| jAguAr` | how do i set up my new Canon MG3122 printer to work? | 01:34 |
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| mikodo | I wish there was a not so technical channel for casual users: This channel implies noobish user, #ubuntu is full of seasoned geeks! No in between seems | 01:54 |
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| RickZilla | I'm kind of a retread for ubuntu beginners...I first used it about 4 years ago, got frustrated with it, used Linux Mint for awhile, now I have a fresh 12.10 install. I'm really liking this one. I debated going with 12.10 and updating more often, or 12.4 with the LTS. I'm still not sure if I made the right decision. | 18:10 |
| holstein | RickZilla: do both.. or neither | 18:21 |
| holstein | really doesnt matter.. there are pros and cons to both | 18:21 |
| holstein | what do it do? lts's where its "mission critical" or something i dont want to mess with much | 18:22 |
| holstein | my audio production machine is dual booting 10.04 and 12.04 right now | 18:22 |
| holstein | my daily use laptop is running 12.04, and it will likely stay that way, unless something for the nvidia ion chipset comes around that i *must* have | 18:23 |
| RickZilla | This is just a home laptop, I want to use it rather than upgrading all the time | 18:23 |
| holstein | i use 12.10 other places and would use it for sure.. the reason i do LTS is the support time, not the stability | 18:23 |
| RickZilla | That's kind of what I was thinking | 18:24 |
| holstein | RickZilla: 14.04 LTS will be out before 12.10 is not supported any longer | 18:24 |
| RickZilla | I may retrograde at some point | 18:24 |
| holstein | or, maybe you'll really want 13.10.. | 18:24 |
| RickZilla | lol, decisions decisions | 18:24 |
| holstein | i keep my data backed up.. it doesnt take long to change distros | 18:25 |
| RickZilla | right | 18:25 |
| RickZilla | I have a few ppa's that I like to keep around also | 18:25 |
| holstein | the audio production environment is a little different.. but for the desktop, i can reinstall and be up and running in like 20 minutes | 18:25 |
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| holstein | i say, take a minute and ask yourself, what would you do if that hard drive never booted up again.. which is a plasible scenario that *will* happen at some point | 18:26 |
| holstein | in the process or properly backing up your data, and making sure it is easily and properly recoverable, i think you'll find that reinstallation of the OS is not that big of a deal | 18:27 |
| holstein | if the idea of reinstalling the OS fills you with anxiety, its liley due to not having proper backups in place | 18:27 |
| holstein | likely* | 18:27 |
| holstein | that being said, i dont want to constantly be fooling around with my "daily driver" | 18:28 |
| holstein | i have it mirrored from when i first installed the OS and moved all my stuff in and got it setup.. and i have my data otherwise backed up as well | 18:28 |
| holstein | but, i plan on staying on 12.04 til 14.04.. again, unless something with the nvidia ion is just too appealing to pass up.. and i can always dual boot | 18:29 |
| RickZilla | Reinstalling OS is not a problem, I keep backups of critical stuff on externals and cloud storage | 18:38 |
| RickZilla | I installed 12.10 alongside windows, and I'm not sure how to access that to install ubuntu over the other one, without messing up Windows, but I'll figure that out | 18:39 |
| holstein | RickZilla: i typically blow out the linux partitions, and reinstall choosing "install alongside windows on the free space" | 19:16 |
| RickZilla | holstein What do you use to blow out the partition? | 19:52 |
| holstein | RickZilla: either a live cd like gparted or the ultimate boot cd.. or gparted from the live CD that i am install from.. i rarely install without loading up a live CD a few times first and doing some tests | 19:54 |
| RickZilla | ah, didn't think about using a live cd for that, I'll keep that in mind for when the time comes | 19:54 |
| holstein | RickZilla: theres also a custom option in the installer.. you can go in there and blow them out, or just set them to be formatted and re-used | 20:15 |
| raub | Does anyone know what the file /dev/btrfs-control is for, specially in a machine that does not use btrfs? | 21:25 |
| holstein | raub: its empty on my machine.. id say its something that btrfs would use | 21:26 |
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