Linux

how do you un-install Linux???? One of my friends down the hall needs to un-install it and he can't figure out how. some one please help!

thanks,
liz

[AdamT]

in what way (getting it off the machine or totally repartitioning the hard drive)? is it the only operating system installed on the machine? what distribution is installed? is he/she trying to save all the files on it?

[Matt Krass]

Wrap some wire around the hard drive, say 500 times and connect both ends to a bot battery, give it like twenty minutes to be sure.

Now the helpful response: If you wanna get rid of it altogether just format the drive and put Windows on it, Windows install can do that for you. If you have it partitioned you can use linux or dos fdisk to just erase and remake the partition then format it.

[Ian W.]

Easiest way, insert a win XP install disk, and boot from that.

It'll identify the Linux parition(s) as a "possible virus" and wipe it out for you (well, almost for you, you have to hit enter like, one time ).

Then install XP and have fun watching it crash every five minutes after you get anything else installed on it (my experience at least).

[Jillian B.]

linux = evil.

i had to get rid of it about a month ago, and it wasnt until a very knowledgable friend of mine helped me, that i got anywhere.

i like the suggestion about the wires around the harddrive. probably more effective.

jill

[Matt Krass]

Originally posted by Jillian B.
linux = evil.

Grrrr.....watch it

[Adam Y.]

Grrrr.....watch it

How do you get a room of computer engineers to pay attention to you?
Yell Linux sucks
Yell Mac's suck

[Jillian B.]

Grrrr.....watch it

My laptop got taken over by linux...well, I mean my "friend" loaded it cause he claimed windows wouldn't work (he also said my cd-rom didn't work). So, my laptop which has pretty much been fried twice thanks to power surges, has had Windows loaded four times, linux loaded and unloaded who knows how many times.

And now, finally with Windows 2000, I can't get my internet working!!!!! Ahhh!!!! How do I increase my RAM? It keeps going nutso over that.

Moral of the story:

Linux = Evil
AOL = Most evil thing created

And finally, a lot of computer people don't know much about computers.

I think I'll refrain from yelling "Linux is EVIL!!!!!" anytime soon. The penguin is cool anyway...

Jill

[Ian W.]

Gah!!!

Why do people hate the communist penguin! (Well, Tux isn't really a commie, but I've seen so many pictures like that )

Linux isn't evil, it's just not for the computer illiterate. Windows, now that's some evil software for you. Believe me, at least with Linux you can control what your computer does, with Windows, ha, good luck with that one.

Finally, you all gotta love the CLI, it's so nice and clean and happy and easy to use. CLI, it's so much fun!

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by Ian W.
Finally, you all gotta love the CLI, it's so nice and clean and happy and easy to use. CLI, it's so much fun!

I seem to remember a time when I was trying to convince you of this fact...

Well, I can agree that Linux ain't for everyone, but if you can get it working, and don't feel threatened by it, it's great.

[Jillian B.]

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Linux only = Evil if you have ridiculously slow and old laptop that was made for Windows 95.

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The penguin rocks!!! Why can't Microsoft have a super cool logo like that. No, they have to have some little thing that I'm still wondering what it is!!!

I really gotta get a new laptop, something that actually has enough memory to move.

Jill

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by Jillian B.
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Linux only = Evil if you have ridiculously slow and old laptop that was made for Windows 95.

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....

I really gotta get a new laptop, something that actually has enough memory to move.

Jill

Actually, Linux can work quite well on (relatively) slow machines. While it really depends on the hardware configuration of the laptop (some devices might have varrying degrees of support, depending on which kernel you decide to install), Linux can be loaded on practically any x86 system.

One of the drawing points about Linux, as opposed to Windows, is that it can be installed on old(er) machines, and still work perfectly well. I wonder if anyone's tried to install Windows XP on a Pentium 133 (notice that there is no sequel suffix on the word "Pentium"), with 16MB of RAM...

[miketwalker]

Originally posted by Jillian B.
The penguin rocks!!! Why can't Microsoft have a super cool logo like that. No, they have to have some little thing that I'm still wondering what it is!!!

Well, that "thing" (at least I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about) used to represent 4 "windows". I think it started cause of the back-in-the-day windows (back in like 1.0-3.11) the video cards did like 16 colors or 256 colors. So they didn't put any pictures in it, and I think the colors represented the layout scheme (if you've ever seen windows 1.0 it looks like it was made by a hippie because of all the bright colors) and I think that translated into the logo. Then with the more modern windows they tried to make a more "modern" logo. But yea, that's my stab at guessing where that evolved from.

[Ian W.]

Originally posted by FotoPlasma
I seem to remember a time when I was trying to convince you of this fact...

Yeah, it takes a bit of time, until something clicks, and all of the sudden, all of the commands actually make sense. Till then, well, let's say there's several dented places on my desk...

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by Ian W.
Yeah, it takes a bit of time, until something clicks, and all of the sudden, all of the commands actually make sense. Till then, well, let's say there's several dented places on my desk...

Well, I wouldn't say "all of them." `ln` seems to have this weird quantum-mechanical problem. Whenever you want to use it, you remember that it didn't work right, last time, so you try to pass it the arguments backward from how you'd normally think of it, but that turns out to be the wrong way!

Maybe it's just me. I never use symlinks, anymore.