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| Thread ID: 56015 | 2005-03-25 01:50:00 | Linux users opinions - RH9 vs FC3 | l0gic (6781) | Press F1 |
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| 337831 | 2005-03-31 04:38:00 | Fedora never really liked my nVidia graphics card but it was fine if I specified vesa with a generic monitor. eww I have the Nvidia logo splash inbetween the login and the display manager loading :D Mandrake screwed my partition table three seperate times during install though, so I wasnt a happy chappy :( :eek: that sounds like dodgy install media. I've been using mandrake since 1999 and the only install errors I've had were caused by a bad iso (luckily it was disk 3) My worst ever problem was redhat 7x corrupting a few partitions. Ever since, I've used 3rd party partition software |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 337832 | 2005-03-31 06:13:00 | ISO was fine, I checked that. Besides, it was two different versions. You can disable the splash from showing in the xorg.conf file :) I only use QtParted now, 100% perfection! Ive used TONS of Linux's... Xandros, Lycoris, yoper, slackware, JAMD, cool, mandrake, redhat, fedora, ark, gentoo..... The list goes on. Redhat 7.3, 8, 9, FC1 didnt like my graphics card unless I used Vesa. 'nv' always screwed up. Im dying to try Mepis again, and Ark Linux too!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 337833 | 2005-03-31 08:22:00 | Mepis 3.3 is looking good Chill, the bonus is you don't have to touch rpm's if you don't want to ;) Just go to decide whether I want to triple boot it with 2k and Yoper after my last tizz in that regard (Grubs first choice installer now). |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 337834 | 2005-03-31 11:31:00 | I'm a Linux noob. Used RH 7.2 briefly but could never get it to work on Winmodem. Got D-Link modem and broadband last year. Got FC3 over xmas. Initially it'd hang at the splash screen. Cold reboot required. Googled it and it turned out to be a conflict with nVidia graphics card. First fix - edited grub.conf by deleting "rhgb". Second fix - got given better non-nVidia graphics card. Short story, no Windows since xmas and no other probs. Now want more lean version - suggestions? |
Took-e (7692) | ||
| 337835 | 2005-03-31 23:03:00 | Now want more lean version - suggestions? Put "Linux" in the forum's search field and you will find heaps of threads with recommendations. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 337836 | 2005-03-31 23:11:00 | Slackware! If Fedora just wont cut the mustard, Slackware is a good next step. ...Then Gentoo! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 337837 | 2005-03-31 23:42:00 | Ah, I have just remembered the distro someone was telling me about yesterday that is nice and lean - Arch. The install is less than 1GB but be aware that it is less GUI based than other distros. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 337838 | 2005-04-01 01:13:00 | Chilling, I like having the Nvidia splash. What I don't like is my punchuation :p When I said eww I meant you having to use vesa I've tried two versions of Xandros and loved them, the out-of-box was great but they were 30 day trials and I never found a "way around it" ;) |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 337839 | 2005-04-01 03:16:00 | Arch is similar to Gentoo, only not quite as cool ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 337840 | 2005-04-01 03:56:00 | Chilling, I like having the Nvidia splash. What I don't like is my punchuation :p When I said eww I meant you having to use vesa I've tried two versions of Xandros and loved them, the out-of-box was great but they were 30 day trials and I never found a "way around it" ;) The best way around it, is to purchase the product (sorry couldn'r help myself). Have a look at Mepis, it's desktop oriented, is a single Live CD with the option to install to HDD. Being a single CD it does not have every programme created under the sun for Linux on the CD, but you can add anything vital via Synacptic (updater) later if you wish. The only thing I can see that is missing is Thunderbird email (Kmail instead), for anyone who wants to use their PC for office type apps, browsing & email, music/video/multimedia, chat, photo's/graphics, burning discs, networking (including networking with Windows), in short anything win2k or XP can do with Office and a few add-ins. If you want servers or development tools use a different distro or simply install them off the net. If you want fast go with Gentoo or Yoper, the former is not an easy or short install, the latter is still in development although getting more stable all the time. Any of the distro's mentioned will detect just about any modernish hardware you can throw at it, with Mepis, IMO, being the best overall out of the box and for USB. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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