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You Know When To Get A Unix/Linux Box When...
Author: Faf
Date: Friday, January 24, 2003
Date/Time: 13:59 GMT
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I'm just returning from lunch and you know that feeling you get when you've paid £4.75 for a meal and you realise how shit it's gonna take? Y'know... just after you've said "Gimme summa dat, 'n' dat... oh and the umm.. Chick...en Kiev, 'n' summa dat?". Y'know just after the waitress says, "Are you sure you want that together? That'll make it £5+ already...?". And you're like, "In that case i dont want that last one". And you're walking off thinking... that is gonna taste foul. But then you sit down and eat anyway? Cos you've paid for it? Plus the can of Sprite is washing that awful taste away? Plus it's gonna fill your belly anyway even if it tastes like shit? Anyway... just so you know that how i was feeling during my lunch break.
But that's not important. This post is about why i think i should put together a box specifically so i can play around with Unix[1]/Linux[2]. I have 2 important reasons why... and some:
When you start issuing unix commands to a dos command promt and end up getting frustrated, cos you always realise too late but you'd already pressed enter
When you fuck up a 20GB -- and almost lost a second 30GB -- harddrive trying to install FreeBSD alongside windows.
When you have a spare case, a coupla 800MB harddrives, some graphics cards, some old motherboards, and some bits and pieces that are just rotting away.
When you cant stand not having to open up a computer every now
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Comments on this entry:
Author: fateh
Date/Time: January 26, 2003 1:52 PM
Email: jxg1984@yahoo.co.uk
URL: http://haha
hey, the big 3 years heh? nice to see u stil going, hows monoux? i hear that im in the new prospectus, lol. hows life these days? uni plans? get bak to me fateh
Author: immatchua
Date/Time: January 29, 2003 11:33 PM
Email: captainblak2000@yahoo.com
forget freebsd, get openbsd and install alongside windows. install freebsd/linux emulation and u aregood to go....errr...u really dont need a java interpreter, do u? cos it's gonna suck if u do...
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