Quote from Feffe85 :

last time i checked Windows came before Linux... so how the hell can u pity the ones that uses the older software? Idiotic statement...

He's more talking about the fact that a generation of people have grown up using Windows...and this has effectively blinded them to alternatives (at least I think he is)

Quote from danthebangerboy :

Another new one, courtesy of the hi-res section of 4chan, pretty much the only bit of 4chan that isnt total crap.

1024x768 is high res now? When did that happen?

Everybody's a beginner at some point when it comes to Linux. Why should that stop him trying it to see if he likes it?
To the OP: I say go for it and it you happen to not like it, stick your XP disk back in and get Windows going again.

Well daemons shouldn't be running as root either, they should have their own users assigned and essentially sandboxed so they can't cause harm to the system as a whole if hijacked

EDIT: Current desktop now attached

Last edited by JohnUK89, Fri, 15 May 2009 18:12.

Quote from bunder9999 :

1) download evil script and run it
2) script compiles evil code against installed sources
3) script moves evil kernel to /boot since it's mounted
4) instant rootkit.

step 2 optional.

This is what the permissions system is designed to prevent. /boot should be owned by root and be non-writable by anybody else. The only way evil script could then edit anything in boot is by having root access itself. And surely a bazillion permission errors would make you a little wary of touching the script before you've had a look at it?

EDIT: Anyone who's logged in as root themselves is clearly an idiot and deserves this kind of thing to happen to them.

Quote from bunder9999 :

edit: and you shouldn't leave /boot mounted.

Failing to see the reasoning on that one - what if the system wants to update his kernel/initrd? A desktop user shouldn't be expected to unmount and remount partitions, it should be done automatically for them if needed.

Quote from Zay :

oh ya and sorry to change the subject guys but how do u start a new thread

We hit the "New Thread" button.

You posted the original pictures. Causality.

EDIT: Beat you S14

Outside of Mexico there's been one reported, 19 inside Mexico AFAIK

I suspect this is a case of being mistaken about what the moderators (and more importantly devs) can and can't do on the forum. Let's face it - this is their forum and we have to follow their rules if we are to remain welcome here. It's been explained many a time. Along with that comes courtesy - the moderators do the best job they know how to do. They're only humans, of course and as such cannot be expected to make absolutely perfect decisions in every single case. That doesn't mean that they're unable to do their jobs, it simply means that they're not 100% perfect. Nobody can be. Cut them a little slack

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Probably because she's cheating on you.

You quite obviously don't know my girlfriend

You've changed that image twice now. Make yer mind up

May I point out that said gf is the very one who convinced me to get said subscription?

In all seriousness, I'm only playing it casually - I'm refusing to let it take over my life

My current one

Quote from Feffe85 :

i dont think the SIZE of the processor has anything to do with it

but yeah, lfs runs on pretty much anything.. if u can emulate Windows and run LFS on a MAC then it work on every piece of machine.. (almost)

Virtualisation =! emulation, nor does Boot Camp

Quote from bunder9999 :

what, this? they added that, or something like it to wine 1.0. it's still bunk.

Meh, it figures really...of course, Wine will never be perfect and we can't expect it to be

There's a patch for FFB support AFAIK, although I've never tried it...

Current statistics for cases outside of Mexico: 206 confirmed cases and one death. One. So, major panic, everyone gonna die? Not really, no.

Replace the 60 days with...erm...180...

I've run LFS on a Pentium 2 before, with a Radeon 9200SE. Fine, I only got about 5FPS on my own but it ran. Only way to tell how well it'll run is to try it, but I can't see it not working at all on an Athlon XP system

Kingston Communications (Karoo)

The only ISP in Hull. Karoo is abysmal. dropouts occasionally, peak times with speeds dropping so much you can barely ping things and a serious lack of competition to make things improve all add up to what has to be one of the worst ISPs in the country. Did I mention it was expensive?

You worry too much. We're not in the Cold War not, you know...and besides, there's a much bigger "communist" country out there in China. I placed communist in quotes because communism just does not work in practice, it always comes down to human greed. (the old clichéd saying of "all people are equal, just some are more equal than others" comes into mind). So stop panicking. And if that's not enough. It's Moldova for crying out loud. They're not gonna go starting WW3 on us.

Quote from AMB :

Around here a Jaffa is a term used for gay people.

Around here it's an orangey cake.

Return bus ticket to Newcastle (from gf's house)

Warning: Windows 7 may eat your dog, your life savings and your wife. You may even miss them.

(In all seriousness, the rig looks fine to me, use whatever OS you think your friend will get on with)

EDIT: A 550W PSU for Crossfire 4870's + Core i7? I'd go closer to 700W myself, making sure it's a decent quality one so it can still put out the amps on the 12V rail.