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363935 2005-06-14 13:41:00 Ya Me!! :D

I have finally got Linux installed after a few years trying, well I've had it installed many many times but have never been able to connect to the internet. This post is comming via Konqueror.

Now for the questions:

What fonts do you guys use, have tried Mozilla and now Konqueror and the font looks crap.

My display is 1024X768 		Rob99 (151)
363936 2005-06-14 14:37:00 How or where do I go to browse my network? Rob99 (151)
363937 2005-06-15 01:51:00 :confused:
:(
:badpc:
:D
:help: 		Rob99 (151)
363938 2005-06-15 02:04:00 Congrats on getting Linux to access the net.. yes it does tend to be frustrating.
Im not too sure about the setup of Mandrake (as it lasted 3-4 hours on my harddrive before I deleted it.. clash with USB MS mouse) although I think it uses KDE.
I have just been using the default fonts for the time being.
I also use Firefox.
When you ask about your network... are you connected to a LAN? With Windows machines? 		Myth (110)
363939 2005-06-15 02:04:00 Press Alt + F2 to get the "Run" box and type:
kcontrol

Now, IIRC, you can go:
Appearance/themes
--> Fonts
--> Tick "Use anti-aliased fonts"

Have a play around in the Control Center (kcontrol), there's heaps of goodies in there.

Also, for samba browsing, in Konqueror type:
smb://

This should list your workgroups, depending on how Mandrake have configured it
Otherwise, as root, type the following:
mkdir /mnt/samba
mount -t smbfs -o username=rob99,password=Passw0rd //192.168.0.123/sharename /mnt/samba

Welcome to the dark side....


Chill. 		Chilling_Silence (9)
363940 2005-06-15 02:06:00 On another note, IIRC Mandrake comes with smb4k - Another network samba share browser. Chilling_Silence (9)
363941 2005-06-15 02:09:00 What Chilling said :D

<thinks back.... did Chilling welcome me to the dark side>

<hmmph might have to go back to windows now :p> 		Myth (110)
363942 2005-06-15 05:13:00 Thanks, will boot back to linux later tonight.

Can you reccomend any other distros.

I do a bit of web development, and figure I can test from my PC, if running linux.

+ the text editors apear to be better at highlighting tags.

Does anyone else use a wysiwyg GUI to develop with in linux, I have had a very breif look at Scream(think thats what it was called) and it looks prety good. 		Rob99 (151)
363943 2005-06-15 06:26:00 Why not use Windows?

Sorry for this but when people here say Windows is broke the answer will be Linux.
When IE6 is broke the answer will be another non Microsoft browser.

It appears to me that the whole answer will be to remove any Microsoft software and put anything else in its place.

So if anyone wants a computer built I suggest they ALL come with A version of Linux.

Which version of Linux is the correct one for all to use and will support all hardware?

If you went to a school and learn't Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc what use will the knowlege be?

Once apon a time most schools used Macs.

I have no problems with people using open source Operating Systems and software.

Point being that even the open source community can't agree. 		Elephant (599)
363944 2005-06-15 07:35:00 Can you reccomend any other distros .

I do a bit of web development, and figure I can test from my PC, if running linux .

+ the text editors apear to be better at highlighting tags .
Go for Fedora then . Core 4 has just been released . Fedora is sort of a one-stop does all distro and can be a Desktop machine, a Workstation or a Server .

I normally select a Workstation as a base and then go on to customise it further with the tools or programs I like to use . This way you can have a functional Desktop OS's but can run your own webserver using Apache and php etc if you wish and have an in-house live webserver to test with . You can even host your own website to the outside world . All of these programs are included on the installation disks . 		Jen (38)
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