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| 377319 | 2005-08-01 08:45:00 | i would like to use linux like i use windows, but it's all new to me. i downloaded mandrake 10.1 but don't know how to use it. ie. install software :badpc: install drivers. all the stuff you need to know when using an os. :waughh: any help would be great thanks. :help: |
BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 377320 | 2005-08-01 08:55:00 | There are many sites that will help with most things you are wanting to know Here are some for Mandrake Linux (aka Mandriva) Mandrake tips4free (www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr) Mandrake Install tips (http://www.zebulon.org.uk/) (this is mainly for Mandrake 9.x but has useful links) Just go to google for more and type in "Mandrake tips" or something similar. |
Myth (110) | ||
| 377321 | 2005-08-01 10:52:00 | Loading drivers either works seamlessly, or is a complete pain in the network connecter in any OS...... Expect nothing to be better under Linux. What toys do you need to install properly? As for software, i got to say that "apt-get install <name of app>" is so brilliant that it astounds me now when i see people running install programs for stuff. I'm not 100% sure this works with mandrake, but lets try it.. Open shell/konsole/whatever Type "su - " enter root password when prompted (this gives you all power as SuperUser to do as much damage as you may, including add software etc) type "apt-get install <name of app>" lets say for example "apt-get install knewsticker" no watch as all the components are found, downloaded, installed or updated..... :cool: |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 377322 | 2005-08-01 21:37:00 | I've been playing round with linux lately, and I found SUSE to be better than mandrake. You can either use yast online update to update anything you already have installed, or you can download a rpm file (rpm is like a windows msi installer), right click on it & select install with Yast. Dependencies are a pain in the ass with all distros that I have tried. SUSE 9.1 personal is really good to try out SUSE, then if you like it, install 9.3 pro. I found 9.3 pro to be a lot slower than 9.1 personal, but it has a lot more in it. If you do a minimal install it will probably be just as fast. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 377323 | 2005-08-01 22:12:00 | Dependencies are a pain in the ass with all distros that I have tried . Thats one thing using apt-get deals with . It updates and installs ALL files, including what needs to be installed or updated because of dependancys . It may stop once to ask the user for permission to add an extra few MB of files to the system, but other than that its automatic . I remember Yast too . . . it was a fairly streamlined updater and program adder back when i was using SuSE8 . 0 Pro a good 2 or 3 years back . On line updates didn't always go that well, but yast would generally ask for CD3 or whatever and add to my system from that . SuSE8 . 0 pro was several CDs so there was a huge selection of toys on it . Funny thing is these days i'm running Mepis . Its 1 CD . Installation to HDD is an option that is given when you first run it as a liveCD and if chosen it then runs as an installed system . Despite this lite approach it has allmost everything i want and hardware issues didn't exsist . I've just done a fresh install after a couple of months experermenting, and i've only added and updated using apt-get to "update" "install evolution" "install nvu" and "install knewsticker" . All very simple, allthough Evolution took a while to come in, presumably because of all the Gnome flavoured components that were needed . (dependancys) Mepis doesn't come with Gnome . In my fresh rebuild i got the system reformated to up and running with the afore mentioned updates and add-ons in less than 2 hours keeping only the user specific data kept in the /home partition . :thumbs: Linux has come a long way . |
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