did you pay for your current OS?

[Alex]

hey just wondering, most of the ppl i know just hacked their os somehow to get past activation and only very few have actually paid for it and done it by the book... im just curious to see what most ppl on teh board do.

peace

 

[Nothinman]

Debian all the way.

 

[asb002]

most of the ppl i know just hacked their os somehow to get past activation and only very few have actually paid for it and done it by the book...

Really? Most people I know don't use OSes with activations... To Hades with Windows XP!

Debian all the way.

Because of your numerous posts saying essentially this Nothinman, I've decided to try Debian. Only thing is that it seems to be a bit out of date; X 4.1, etc. I'll have to figure out how the heck to get my Radeon 8500 working right on it...

 

[pitupepito2000]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Debian all the way.

 

[pitupepito2000]

Originally posted by: asb002

most of the ppl i know just hacked their os somehow to get past activation and only very few have actually paid for it and done it by the book...

Really? Most people I know don't use OSes with activations... To Hades with Windows XP!

Debian all the way.

Because of your numerous posts saying essentially this Nothinman, I've decided to try Debian. Only thing is that it seems to be a bit out of date; X 4.1, etc. I'll have to figure out how the heck to get my Radeon 8500 working right on it...

When you are using Debian the way you install packages is by having a file called sources.list in your /etc/apt directory, you can choose to have in this file the ftp or http address of where your system should get the pacakges from. In my case I use testing and therefore I get newer packages than from the stable repositories. In other words you don't have to use old packages with Debian.

I hope this helps,
pitupepito

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Debian all the way.

s/Debian/Gentoo

 

[GigaCluster]

I have 5 computers in the house (two are my parents'): four of them run some distribution of Linux, one dual-boots with Windows 2000 (retail -- purchased in 2001), and one runs Windows XP, given out at the latest Compaq/HP Codewars but without a license to go with it. I consider it legal.

 

[asb002]

Thanks, pitupepito2000. Anyone have a way of setting up the Radeon 8500LE in Debian Woody?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Been using x 4.3 in debian for a long time now. Definitely don't use woody for a desktop.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

yea, it came with my laptop. and i have 2 free copies of windows xp pro that microsoft kindly provided me with. and red hat 9 cds sitting around here somewhere too.

 

[woodie1]

My two M$ operating systems are legit.

 

[Zucarita9000]

Yes. Everytime. I purchased Win95 when it came out, and bought both upgrades to 98 (98 and 98SE). Later on, I bought Windows 2000 and it is the one I'm using now...

 

[tokamak]

i got a legit copy of windows XP for $5 thru my school. before that, though, i had a....umm....hold on a sec someones at my door

 

[Schadenfroh]

:evil:

 

[jonmullen]

yah free and compiled from scratch...gentoo and debain all the way.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

For once, yes. XP Pro for $50 when it was on sale last october.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Debian all the way.

s/Debian/Gentoo

well said

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I use Linux and WinME and have paid for both, though I mostly use the freely downloadable Linux distros.

 

[Nothinman]

one runs Windows XP, given out at the latest Compaq/HP Codewars but without a license to go with it. I consider it legal.

Legally I don't think it matters what you believe, if you don't have a license you can't legally run the software.

 

[rbV5]

I have 2 personal rigs running XP and 1 running Win2k, all activated and legit licences with legit Office XP licences as well. I'll soon have another XP rig and 2 new linux boxes to add to the fleet, they'll be legit as well.

 

[DeRusto]

both win2k and winxp were free through school and win2k3 was gifted from microsoft. So, they are all legit, however i didnt pay for them.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yes, I paid for both Windows XP Pro and Debian. I've upgraded Debian, but I have the 2.2r1 CDs which I paid for, and my Debian installation is based off of them.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Yes, even though I did not have to pay for several of them. The Windows versions I use at work are all legit, as is the Windows 98 install on my laptop (although, I probably shouldn't be using it since I got it second hand, just haven't had time to fix it). I support OpenBSD by purchasing every release on official cds.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: franguinho
hey just wondering, most of the ppl i know just hacked their os somehow to get past activation and only very few have actually paid for it and done it by the book... im just curious to see what most ppl on teh board do.

peace

You hacked it or you used someone else's hack?

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: asb002

most of the ppl i know just hacked their os somehow to get past activation and only very few have actually paid for it and done it by the book...

Really? Most people I know don't use OSes with activations... To Hades with Windows XP!

Debian all the way.

Because of your numerous posts saying essentially this Nothinman, I've decided to try Debian. Only thing is that it seems to be a bit out of date; X 4.1, etc. I'll have to figure out how the heck to get my Radeon 8500 working right on it...

ive had problems getting my radeon 9500 to work on mandrake... try using the firegl drivers, worked for me!