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Thread ID: 59165	2005-06-23 17:43:00	Wish to give Linux a try, what are the steps?	Renmoo (66)	Press F1

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366599	2005-06-29 12:35:00	sorry to hijack the thread a bit, Personthingy 2 Questions 1) What is NVU like to use, I use dreamweaver and am not likely to change but it would be nice to have something that works under linux, i have read up on it, but most of the reviews were for earlier versions.I dont make very complex pages. I find NVU can deal with anything i want to do, allthough it lacks some of the nicetys one is used to under linux. Its a pain having to do windows style cutting and pasting when your used to highlighting and middle clicking. However NVU can do a lot i'd never bother using. 2) You're the token herbivore aren't you :D, I can't remember if your a Dunedinite or Cantabrian, but as I may be heading to Dunners in a few weeks, are there any good vegan shops up there (my wife is vegan), as there isn't a lot of stuff down here, and have you ever heard of "red star nutritional yeast" as we have been looking for it in vain down here, apparently it's a good source of B12, If you're not from up there, don't worry about it ThanksToken herbivore??? Guilty as charged your honour! I'm a Cantabrian i'm afraid, and the only "vegan" shop i know of in Dunners was part owned by an old friend of mine and went down about 20 years ago... Yeast brand is irrelivant, unless you like paying money for brand names. Most heath or organic supply shops should have flakey yeast.. Let your fingers do the walking www.yellowpages.co.nz B12 is also in mushrooms, or so i've been led to believe.	personthingy (1670)
366600	2005-06-29 18:53:00	Good day, folks. After participating this forum more than 3 months and hearing a lot of people praising the performance and reliability of Linux, I wish to give it a try. Note: A try. I will be probably using Xp Home as my computer's main OS. What are the free and recommended distros that you guys think is suitable for me? I am not a hardcore gamer, just occasionally play Chess and alike. Do I have to partition my HDD to allocate a certain volume of space for extra OS? I've got a 74.47GB HDD, and only 30 GB or so free. What are the first few steps that I should execute? Much thanks! Cheers :) Unless you are an expert forget about Linux. I have twice installed it, but found I could not live without modem, scanner, and printer. And a mouse that only worked sometimes. Then trying to uninstall ended with me buying a new hard drive. If you are a sucker for punishment have a play by all means.	JJJJJ (528)
366601	2005-06-29 20:50:00	Unless you are an expert forget about Linux. I have twice installed it, but found I could not live without modem, scanner, and printer. And a mouse that only worked sometimes. Then trying to uninstall ended with me buying a new hard drive. If you are a sucker for punishment have a play by all means. Each distro of Linux I have noticed has its quirks... for example; I noticed that FC3 didn't like a Winmodem (most distros don't) but I did notice that Ubuntu did see it (though I don't know if it worked - didn't try it as I was doing other things with it) Mandrake didn't like my MS USB mouse; no other distro has had a problem with it Xandros kicked me offline after 15-30 seconds (on a dialup linux-compatible external modem) I have been using Linux for about 3 months, I now use it 98% of the time at home (and I am on the computer a lot). Unless you are an expert forget about Linux. I never started in a Unix based world till 3 months ago... how do you become expert if you don't use it or play round with it? Without learning... is there living?	Myth (110)
366602	2005-06-29 22:31:00	Then trying to uninstall ended with me buying a new hard drive. If you are a sucker for punishment have a play by all means.O dear. I think this sort of thing is why live CDs are good, you try see if you like and only then does one install. As for your "ended with me buying a new hard drive" experiance, i find that astounding! Was it not possible to reformat the linux partitions as fat32 so any OS, even windows could use them? :confused: Under FC3 i had no sound, all other distros i tried liked my hardware with the exeption of not liking having a USB mouse and a trackpadthingy. I never tried FC4, perhaps the known fedora bug had been fixed by then, and sound worked? Linux is an evolving system, which is one of the reasons that MEPIS has so few bugs. Under MEPIS everything was found and installed correctly first time. Bugs are so minamal as to be amusing, like how informing the system as root that metric is prefered caused the log in dialog box thing and nothing else to suddenly read in german. That honestly is the biggest bug. Just to be pedantic about the above paragraph, i have no use for my modem, and therefore can not say if it works. One day i'll try someones internet name/pass just to find out, but other than experermental value, i'll stick with cable thanks.	personthingy (1670)
366603	2005-06-30 03:52:00	Nicely said.	Chilling_Silence (9)
366604	2005-07-01 09:01:00	I dont use Morphix but heres what works for me in MEPIS. Right click on any empty space on the desk top Select : configure desktop Select : Display Options will be layed out in front of you. If you cant see them, you can drag the config window to the left by using a click and drag tecnique, but dont double click, or you will shade the window, which means reducing it to the top bar only, which wont help at this stage. You may have a situation where your video card was not detected properly. This is why things have gone to the lowest default. If all fails try Knoppix. Both Knoppix and Morphix does not allow me to configure the screen resolution of the desktop. In Knoppix, under the resolution section, upon clicking the drop down menu, the only available resolution is 640 x 480. I heard before that there is such software as MultiResolution whereby you can change your desktop to any resolution that you desire. My computer is using Intel Integrated Graphics 2. On the other hand, that software only works with Windows (I think). I guess that's why Linux is not that popular... Besides this, how do you pronounce the word "Linux"? Is it "leee-nix" or "lee-nucks"? Lastly, is there any (built-in) software that allows application meant for Windows to run under Linux condition? Thanks a lot! Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
366605	2005-07-01 10:30:00	WINE will allow you to run windows based programs under linux. i think you will need to download the linux version of your intergrated graphics version. run everest in windows and this will tell you what you have and give you a link to the driver page, then find the linux driver, if there is one... i always thought you pronounce linux as "lie-nux'' or ''ly-nux'' :illogical	Prescott (11)
366606	2005-07-01 16:03:00	Both Knoppix and Morphix does not allow me to configure the screen resolution of the desktop. In Knoppix, under the resolution section, upon clicking the drop down menu, the only available resolution is 640 x 480. I heard before that there is such software as MultiResolution whereby you can change your desktop to any resolution that you desire. My computer is using Intel Integrated Graphics 2. At a guess i would say that your graphics card was not properly detected by these two distros. Because of this, the system can only offer the minamum possible settings. One of the disadvantages with live CD is that it is somewhat difficult to install install additional drivers or other software without installing the OS. As installing an OS that may not work is clearly not an option at this stage, my only suggestion is try another distro or two as you get the chance. I have no idea which, if any, current distros may handle your graphics card. I'm sorry that your first expererment with Linux has not as yet been a successful one. :(	personthingy (1670)
366607	2005-07-01 16:12:00	From Knoppix, try this: Hit Ctrl + Alt + F2 Now you should see a console, run the following: cd /etc/X11/ mv xorg.conf xorg.backup xorgconfig Run through the configuration and then type: startx -- :1 Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
366608	2005-07-01 16:31:00	Hey Chill! Could you explain for the benefit of our listeners just what each step of those commands does? After a year or three of using Linux, i can make a guess as to what your doing here, but to the uninitiated i'm sure thats a tad overwelming! :D	personthingy (1670)
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