Topic: Oh God it happened.

Anonymous A started this discussion 13 years ago #28,794

I just brought a Win 8 computer. Now I need to tweak the shit out of this hell.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 9 minutes later[^] [v] #424,103

Maybe you'll learn to love it.

Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 54 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #424,111

@OP
Install Linux mint immediately.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #424,115

Have fun

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #424,117

@424,111 (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

Sen !q/sOExraek joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 57 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #424,127

Just sit back and let it consume you. If you relax, it'll be just like dying in the snow.

Minichan