ok. as a newbie to another then..

I'm not many weeks into my second try of linux, and my only real tips are...
take you time, try things, and have backups of EVERYTHING.
(yep, i've made a fool of myself some times... messed in the wrong config and so
on...)



Thomas Lake wrote:
> 
> Hi Spider
> 
> Talking about Linux I JUST got it and I'm new to linux:-)
> 
> Spider wrote:
> 
> > I just love Linux....
> > I actually can leave a render in background for all that time, and I don't have
> > to bother..
> > oh, yes, it's niced, andd I know I risk a crash to ruin it all (continue trace
> > :-).
> > The most important fact for me now is to keep the renders on a low memory
> > consumption rate...   nothing extreme there... but media can do well...
> >
> > "Rick (Kitty5)" wrote:
> > >
> > > funny, i have actually concidered getting a cheap 486DX100 / P90 just to
> > > leave renders running on... hmm
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > > Eric Freeman <eri### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> > > news:37239be4.0@news.povray.org...
> > > > Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
> > > > news:371406BC.B6D94EE1@metrolink.com...
> > > > > Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Oh by the way...It took about 30 min to render on my PC... 50 mgz
> > > > celeron,
> > > > > > (400 overclocked) and it was converted to Jpeg by adobe photoshop.
> > > > >
> > > > > 30 minutes is the forever it took to render?  <THWAP!>
> > > > > Interesting piece, would be more interesting with a bit of a ground
> > > > > texture and a sky though.  And of course would take much longer to
> > > > > render, but I think it'd be worth it.
> > > > >
> > > > > (30 minutes, geez, the candle dragon pic takes 30 minutes on my k6/2 333
> > > > > at 512x384)
> > > >
> > > > I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
> > > > out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about
> > > one
> > > > pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
> > > > render !!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Eric
> > > >
> > > > -------------------
> > > > "The best trick the devil ever pulled was
> > > > convincing people he didn't exist..."
> > > > - Verbal Kent.
> > > > -------------------
> > > > http://www.ametro.net/~ericfree
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > //Spider
> >         [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
> > What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
> >                 "Marian"
> >         By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

-- 
//Spider
        [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
                "Marian"
        By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

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