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| Thread ID: 51047 | 2004-11-10 06:13:00 | Linux, what can you do with it? | Prescott (11) | Press F1 |
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| 289997 | 2004-11-10 09:45:00 | Good point Jen. I did qualify my remarks re size/packages though and, I thought Fedora was a test bed of sorts for Red Hat Enterprise? However, I concede that it will probably be better to start off with, especially as dialup is the the connection in this case. I'll pop Yoper off anyway, it is well worth a look IMO, which doesn't come to a hell of a lot with regard to Linux :D Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 289998 | 2004-11-10 09:49:00 | As the others have said, get on with life and use your computer without continuous security and stability problems caused by poor system design | JohnD (509) | ||
| 289999 | 2004-11-10 09:49:00 | Doe anbody have a spare Fedora core 3 lying around? Get me at the above addy. I have a pre core 1 release candidate, so don't think that will be much use. Pretty Please Murray ;P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 290000 | 2004-11-10 09:52:00 | > Doe anbody have a spare Fedora core 3 lying around? > Get me at the above addy. I can do you a FC3 DVD iso at this stage. I haven't started downloading the CD iso's yet, but plan to over the next few days. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 290001 | 2004-11-10 10:01:00 | Thank you very much Jen, you wonderful person you . CD is the media of choice, next few days will be fine . Pop me a line with your throw away, I'll give you the details, pass on to Prescott and have a wee peek myself, if you don't mind of course . Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 290002 | 2004-11-10 10:10:00 | Not a problem Murray :) I will drop you a line once I have the CD iso's touched down and passed md5sum's. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 290003 | 2004-11-10 20:24:00 | yes please :D, pass it to murray and he pass it on to me, do you all live in the same area? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 290004 | 2004-11-11 04:47:00 | ok while i wait for murray p to send the cds, do i need to create a partion using partion magic or some other free utility? if so will 5 gb be big enough or does yoper do it when you install it? also ive been reading that there are a few issues with ati gfx cards, i got a gecube radeon 9600se, will i encounter a few issues with this? ill be looking forward to get into linux :D |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 290005 | 2004-11-11 04:52:00 | forgot to add this: the linux distros are in .iso arent they, and ill need alchol 120% ? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 290006 | 2004-11-11 05:21:00 | What file system are you using on the drive for XP? Do you already have Partition Magic? As with all partitioning, make sure you have backed up your Windows first . NTFS is a wee bit more tricky to resize than FAT32 with some installers . I know Yoper can resize NTFS using QTParted during the disk setup during installation, but Im not sure about Fedora and NTFS . If you want to install Fedora instead and don't have Partition Magic, I would just use Yoper to partition the drive and make free space (don't format it) and after it has done that, abort the rest of the installation process . You can then install Fedora and let it use the unallocated free space previously created . 5 gigs will be fine for starters (don't use any less) . >forgot to add this: the linux distros are in . iso arent they, and ill need alchol 120% ? No you won't need to do that, because the distro's ISO's will of already been written as an image to the CD's which are then bootable . If you download ISO's yourself, you will need to write them as images with Nero or whatever other CD writing software you have . >also ive been reading that there are a few issues with ati gfx cards, i got a gecube radeon 9600se, will i encounter a few issues with this? I have nVidia cards, so haven't paid much attention to ATI cards under Linux . The basic default video drivers that ship with Linux should be fine for you at the moment, unless you are wanting to game or 3D stuff . Once you have yourself settled in, perhaps then take a look at installing an official ATI driver . >ill be looking forward to get into linux It is great - nothing like a new challenge to get yourself going :D Just be prepared for the culture shock, as Linux is not Windows :p |
Jen C (20) | ||
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