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| Thread ID: 74242 | 2006-11-16 01:35:00 | Linux N00b | SolMiester (139) | Press F1 |
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| 499502 | 2006-11-17 19:50:00 | Well, no prizes for guessing what I run :D Solmeister... In answer to your question, there is no 'easy' linux distro. Its a complete new world out there in Linuxland. But to aid you in your journey, heres a few pre-requisites: 1.. Linux isnt Windows (the hardest concept for all Windows users to grasp). It behaves in a whole new way, things are done differently and so on) 2.. Being a computer tech (or so-minded)... commandline experience will help greatly to going a long way with Linux. Some linux commands are similar to DOS (ifconfig instead of ipconfig, mv instead of move, cp instead of copy) but there are a lot of dfferent commands as well. Linux allows you to do almst anything via the commandline, DOS I noticed is a lot more limited in this respect. 3.. Its doubtful you will have a perfect system on your first install. Linux is a journey into the unknown, and as such mistakes will happen often. Heck, I reinstalled FC something like 5 times (learning from each 'fatal' mistake) before I got things close to right Which distro to start with... We all started somewhere different.. personally; I started with FC3, then went to FC4 before switching to Gentoo. Didn't learn a lot with FC*, but it was good for a play around. It was Gentoo that got me going seriously in Linux. Its documentation is awesome and all help is usually within 4 places (gentoo.org, forums.gentoo.org, gentoo-wiki.com (user written, unsupported by the Gentoo Linux Organisation, but excellent help anyway), irc.freenode.net - #gentoo). However, its not easy. For easier distros, I would say Mepis, Xandros (although I never really looked at these indepth); or even Fedora. I hear that Suse is quite easy (and with the deal between MS and Novell, I guess Suse is about to get a bit more diluted and easier to use). There are plenty of Linux users in here as well, all can be a great help :) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 499503 | 2006-11-20 02:09:00 | As far as I know Xandros is the only good distro that will let you interact with "that other OS" IE in file manager you see all yr files including XP ones. How much does Xandros 4.0 Premium cost in NZ? And where can I get it? What about Cedega? I heard that you can play games there no problem any association with Windows file there? |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 499504 | 2006-11-20 02:44:00 | Once again I say "Xandros is the nearest Linux OS to Windows" it does take a learning curve but I have never had to use command line and I have tried most Linux OS's going back to Red Hat in about 1975 or theabouts.Xandros is available on disk from most Linux distributers at $5.00 for a trial version.The trial version gives you all the bells and whistles but can not be updated and it is a bit of a pain to install new apps.The paid full thing is about $150 NZ including a 380 page guide and automatic updates etc.Look on Google for Xandros in NZ and you will find distributers. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 499505 | 2006-11-20 02:58:00 | Once again I say "Xandros is the nearest Linux OS to Windows" it does take a learning curve but I have never had to use command line and I have tried most Linux OS's going back to Red Hat in about 1975 or theabouts.Xandros is available on disk from most Linux distributers at $5.00 for a trial version.The trial version gives you all the bells and whistles but can not be updated and it is a bit of a pain to install new apps.The paid full thing is about $150 NZ including a 380 page guide and automatic updates etc.Look on Google for Xandros in NZ and you will find distributers.Read Book? Hmm, remembers in 90's I think I didn't read the Windows 3.1 book. And thanks for your info. |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 499506 | 2006-11-20 04:08:00 | Cedega has a list of supported games and adds more with each release, but doesn't support absolutely every game. Google them for better info. | Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 499507 | 2006-11-20 05:50:00 | Hi all, thanks for the info, and help. Have tried Xandros now on a spare work pc, and Ubuntu just installing now on old pc at home. Xandros looked a bit flasher than Ubunto, however Ubuntu is updating.... Not sure whether or not to stay with Xandros without activation and serial number... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 499508 | 2006-11-20 07:15:00 | Once again I say "Xandros is the nearest Linux OS to Windows" I am not sure why being nearer to MS WIndows is an advantage - other ways of doing things can be better and don't really take much to work out in the GUI . Red Hat in about 1975 or theabouts . What?? Work on the Linux kernel didn't begin until 1991 . |
johnd (85) | ||
| 499509 | 2006-11-20 07:23:00 | Once again I say "Xandros is the nearest Linux OS to Windows" it does take a learning curve but I have never had to use command line and I have tried most Linux OS's going back to Red Hat in about 1975 or theabouts.Xandros is available on disk from most Linux distributers at $5.00 for a trial version.The trial version gives you all the bells and whistles but can not be updated and it is a bit of a pain to install new apps.The paid full thing is about $150 NZ including a 380 page guide and automatic updates etc.Look on Google for Xandros in NZ and you will find distributers.Each to their own :) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 499510 | 2006-11-20 08:48:00 | I managed to buy Xandros 4 . 0 Trial version from a dealer who advertises on NZ favourite auction site - a search for any Linux version there will point you in his direction . Since installing it, I have added Firefox 2 . 0, Thunderbird 1 . 5 . 0 . 7, Openoffice 2 . 0, Mailwasher Pro v 1 . 1 . 2 and have it ticking along very nicely . I actually use three different versions of Xandros currently and they all save their emails to a spare partition on the drive . Thus an email sent from eg 3 . 02 Open Circulation Edition is available to be opened later on X 4 . 0 or X 3 . 0 Deluxe . Firefox was downloaded from the Mozilla site and installed from the tar . gz by right clicking on that and saving it to a previously prepared folder /home/jim/firefox Bookmarks are stored on /hda6 and then copied across . Thunderbird was installed from the CD that comes with our magazine . Same method of installation . I keep the address book and mail folders on /hda6 and it is very easy to Edit the account settings to point to /disks/hda6/54edfw3 . default/Mail/Local Folders . I note the profile for the new installation and copy the address book over there . When I had Thunderbird installed in its "conventional" location, Mailwasher seemed to have trouble "finding" it when jumping to the mail program . But, when Tbird was set up in /home/jim/thunderbird, Mwasher could find it easily . Jim |
Hhel (8073) | ||
| 499511 | 2006-11-20 15:58:00 | I am not sure why being nearer to MS WIndows is an advantage - other ways of doing things can be better and don't really take much to work out in the GUI . What?? Work on the Linux kernel didn't begin until 1991 . I think it's just a touchstone for familiarity, that's all . If one were to say that an object was as big as a flatchett, and no-one knew what a flatchett was, then the comparison would go begging for clarity . Making that sort of comparison allows people to get a handle on what's being discussed, that's all . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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