| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 50152 | 2004-10-12 00:38:00 | Starting out in Linux | camo (4895) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 280411 | 2004-10-12 00:38:00 | I've decided that I wanna learn how to use Linux. I don't even know where to start! There are so many versions!! Can anyone recommend: a) a good Linux version for NOVICES (but not complete muppets) b) a location where I can download it for free (legally) After that, I think i'll be able to suss it out for myself. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Cheeeerrrs |
camo (4895) | ||
| 280412 | 2004-10-12 00:50:00 | Distro Watch (http://distrowatch . com/) has info and links on lots of distro's . For a n00b, try out a live CD which will run off your CD drive without touching the hard drive for eg; Knoppix, Mepis, Mandrake Move, etc . New user friendly distro's: Xandros, Mepis, Mandrake, Fedora, Lycros, PCLiuxOS . Not all are free latest versions are but there are usaually free versions available for any distro . Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 280413 | 2004-10-12 00:50:00 | Your listing does not give your location, Something possibly real easy. Check your local D.S.E. @20-00 should buy you mandrake move and mandrake v9.2 or10 on 4 c/d, plus knoppix and morphix on cd, plus the open office c/d no 500+ meg d/loads per c/d to start out. There are 3 run from c/d distros there and 1 EASY full install after that ? other options will be offered/sujjested. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 280414 | 2004-10-12 00:53:00 | Yeah, I have been to Mandrakes site, but I am confused as to what file to download - they all look the same. As for running to OS, I was going to install it using Virtual PC, so it won't mess with anything on the HD. |
camo (4895) | ||
| 280415 | 2004-10-12 00:56:00 | Oh, i'm in New Zealand (Auckland) | camo (4895) | ||
| 280416 | 2004-10-12 01:17:00 | Hopefully there is going to be a Linux Installfest in Auckland soon, which would take care of both your points. Click here for more information. (www.linux.net.nz) Good luck |
BachelorNo1 (3913) | ||
| 280417 | 2004-10-12 01:19:00 | Camo, From mdk you will need 3 500mb plus ISO, that is a very long time like@15 hrs on b/b unless you have real fast b/b. The you have to md5, and if you lose one, d/l again. In akl dse is the simple start point, ring some stores first, i think botany still has some. There are some linux distro stores but I dont know what thay have. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 280418 | 2004-10-12 01:35:00 | If your on Jetstream just login to the jetstreamgames FTP site and download the ISO's of your chossen distro, uncapped DSL means it shouldnt take much more than 30min per CD. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 280419 | 2004-10-12 02:30:00 | Got it sorted - my work had a copy, so i've decided to "borrow it" for a while.....muhahaha! It's Red Hat - dunno if that's a bad thing or a good thing, but we'll soon find out! |
camo (4895) | ||
| 280420 | 2004-10-12 02:37:00 | If its Red Hat then its pretty old and out of date, you may struggle to get drivers for your hardware depending on how new or old your system is. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||