[chomio]

Which version of Linux is the best suited for encoding anime, watching anime and reading manga? (And it also needs to have access to NTFS formatted HD, writting acces too)
In general I want a version of Linux that doesn't like to crash 10 times in a day like windows. It needs to be as less bugs as possible and not getting stuck every time.
I've already had some people asking why my encodings where lacking quality in the last week, but if my computer crashes every time around the 80 or 97% then I have no other chose to post other encoded files.
But back to the point, I've tried to recover windows, but off course did I lose the production code...
The actual problem is that the other software is giving up one by one...
Aegisubs gave up 10 days ago followed by Firefox, 2 days ago, it didn't even want trying to start. Internet Explorer... didn't even try it, never worked anyway.
Opera gave up today....
Only my encoder, my portable SMplayer, googlechrome and µtorrent are still working and the stuff of Windows except the OS.
Coulds someone give me some advice.
O yeah, I've aready introduced Windows too Mr. Trashcan.

[Loven x Kotonoha]

Ubuntu is sufficient I think, as Aegisub/SMPlayer are installable with Synaptics (or command line if you want), Firefox is installed by default, NTFS read/write too...

But seeing your problems, maybe you have some hardware problems (progressive malfunction), try booting with the LiveCD version of Ubuntu to see if it's not hardware related.

[p2c]

sounds like your ram is brokez, run the windows7 ram test:/

[chomio]

Originally Posted by p2c

sounds like your ram is brokez, run the windows7 ram test:/

thanks! I'm gonna try this.


It didn't work pig2cat, even if it found some mistakes, I've still got the same problem.

[born-nameless]

I suggest Linux Mint, it was based on ubuntu, but i'm not sure if it still is.

[EdenScent]

Seems to me you have have a few options here:
1. fresh install of windows 7.
2. Linux*

i. Ubuntu [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
ii. PClinuxOS [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

*If your really reliant on windows for things like ms office etc. you can use vmware to emulate windows on linux. I'm told it actually runs faster through a linux vm weird as that may sound.

3. Check your hardware.

i. Fans. Go to your bios and check if your fans are spinning the one to watch here is your cpu fan it should probably be doing at least 800+ with cool and quiet disabled and a modern cpu really shouldn't exceed 60 C and should be under 40 when idle. So it may be a case of getting a new cpu fan.
ii. Ram. do a ram test theres loads available, I think the ubuntu and PClinux install disks have one. If your computer is a custom build, make sure the ram is fully supported by your main board. A good tool for information: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
iii. Power supply. In your bios the voltage (when idle) shouldn't swing by more than 0.5V but a good PSU will have a swing of less than 0.1. If this is a recent thing though its probably not your psu unless you've changed cpus/gpus/added hdd
iv. Your hdd may be damaged (the one your os is installed on) due to heat/moisture/excessive vibrations/impacts, run a disk check with surface scan in windows. (it will probably take a while to complete depending on the size of your disk 6 hours + for mine)

If you have difficulty backing up files from within windows you might try using the live disk of pclinuxos or [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

also before wiping your drives you might want to save your current system by trying to eliminate driver clashes with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

back to the linux discussion: I personally like PClinuxOS but I think ubuntu is easier for new users as long their hardware is fully supported. whatever distro you pick you may have to spend a few hours setting up your hardware. And before committing yourself to a distro check that your network adapter is supported especially if its a wireless one, you may have to download linux drivers for it from either the product website or the chipset manufacturers website. Another decent OS is [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] but is usually aimed at more experienced linux users who want the cutting edge of linux.

[blueskyy]

@EdenScent

Yes, you pretty much say it all.

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As a side note, yeah, there are many Linux distro, but they all similar one way or another. The 3 main families are:

1. Redhat (Fedora, Centos, etc...)
2. Debian (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Knoppix, etc...)
3. Suse (on it's own...)

So what's the difference? Well, the system GUI tools are different, the software installation system is different, and a few more others I can't recall off hand...

What's the same? The command line tools are the same, the desktop environment is the same, the file system hierarchy is the same (Linux guru says that's call organization, I say it's messy).

Centos is my pick, but Linux Mint is the most visually pleasing right out of the box.

[chomio]

Originally Posted by EdenScent

Seems to me you have have a few options here:
1. fresh install of windows 7.
2. Linux*

i. Ubuntu [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
ii. PClinuxOS [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

*If your really reliant on windows for things like ms office etc. you can use vmware to emulate windows on linux. I'm told it actually runs faster through a linux vm weird as that may sound.

3. Check your hardware.

i. Fans. Go to your bios and check if your fans are spinning the one to watch here is your cpu fan it should probably be doing at least 800+ with cool and quiet disabled and a modern cpu really shouldn't exceed 60 C and should be under 40 when idle. So it may be a case of getting a new cpu fan.
ii. Ram. do a ram test theres loads available, I think the ubuntu and PClinux install disks have one. If your computer is a custom build, make sure the ram is fully supported by your main board. A good tool for information: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
iii. Power supply. In your bios the voltage (when idle) shouldn't swing by more than 0.5V but a good PSU will have a swing of less than 0.1. If this is a recent thing though its probably not your psu unless you've changed cpus/gpus/added hdd
iv. Your hdd may be damaged (the one your os is installed on) due to heat/moisture/excessive vibrations/impacts, run a disk check with surface scan in windows. (it will probably take a while to complete depending on the size of your disk 6 hours + for mine)

If you have difficulty backing up files from within windows you might try using the live disk of pclinuxos or [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

also before wiping your drives you might want to save your current system by trying to eliminate driver clashes with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

back to the linux discussion: I personally like PClinuxOS but I think ubuntu is easier for new users as long their hardware is fully supported. whatever distro you pick you may have to spend a few hours setting up your hardware. And before committing yourself to a distro check that your network adapter is supported especially if its a wireless one, you may have to download linux drivers for it from either the product website or the chipset manufacturers website. Another decent OS is [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] but is usually aimed at more experienced linux users who want the cutting edge of linux.

The temperature is 25°C for both cores (I've got a small tool called CoreTemp32 installed), that can gives the temperature in the main options. I just want to prevent the same thing to happen with my previous computer, where it went black when I was playing a game. And when I started it back up, only the bios started, not Windows, and it gave the message: "Critical temprature reached 96°C" ... that explained why I could bake some eggs on it.
Anyway, my new computer (it isn't that new anymore, almost 2 years). Has never gone over 39°C , and this was only because of it was places next to the heating, or when there was a heat wave of 37°C.

I don't think it is an hard ware issue because now is everything fine, the problems start when I some software other than SMplayer, chrome, my encoder, etc.
I'm certain it's a software issue.
Also I found my production code, who in the hell puts it on the bodem my computer. How can you find that when your working on your computer
So I'm gonna try this. ^_^
Also I'm still running on Vista, I'm not so rich that I can buy a new computer every year

[Duratrix]

Hmm... the problem could be caused by various things.

"The actual problem is that the other software is giving up one by one..."
I don't really get what you're saying here. Do you get a BSOD or does your pc just go *poof* or something?

Try clearing your cache & scan you registry for problems (you could use ccleaner for that, but use whatever program you want for this) & run "SFC.EXE /SCANNOW", make sure to run it as administrator.

As for Linux, I'd suggest Ubuntu.

[Squiggy]

Flash your bios.
Also, get Win7 - if you need help activating, hit me up in irc