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Discussion in 'Software' started by Pballer98c, 11 Mar 2005.

  1. Pballer98c

    Pballer98c Minimodder

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    so i now have a pentium 4 1.4ghx w/ 286mb of ram just sitting here folding away on winxp home. i would like to play around with either osx or linux, but not sure which or maybe even others (solaris?). the computer doesnt really do anything except fold, just would like something to play around with. any sugguestions?
    thanks guys
     
    Pballer98c, 11 Mar 2005
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  2. Lynx

    Lynx What's a Dremel?

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    OSX wont run on a Pentium 4 you need a mac and Solaris will cost a fortune. Linux is probably the best option to go. I hear Ubuntu is doing quite well. I use Gentoo but I wouldnt recomend it for learning how to use linux
     
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    Pballer98c Minimodder

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    well with osx i was thinking on using the new cherry os. that would make it run on a pc, correct? thanks for the input
     
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    Have you considered FreeBSD ?
     
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    I thought Solaris was free for some reason :confused:
     
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    Solaris is free.
    You just have to pay for any support.
     
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    macdude425 What's a Dremel?

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    Say what?
     
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    http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=85165&page=1

     
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  9. Lynx

    Lynx What's a Dremel?

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    Or you could use PearPC which is free and is not breaching multiple copyright laws. CherryOS is a direct copy of PearPC with multiple breaches of the GPL and they probably are about to get sued horribly
     
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    CherryOS is an evil rip off of PearPC which allows you to run OSX on a PC.

    Solaris is free, but support costs $$$

    Linux is teh 1337

    Windows is easy

    *BSD is secure (although security of course depends on an admin with a clue) and fun.

    OS/2 is ... well you get the idea.

    ... at the end of the day an OS is just a tool, so you should choose an OS that does what you need well. If the PC is going to be just folding and maybe serving up some files, then Linux would probably be best. For a router I'd go with OpenBSD.
     
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    cherryOS was a complete ripoff of pearpc but its supposed to run quite a bit better
    i know a woman that still uses OS/2 as her main operating system :wallbash:
    (she looks like bob from fight club too :worried: )
     
    Go4t, 14 Mar 2005
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