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| Thread ID: 54706 | 2005-02-20 00:12:00 | Linux Now Easier To Use Than Windows? | vinref (6194) | PC World Chat |
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| 326643 | 2005-02-22 12:08:00 | yawn....another late night. Right. Tried to do as Chilli suggested, failed to log in as admin, looked over the notes i took during install and while I made a user account at no time was anything in relation to the admin account and pw mentioned. So figuring I must have missed it, I reinstalled yet again,with no updates this time,and making sure that only the safest resolutions were selected. Again, No mention of pw for admin account and same X crash on final boot. Giving up for the time being. God Bless you Bill Gates. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 326644 | 2005-02-22 13:03:00 | Good Luck Metla !!! vinref , after a suggestion from Jen a while back I had a go at the HP online Linux course - downloaded the 4 Fedora Core 3 CD's and installed the basic/ desktop option - no problem getting on-line [ via an ethernet router] - works just fine for e-mail, web browsing and Open office - can't get the video card correctly setup , nor can I burn CD's - s'pose I need another program . There is a blinking white-on-red exclamation mark for updates that I clicked on , downloaded a new core then wanted to download gigabytes of updates most of which I possibly don't need , but how to know ? For the basics of web browsing / e-mail and office tasks I feel FC3 is very user friendly , beyond these tasks I'm not so sure :2cents: |
KatiMike (242) | ||
| 326645 | 2005-02-22 19:30:00 | Oh, indeed it is! Im personally no Ubuntu fan.... Ive never been big on Debian, and the GNOME Desktop doesnt take my fancy. Still, YMMV. There's a very useful setup guide you can find: www.mjmwired.net Its probably the best How-To for Linux Ive seen in a while! You may want to follow that guide to get it setup, and then try: yum install k3b K3b is a Nero clone, and a mighty good one I might add! I would say I can see Metla being more of a Fedora man than a Debain one.... ;) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 326646 | 2005-02-22 20:03:00 | Ive never been big on Debian, I would say I can see Metla being more of a Fedora man than a Debain one . . . . ;) Chill . Hmmm, you could get burnt playing with words like that Chill, now stand back before you do yourself an injury :D Slosh slosh slosh . . . . . . hmmmm . . . . . . slosh slosh, that should do it, now where the heck did that lighter get to?? Ah! snick WWHOOOFF!!!! See! Red Hat is a dog :eek: Nothing wrong with a stable deb based distro for a noob, whereas anything still in, early, development (like Ubuntu), no matter what the flavour, is likely to throw the odd conundrum at you . Having Synaptic (for updates) off a stable base and just using stable has got its benefits until you get the hang of things . On the other hand, installing great gobs of unstable/testing updates in one go on a developing system is bound to find trouble . If your looking for something a little more cutting edge than "stable release" but on a more mature, reasonably compact distro (one CD will do it, two for some extras), then, IMO, a live Mepis CD installed to your drive with the software/tools CD as your first update foray, would be a good choice . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 326647 | 2005-02-23 03:40:00 | Sounds simple enough,don't know why old Met gave up. I would like to concur with Metla when he says,Bill,who loves you baby! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 326648 | 2005-02-23 04:28:00 | ...I would like to concur with Metla when he says,Bill,who loves you baby! No. Gates loves your money. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 326649 | 2005-02-23 06:19:00 | No. Gates loves your money. He gave us a system that works,do you think we should get it free gratis.? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 326650 | 2005-02-23 06:44:00 | He gave us a system that works,do you think we should get it free gratis.? OK... here we go. ... people are getting on the silly train just a little bit quickly! While i'm first to admit that i am firmly in the linux camp and that i believe that there are reasons for this that are worthy of debate I do not believe that how much $ Bill Gates made out of windows is in anyway relevant to a debate on the relative pros and cons of the various operating systems we have available to us. Nor is there any debate that windows more or less works (and i say "more or less" because like EVERY system, there is no version of windows yet that is without its glitches, same with Macs and Linux) So before this otherwise interesting thread becomes nothing but pointless slagging/defence of Bill Gates, or forum members slagging of each others beliefs, can we at least try to keep it more or less on topic? Please? Pretty please with cherrys on top? :@@: |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 326651 | 2005-02-23 07:05:00 | He gave us a system that works,do you think we should get it free gratis.? No, but it does not mean that he loves you, baby. Anyway, Chris is right, we should keep this on the straight and narrow. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 326652 | 2005-02-23 07:06:00 | Metla ???? any progress so far? no news means good news doesnt it? :p :@@: |
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