni The installation :b downloading took a little under a minute
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@omni Me: I'm installing Linux My aunt: Oh, Linus! Will Explorer be gone, then? Me: *facehoof*
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@derpyshy Internet Explorer: Yes, but that is pure evil anyway. And Firefox, Iceweasel, Google Chrome, Chromium, Opera, Konquerer and Lynx are excellent alternatives.
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@derpyshy Ah, yeah, that's a Windows-style file-copy dialog: http://xkcd.com/612/
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@omni She thought Explorer was the OS :b
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@derpyshy guess what :3
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@omni XD
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@derpyshy And this is why I say most people have no clue about what they actually use. Related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIgEFIv5MI
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@largist FISH
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@omni Can't watch :s what is it?
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@derpyshy ZDNet Australia showing people KDE4 (a Linux desktop) and telling them it's Windows 7 (that was before 7 got released) and people fell for it.
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@omni My favorite part was the guy who said "I use Windows iMac" XD
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@toksyuryel I must've missed that, but what the actual hell. God, computer users, WHY ARE YOU SO DUMB?!
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@omni I watched it on my dad's laptop XD
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@omni In their defense, if I didn't follow computers that much, I would've fell for it too.
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@derpyshy Sounds like when I was first setting up this computer and it managed to decide I wanted the Finnish language pack. D:
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@bitshift Well, I'm Norwegian :b
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@derpyshy Then you might actually have been able to guess what it was saying, since I gather the two languages are slightly similar. :P (Also, I corrected the language while still in the initial setup, and yet it still gave me Norwegian date/time text until I noticed it was doing that and changed that setting too. Gotta love it when Windows does that.)
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@bitshift did some one say finnish? :3
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@largist Heh. I should've just got our friendly neighbourhood polar bear to lend a hand translating it. :P
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@bitshift translating what? :D
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@largist Windows, when it decided I wanted to set this system up with the Finnish language pack.
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@bitshift so did you keep it that way? xD
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@largist 'fraid not. I don't speak a word of Suomi. :3
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@bitshift want to learn some? :3
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@bitshift hehe, English is much easier than Norwegian :3 Also, Finnish is NOT similar to Norwegian x3
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@derpyshy finnish is also harder than english but easier than norwegian :3
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@mushi englis is the easiest language in the world :D
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@largist at least that is what the non native english speakers think xD. I remember when i was a little colt, studying portugues, having to memorizr all those dozens of verb times to avery single verb of the language....
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@mushi I never really bothered with the English verbs too much. When I write, I KNOW what form rhe verb is in.
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@derpyshy they are regular and there are not so many verb times, it is easy
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@mushi same here with verb but we also have indicative, potential, conditional, imperative and lot of more hard stuff :/
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@largist i find it really stupid that, among the several past time in portuguese, there is the more than perfect past time and the future of the past time and a lot of ohter silly time whose the name i dont remember
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@mushi yeah
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@ditsydoo Well, you asked for it, so... http://ur1.ca/9vtlw
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