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| Thread ID: 46143 | 2004-06-15 00:43:00 | Discussion: What Do Newbies (And you) Need to Make the Switch to Linux?? | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 244529 | 2004-06-15 09:30:00 | > An easy way of seeing a Linux installation is to use a Linux Live-CD which loads off the CD only and doesn't touch the hard drive at all . You merely ensure your machine can boot off CD's, pop it in and start up the machine . When you are finished, the CD is removed and Windows is back . Ahhh that sounds like me :-) - Now i never knew that was possible Jen, thats a great bit of imfo i have learned tonight, Thanks:-) . As i said, i have been itching to give it a whirl, I must admit i like the sound (and look) of what I've seen of Ark (compliments of Chill) . Do they have a live Ark by any chance? >>> But, go for it J ZEP, we need more Linux girls out there! :D |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 244530 | 2004-06-15 09:41:00 | > 2. Email. Go on send me a virus :D I dare ya. Just you wait, there will be virus for Linux soon.... |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 244531 | 2004-06-15 09:57:00 | There are some already but they will never be as serious a problem as with Windows. Incidently a large part of the web is run using OSS including Linux so it would actually be an attractive target but Windows boxes are so much easier. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 244532 | 2004-06-15 10:29:00 | Kobo Deluxe is a Linux game some may want to try (dbs.homeport.org) | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 244533 | 2004-06-15 10:39:00 | > Just you wait, there will be virus for Linux soon... Is that a threat, Stu? And to think, I thought you were a respectable citizen. Gosh, I'm shocked. :) |
agent (30) | ||
| 244534 | 2004-06-15 11:38:00 | I want to install Liniux, i have a distro of Red Hat 9, what else should i get started ? my modem will not work with linux so if theres anything i need to d/l, i'll do it before i start Also i have 1 120gb HD, at the moment it is devided into 4 partitions, am I able to just nominate on of the partitions for Linux to install into ? How? Cheers |
Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 244535 | 2004-06-15 12:23:00 | I'd try for something a bit newer than RH9 Will. Ark, Fedora, Mepis, Mandrake, Xandros, Knoppix. Have a toodle around DistroWatch (http://www.distrowatch.com/) and check out a few on the page hits list on the right bar check out the page and read any linked reviews.Probably best to stay away from Gentoo and Debian (but Debian based is fine like Mepis, they rock :). Look for words like easy to install, great package manager and desktop Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 244536 | 2004-06-15 12:34:00 | > Kobo Deluxe is a Linux game some may want to try Thanks mikebnz. Do you know the difference between Kobo Deluxe 0.4 pre9-4 and xkobo 1.11-12 ? Maybe I should just grab both Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 244537 | 2004-06-15 13:00:00 | Not much of a games man myself so don't know. Just happened to catch that lot on a site I regularly visit. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 244538 | 2004-06-15 13:02:00 | Incidentally the points that most people are raising about "Linux being too hard to install, too hard to install programs on etc" are pretty lame really. The large majority of PC users have never installed Windows, or Apps on their machines. They all go to PC Company, Noel Leeming, Dell, The Big Red Barn or wherever else is selling a PC. The machine is taken home, pulled out of the polysterene blocks, installation CD's manuals and drivers are all lost and at least one cable misplaced. Then they match the pretty coloured plugs up to the pretty coloured holes, except for the 56k modem one which isn't colour coded and inevitably gets jammed in the ethernet socket taking down all the phones in the house. Once it's turned on, the ISP helpdesk sets up their Intarwebnet, and "Inbox Outlook Express" and thats it. Sure they can get themselve a Hotmail account, a few download Bonzi Buddy server edition, HotBar, Incredimail and a few thousand spyware apps. They've never installed an Office Suite for one user or multiple, never installed an OS, partitioned a drive, tried to find drivers or anything like that. If it breaks, they don't fix it themselves, it gets taken somewhere, or the veritable "friend that knows all about computers" comes round, breaks it more, and then it's taken somewhere. I could easily replace my parents, grandparents, and the majority of my university going friends machines with pre-installed Linux boxes and they wouldn't know any different. Sure, they wouldn't be able to fix it if it broke, but most can't do that now anyway - and we all know which is more susceptible to breaking (thats the OS from Redmond Stu). |
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