I'm transitioning. Does this make me a Real Geek, or do I need a mac?

[nny]

OKAY WHO KNOWS ABOUT LINUX?

So today I was going to learn to ride my bike but I got kinda distracted...

Everything's clean, though! Starting in the computer and moving outwards.

Comments

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

What do you need to know about linux?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Mostly I'm trying to find out what the windows partition name is so that I can create a folder that maps to my windows hard drive.

(She said, trying to make it sound like she knew what she was doing...)

My windows won't let me back up my files to disc, though, so I'm kind of leery of doing anything.

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

It'll depend on the file system of your Windows partition. If it's NTFS, your Linux install might have trouble recognising it.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Checked on the management console - so many new things I have learned today! - and apparently yeah, it's NTFS. :/

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

Are you using Ubuntu?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Yep! Ex-flatmate got it installed upon her by a friend, and I liked the look of it.

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

You could try looking here (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/widows-ntfs-partitions-readwrite-support-made-easy-in-ubuntu-feisty.html).

[villainny.livejournal.com]

I actually made a happy ooohing noise! Thank you very kindly, you are a star, which I already knew. :D!

[wax-jism.livejournal.com]

Macs aren't for geeks, they're for hipsters! Okay, and musicians.

Linux since 2006. Friendsfriends trolling since forever.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

I don't think we have hipsters in this country. Mostly it's musicians - I kind of want a mac for the video editing software, but linux appeals to me in a way macs never have. Also, free! Free is good!

I love comments from randoms, and I'm extra amused 'cos I've heard of you. I'm trying to work out how early in my fannish existence you were on my radar - were you in Xfiles fandom?

[wax-jism.livejournal.com]

I was! In 1999. It was my second fandom. I was just uploading a bunch of really old fic to AO3 the other day and had flashbacks to my XF time. The TER/MA archive! Muldertorture! MSR! Shenanigans.


I switched to Linux at the behest of my ultra-geek brother, and also because I was starting to feel uncomfortable pirating Windows. Free stuff is great! Especially free stuff that makes you feel kind of awesome and like you're Part Of A Community. Kinda like fandom that way. I'm running Kubuntu Karmic right now. What are you looking at?

[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to answer any questions you have. FYI, you can mount NTFS partitions in Linux. I'm just not at my home computer where I could look up the how-to right now.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

At the moment I'm having problems in that whenever I try to do more than one thing at once, all various windows go grey and inaccessible for at least a couple of minutes and up to over 15 minutes. I am seriously ADD in my computer use so it's driving me absolutely batty. XD

[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

how old is your computer?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Ummmmm. I got it when I had arthritis. So... four years? Possibly?