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Comment Re:OOh (Score 1) 803

by TuaAmin13 (#28715327) Attached to: Windows 7 Clean Install Only In Europe
I installed Ubuntu 9.04 and Xubuntu on my eeePC 1000HE, and both of them crashed. A lot. At least 4-5 times a day the system would become totally unresponsive requiring a reboot. Guess what I had open? 1 Firefox tab and 1 GEdit window. I tried Xubuntu thinking it was just Gnome. Xubuntu didn't have native support for the sound, and still crashed frequently.

It doesn't "just work" on all systems. It works on most, but if you want guaranteed compatibility everything* runs with Windows, even if you have to hunt for some drivers.

*Everything minus crazy "I did it just cuz" projects like making Wiimotes control giant cranes.

With regards to the netbook, Fedora runs fine, it's just Ubuntu. But how many users are going to try 3-4 different distros to get one that works?

Comment Re:OOh (Score 1) 803

by TuaAmin13 (#28715173) Attached to: Windows 7 Clean Install Only In Europe

I read "D:" and my brain parsed it as an emoticon.

...which shows exactly what you'll look like if you wipe the wrong partition

Funny story... I did that once.

Tried to format my netbook. Windows, Linux, and the EFI partition on my eee for fast booting.

fdisk /dev/sda1. 4 sub partitions (that didn't align to blocks, but I figured I just botched fdisk the first time around). Delete the middle two partitions---Whoops there goes my Windows. Meant to get rid of Ubuntu so I could put another distro on there (Ubuntu crashed a lot on my hardware, now fedora is working great).

So lesson learned that fdisk detects NTFS Windows installs as 4 partitions.

Comment Re:I still don't like IPv6 (Score -1) 281

by TuaAmin13 (#28374515) Attached to: Comcast To Bring IPv6 To Residential US In 2010

I would prefer an addressing system that simplifies life for me

Agreed. What I'd really like to see is some kind of naming protocol so I don't have to remember all these long strings of numbers separated by dots. It would be awesome if internet addresses were identified by an alphanumeric name, then when I use that name there is a server somewhere that figures out what IP address that name is really pointing to.

I bet if everyone here at 216.34.181.45 put their minds to it we could even come up with something here.

You mean like DNS?

Comment Re:games vs spectacles (Score 1) 326

by TuaAmin13 (#28340157) Attached to: Ubisoft CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think

Maybe you haven't been paying attention to the stuff put out by Square Enix lately...

Why not? He described it precisely:

"Spectacular extravaganzas with high-detail hero models, high-detail set designs, high-detail world designs, full-orchestral scores, full-cinematic cuts, companion toy merchandising, and highly-predictable-never-escapes-the-rails storylines."

You forgot androgynous characters. Other than that it fits SE's latest releases.

Comment Re:Don't drop any screws... (Score 1) 101

by TuaAmin13 (#28304095) Attached to: Web Servers Getting Naked, For Weight Savings
Not to be picky, but if you're buying these you're probably buying a rack at a time, and from what I can judge, it all but gets rid of the screws.

Also:
The last HP server I installed the rails didn't need screws, they just snapped in.

The last HP server I built (yes, I built about 12 HP servers because they decided to send us all the parts SEPARATELY and we had to assemble them in house) needed just the wrench they include on the top of the case. None of the screws were loose such that you could drop them.

I agree with you that things could potentially go wrong, but I'm sure HP will find some excuse to void your warranty.

Comment Re:Remember... (Score 1) 902

by TuaAmin13 (#28287247) Attached to: How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs?
While I agree with you, we try to limit the number of emails we send out, and even then we try to restrict the subset of users that receive the emails. So if the server room is on fire, yes we'll send out an email to everyone that there will be a lack of service. If there's a possibility that something might go out of wack we notify the department heads affected via email. If we go into a sort of "Hey this is your daily email from IT" mode, nobody will pay attention to anything serious, and we'll be answering dozens of phone calls about how taking down a computational cluster will effect Sally in accounting, and if Bob needs to change his password because of it.

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