Whats in your nix box? - HTC Rezound

So this weekend I decided to dual boot a seperate hdd with a linux distro, I've run gnome, kde, unity and still torn between each they got their ups and downs.
What are you fellow rezounders using for your nix box setup, distros? Shell interface? Fav theme etc
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nolimitzr2 said:
So this weekend I decided to dual boot a seperate hdd with a linux distro, I've fun gnome, kde, unity and still torn between each they got their ups and downs.
What are you fellow rezounders using for your nix box setup, distros? Shell interface? Fav theme etc
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dude idk when i go nix i make sure to get the muti pack. its got a really easy applicator and really keeps em away for 14 days. heres a pic of my nix box.
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Po1soNNN said:
dude idk when i go nix i make sure to get the muti pack. its got a really easy applicator and really keeps em away for 14 days. heres a pic of my nix box.
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Lmao. I haven't had that problem with my kids thank god.
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nolimitzr2 said:
Lmao. I haven't had that problem with my kids thank god.
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sorry bout that. I must say that very few people on the rez forum are running any kind of unix based OS's(beside osx). try posting in android general.

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OS X FTW!!! I used to dual boot Linux mint 9, then 10, then 11 but it caused my MacBook to lag like hell

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Current computers: 2xWinXP, 1xWin7, 1xLinux Mint 12

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OS X>Linux mint>fedora>other Linux>BSD>Solaris>NeXTsystem>haiku>reactOS>windows sh!t

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AshtonTS said:
OS X FTW!!! I used to dual boot Linux mint 9, then 10, then 11 but it caused my MacBook to lag like hell
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I run OSX server via VMware, smooth but I can't get accustomed to it. I love nix customization. If I didn't have alienware for gaming I'd probably be done with microshaft winblows
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I tried Ubuntu, but it doesn't play nice with my laptop's AMD switchable graphics.

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scy1192 said:
I tried Ubuntu, but it doesn't play nice with my laptop's AMD switchable graphics.
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You running the 3xxx Radeon?
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nolimitzr2 said:
You running the 3xxx Radeon?
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6770M

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scy1192 said:
6770M
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I know on 3xxx Radeon I had to select my gpu in bios to use what I wanted couldn't swap on the fly in the os
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nolimitzr2 said:
I know on 3xxx Radeon I had to select my gpu in bios to use what I wanted couldn't swap on the fly in the os
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off topic: just noticed your from ct. Im finally not the only one from ct on these forums. lol

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Po1soNNN said:
off topic: just noticed your from ct. Im finally not the only one from ct on these forums. lol
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Hey I'm from ct too!

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AshtonTS said:
Hey I'm from ct too!
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You two are far away though. im like 30 min from Hartford and i also go to school there

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Let's go Whalers
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nolimitzr2 said:
So this weekend I decided to dual boot a seperate hdd with a linux distro, I've run gnome, kde, unity and still torn between each they got their ups and downs.
What are you fellow rezounders using for your nix box setup, distros? Shell interface? Fav theme etc
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Mine is AMD Phenom X6 @3.5Ghz, 8GB DDR3 RAM @1666Mhz, AMD Radeon 6770. Fedora with Gnome3 is my host OS, but I often never touch the host OS. I usually work inside VMs, and I have Ubuntu 12.04, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Mac OS Server Snow Leopard set up and use Ubuntu for all my Android stuffs. I got two screens, so typically you'll see Windows 7 on the left and Ubuntu on the right.

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a.mcdear said:
Mine is AMD Phenom X6 @3.5Ghz, 8GB DDR3 RAM @1666Mhz, AMD Radeon 6770. Fedora with Gnome3 is my host OS, but I often never touch the host OS. I usually work inside VMs, and I have Ubuntu 12.04, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Mac OS Server Snow Leopard set up and use Ubuntu for all my Android stuffs. I got two screens, so typically you'll see Windows 7 on the left and Ubuntu on the right.
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Hmm how does Windows run in a VM box inside linux performance wise. Is it able to utilize the hardware efficiently? Or does it rely on a lot of emulation? If I up my RAM to compensate for the host and virtual system I kind of like that idea instead of Windows as host os
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nolimitzr2 said:
Hmm how does Windows run in a VM box inside linux performance wise. Is it able to utilize the hardware efficiently? Or does it rely on a lot of emulation? If I up my RAM to compensate for the host and virtual system I kind of like that idea instead of Windows as host os
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Windows runs great in a VM! I have a separate physical hard drive dedicated to each VM, so there is no slowdown associated with multiple OSes trying to utilize one hard drive at the same time.
Most of the devices are enumerated in some way. I use the redhat VirtIO network and storage drivers, which does give the guest OSes direct access to the networking and storage hardware. Video works ok with 3D acceleration, though I have never attempted something like gaming inside a VM. USB devices can be passed through to the guests such that the guest can directly communicate with a USB device (such as my Android phone for adb or fastboot stuff)
Generally speaking, for waht I do (mostly just webpage design and Android hacking), VMs are the perfect solution. I set it up this way originally so that I could do my web development in Windows, and then test how the page renders on different browsers and different OSes. In the past year though I've switched to where I'm really using Ubuntu as my primary OS, and only falling back to Windows when I really need to for some reason. I really love the flexibility of being able to simultaneously run many OSes on a single machine. If only I had a third monitor, then I could have Linux, Mac OS and Windows all on their own dedicated screens, sharing one keyboard and mouse! Awesome sauce!

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Windows7 dualboot
WINE is always a good option to try before running windows in a VM if its avoidable.. as its an api helping to run win apps natively on linux VS running windows on a hardware emulator.. many apps and games run with few to no problems.. appdb.winehq.org ;-)
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