The following situation: We (our club) have a server which visualises a few debian stable installation (2 constantly running + 4 for testing and export) via XEN. In the next month we will migrate to another server (hardware) and update all instances and change some processes (backup, etc). Since our time is limited and cpu time is cheap our focus is on a system easy to maintain. My questions: What's easier to learn for standard linux users who know a bit about server administration? KVM or XEN? What's easier to use? Simple syntax, simple/easy tools (ncurses?), great howtos. What's better "integrated" in Debian? I have to say: I dislike xenServer, because citrix documentation is a bit annoying (web + pdf, but no manpages for xe, etc). So i am biased. submitted by valgrid [link] [comment]
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Hello all. Last night a sad realization came upon me. I'm addicted. To gentoo Linux. I love recompiling kernel. I love being able to compile packages exactly for your architecture and for it alone. Heck I even love figuring out why portage complains! But as my course load increases I have less and less free time to maintain my system. So I was wondering if anyone can recommend some distro that might fit me? I'm considering trying out mint, I've heard it was much faster then Ubuntu. Also, I have a good machine, i7-3770k CPU with nvidia 560ti, so I'd want a distro that support most of the features. submitted by Hexorg [link] [2 comments]
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Why is the thumbnail view in file managers always the default? I myself have never used it. What do you use? submitted by dinosaurnosehair [link] [3 comments]
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One of the developers at my work recenty asked me why I was using Linux (Ubuntu here) on the desktop if I'm not a developer. I hadn't really thought about this in some time so it took me a few seconds to come up with a reply. For me it's about having the freedom to do whatever I want with the system. Linux provides me with a full feeling of ownership which I have never had with either Mac or Windows. On top of that there's the 'feel good' factor that I am using something that is free and open. I was just curious about other non-developer types out there. Why do you use Linux and to what extent (i.e., only occasionally, main OS)? submitted by aproposnix [link] [comment]
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I've been trying for an hour now and I can't get it. Any help? submitted by mitharris [link] [comment]
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Okay, so my partition table looks something like this: sdb (an SSD): sdb1: /boot (the computer definitely and factually boots from here) sdb2: / sda (an HDD): sda1 thru sda3: three Windows non-main partitions, not sure what each is exactly for sda4: Windows8_OS (the main Windows installation) sda6: /home sda5: Lenovo_Recovery (something Windows-related again; it's physically after sda6) What I want to do is get rid of the useless Windows boot partition(s) on sda, and would it be too much to ask to rename the partitions so that they make sense? (so that the first disk is sda, the second disk is sdb, and actually has the partitions in order) Which partitions can I delete? sda1: WINRE_DRV sda2: SYSTEM_DRV sda3: totally unknown, has tag "msftres" sda5: Lenovo_Recovery (I don't use it) Ideally I'd like it to look like this: sda (an SSD): sda1: /boot (the computer boots from here) sda2: / sdb (an HDD): sdb1: Windows8_OS sdb2: /home Is this possible? How? submitted by mszegedy [link] [3 comments]
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Hey, as of right now I'm running fedora 18, I'm enjoying it quite a bit, however I really wish it had some of the multimedia add ons ubuntu had (The option to control Rhythm Box from the volume box). Any and all suggestions would be great! Either for Distro or "add-ons" to fedora to allow me these options. If I missed anything, Please ask! submitted by VivisClone [link] [1 comment]
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http://windowmaker.org/screenshots/NeXT-Retro.png Enlightenment gets second place. 1) Windowmaker 2) Enlightenment 3) Everything else. But seriously, it's something about the simplicity that I adore! The latest Fedora/Ubuntu/Mint (which rocks btw) distros, KDE, Gnome, lxe, it doesnt matter... they're kinda goofy. Windowmaker rocks. Who's with me? submitted by Imidazole0 [link] [3 comments]
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