Comments on: Taking the Ubuntu plunge http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Firefox http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-19065 Firefox Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:08:23 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-19065 <strong>Taking The Ubuntu Plunge...</strong> We love Ubuntu, and not just because it's free software....... Taking The Ubuntu Plunge…

We love Ubuntu, and not just because it’s free software…….

]]> By: Bob http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-18759 Bob Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:49:42 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-18759 You could probably set the boot drive in the PC BIOS to boot on another hd, but that's some extra steps. How do you do manual mirroring? You could probably set the boot drive in the PC BIOS to boot on another hd, but that’s some extra steps.

How do you do manual mirroring?

]]> By: Eli Stephens http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-18747 Eli Stephens Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:08:06 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-18747 One of the things you can do with a Mac, and maybe with Ubuntu (you should check), is not just boot up off a CD, but boot up off an external hard drive (e.g., a Firewire drive). I do this all the time when I travel with my laptop. I have the HD plugged into my desktop normally, pseudo (i.e. manual) mirroring what's going on on the desktop. Then when I travel, I just plug that into a laptop, bootup off the external HD, and I'm running the exact same OS (with the identical upgrades, ec.), same data, same files, that I have on my desktop, and when I return, it becomes a trivial matter to replug the HD into the desktop and update the changes. One of the things you can do with a Mac, and maybe with Ubuntu (you should check), is not just boot up off a CD, but boot up off an external hard drive (e.g., a Firewire drive). I do this all the time when I travel with my laptop. I have the HD plugged into my desktop normally, pseudo (i.e. manual) mirroring what’s going on on the desktop. Then when I travel, I just plug that into a laptop, bootup off the external HD, and I’m running the exact same OS (with the identical upgrades, ec.), same data, same files, that I have on my desktop, and when I return, it becomes a trivial matter to replug the HD into the desktop and update the changes.

]]> By: quarsan http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-18706 quarsan Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:33:15 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2006/08/31/taking-the-ubuntu-plunge/#comment-18706 Hi Bob, I just put ubuntu on a PC at home. I tried the live CD and that picked up everything so I took the plunge. There was a lot of information in the forums tha I found very helpful. So far it's working fine and the kids think it's cool. Hi Bob,

I just put ubuntu on a PC at home. I tried the live CD and that picked up everything so I took the plunge. There was a lot of information in the forums tha I found very helpful.

So far it’s working fine and the kids think it’s cool.

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