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| Thread ID: 28697 | 2002-12-28 09:33:00 | Survey: linux converts... how many gave it a go this year | Clueless (181) | Press F1 |
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| 109549 | 2002-12-28 22:32:00 | >*PS I had to get an external modem (Dynalink) as my winmodem was completely ignored by SuSE. My previous dabble with Linux was redhat and a dynalink interanal. It was a while ago, back when it was still possible to find a 33k modem new. Redhat said.. looky here a modem shall we use it?... simple as that, simpler than 'doze by far. *thinks, i still got that modem laying around somewhere* Pity not everyone had the good luck i did! .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 109550 | 2002-12-28 22:51:00 | > > secure in what way? Because there aren't as many > security holes in the browser? Could this be because > M$ is constantly under scrutiny hence they are always > found > Not neccesarily true, But because Linux systems are open-source, more people get the opportunity to check them out before they get realeased as "Final" |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 109551 | 2002-12-28 22:52:00 | One reason it is more secure is that Windows has a lot of services on by default ( eg. UPnP) when they have no reason to be and it can be harder to turn them off because so many rely on each other | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 109552 | 2002-12-28 22:55:00 | > I played with SuSE 8 for a couple of months, but I am > going to try Lycoris next . > Ive tried a lot of linux since I started wok with IDG, Firstly was RedHat 7 . 3, but wasnt successful, tried that a few times on some machines that were just too underpowered without enough RAM . But anyways, I've tried Mandrak 9, RedHat 7 . 3, RedHat 8 . 0, Knoppix, Lycoris, and I think that's about it . Ive recently set up my laptop as a dedicated linux playbox, and have SAMBA going as well as Apache,and I can safely say Im a happy camper, time to dual-boot (Or triple, coz 2K and . NET are already doing dual . . . ) on my new PC, and see how RedHat handles DVD's! Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 109553 | 2002-12-28 22:59:00 | You will want Win 2k on the 98 partition and then load XP then RH and use Lilo for booting as you can uninstall it whereas with Grub you can't and when triple booting it is much easier that way. You will find it easier doing a complete reinstall. If you had been retaining 98 then you could have just installed RH over the 2k partition |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 109554 | 2002-12-29 01:19:00 | Im gonna agree with Mike on this one, 98 and 2K Happily Co-Exist (Currently running that setup on my Famiy's PC) without Partitioning, leaving more room when needed, just remember to setup progs in Both OS's, and Its worked fine for me. Just be careful with programs, use the default install path, and install it in both OS's coz otherwise, if you, for instance, install MS Office in 2K but not in 98 afterwards, then there will be the install sitting in your program files directory, but 98 wont pick it up as being there coz it has to add the registry keys and what-not. As for the rest, depending on what you're gonna do with RedHat, Id give it 3 Gigs, and XP the rest. The best way to do this IMHO would be boot off a 98 Floppy, and partition it, specifying 1 partition as 5 gigs primary. Install XP and it'll format the HDD for your (I think, 2K does and from what I remember, I've been told XP will also). Then when installing RedHat, select Automatically partition and tell it to use un-partitinoed space or something similar. Ive done this, only with 2K instead of XP! Hope this is clear enough, good luck Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 109555 | 2002-12-29 02:27:00 | Well I've just loaded RedHat 8.0 on my "fast" machine (I use the term fast loosely) and am using this machine via Mozilla to access PressF11. Even though I like Linux, I have to say that XWindows looks like it has less dpi that windows does (anyone know?) i.e. it doesn't look as crisp as windows (same machine/monitor etc). I have been using Linux for about 18 months now and its getting better all the time (shut your ears Bill :D ). I use it as a gateway to the internet, my accounts I just fired up OpenOffice - bit slow to load. Oh well maybe I should get a P4. I like Linux. I like Linux... |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 109556 | 2002-12-29 02:35:00 | > Not neccesarily true, But because Linux systems are > open-source, more people get the opportunity to check > them out before they get realeased as "Final" Do you compile all your own code yourself after examining the source? |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 109557 | 2002-12-29 03:40:00 | I'm not sure but I think Windows runs at 96 dpi and Linux is 90 dpi. I know I read something about it somewhere a while back when I was trying to get the fonts looking better in Red Hat Linux 6.2. Anyway I'm running Mandrake Linux 9 very happily now (the fonts are much improved compared to RH6.2 and True Type fonts are fully supported). I still dual boot to Win98SE but if I was the only person using the computer I would probably spend nearly all the time in Linux. Incidentally, a play with the PC World Knoppix CD convinced me to upgrade from RH6.2. It was a bit of a fiddle getting RH6.2 and Mandrake 9 to work with the Conexant HCF winmodem but it is possible to get winmodems working with Linux if you can find a Linux driver for your internal modem. | Rod J (451) | ||
| 109558 | 2002-12-29 03:41:00 | Me? Using RedHat 8 (right now), Win NT 5.1 has completely screwed up and won't boot (again :_|), and I'm copying all my files to my linux partition, reloading windows, then copying the files back (again (already done this once this year). I have also used RedHat 7.3, the PCW Knoppix & the Real Knoppix this year, and have Mandrake 9 and FreeBSD sitting round waiting for me to try them. Back to reloading Winbows; (what can't you do today?) B-) Cheers Liam |
nz_liam (845) | ||
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