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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 05:47 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm sort of bored and I want to try my hand with linux again.

I'm looking for something that looks good, easy to install and doesn't take up much space. Any ideas?
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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 05:48 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


redhat fedora
I haven't used it in a while, but several people here at work are using it @ home.
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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 05:51 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


mandrake's a doddle to install.

gentoo's worth a look.
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I've heard many a nerd sing Slackware's praises.



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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 06:08 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Slackware!!! :icon14: .. errr...




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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 06:09 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I mainly use debian. Seriously now.
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Rather not bother with slackware, last time I tried it I had to learn to code just to get my mouse wheel to work.

Downloading Fedora now.
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Ubuntu has got a funny name. And a good layout and hardware support. Seriously.
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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 06:21 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


When I get the Ubuntu free cd, I'll try it out.
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Bah, fedora is too big and will take me 6 hours to download so I'm going to get Ubuntu for now. It' based on Debian right?
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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 06:49 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


get gentoo

emerge kde 3.4

call it a day



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PostPosted: 03-17-2005 12:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Ubunutu may sound odd but it runs really well. It also detected my sound and everything works good.

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inphlict wrote:
Ubunutu may sound odd but it runs really well. It also detected my sound and everything works good.


As I said - it just plainly owns. Congrats, brother - btw, did you install it or run it from a Live-CD?
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No I downloaded the ISO, burned it and booted to install it.
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I just think Ubuntu (despite its funny name) "feels" great. I love the layout and the apps its coming with.
So, good decision :up:
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Fedora Core 3 is great; very fast and very easy to install. Debian is also good.
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Yeah, I really didn't want anything bloated. Btw is there anyway to listen to my mp3s on the ntsf system? Can I import them some how?
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You only have 2 options:

Some form of Debian(Knoppix, Debian, Ubuntu) clone or a *BSD clone(FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD). A good package management system is crucial. If you want to compile everything from scratch down to the T, then go gentoo.

I love Debian for personal use. I use FreeBSD for strickly servers.
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inphlict wrote:
Yeah, I really didn't want anything bloated. Btw is there anyway to listen to my mp3s on the ntsf system? Can I import them some how?


Your distribution should be able to mount the ntfs drive and allow you to READ your mp3 files just fine. It is still very buggy to write.
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I had Ubuntu on my dual Celeron box before I switched over to 2003. I even had the chips overclocked and it ran great. Played a few games of Quake3 on it then got bored.
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I'm learning quite a lot and the linux community is very friendly :) I figured out about the mounting and I'm now able to enjoy the content on my xp drives.

I ran into a few problems but so far I'm finding solutions quite quickly. One problem is that most programs don't support mp3s and other formats popular on windows and I'm just finding ways to make certain programs run these files.

Found a good tutorial and I'm compiling mplayer now, should be able to enjoy all codecs after this.

I noticed everything can be done from the terminal, I'm not even using the auto synaptic thing.
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Getting a desktop or server *nix system up and running is actually preety easy once you pass the learning curve. They're actually quite functional and useful. The simple fact that they generally include gcc and other compilers makes a hoby in programming trivial to start.
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Run into a problem with mplayer and trying to fix it now, basicly all codecs run but I have no sound with mplayer.

I'm enjoying the multiple desktop switch keeps it clean and I can leave crap running in the back with out intervering with my surfing.
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Mac OS X. If you wish to argue, Mac OS X uses the UNIX core which is at the heart of the GNU/Linux Kernel.
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Arkleseizure wrote:
Mac OS X. If you wish to argue, Mac OS X uses the UNIX core which is at the heart of the GNU/Linux Kernel.


but will OSX run on x86 architeture? I do not believe so, so what good will your post do him?



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Kills On Site wrote:
Arkleseizure wrote:
Mac OS X. If you wish to argue, Mac OS X uses the UNIX core which is at the heart of the GNU/Linux Kernel.


but will OSX run on x86 architeture? I do not believe so, so what good will your post do him?


Absolutely nothing, except convience him that the x86 architecture sucks and he needs to buy a Mac.
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Arkleseizure wrote:
Absolutely nothing, except convience him that the x86 architecture sucks and he needs to buy a Mac.




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I would probally get a mac if I had the money.

I've fixed all the problems I've had, everything is running solid. I just need to customize everything.

Ubuntu owns.
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Arkleseizure wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:
Arkleseizure wrote:
Mac OS X. If you wish to argue, Mac OS X uses the UNIX core which is at the heart of the GNU/Linux Kernel.


but will OSX run on x86 architeture? I do not believe so, so what good will your post do him?


Absolutely nothing, except convience him that the x86 architecture sucks and he needs to buy a Mac.


Bochs x86 PC emulator
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs
Bochs is a portable x86 PC emulation software package that emulates
enough of the x86 CPU, related AT hardware, and BIOS to run Windows,
Linux, *BSD, Minix, and other OS's, all on your workstation.
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Emulating architectures is very slow at the moment, it is extremelly unpractical for casual use.

Mac OSX was built on top of FreeBSD, NOT the unix core. It was built around the FreeBSD KERNEL which IS NOT in the heart of the GUN/linux kernel.

Finally, yes the x86 architecture is one of the weakest ones out there. RISC machines will always outperform them. However, most people (inclusive of this thread) have no fucking clue about what they are and why this is so.
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inphlict wrote:
I would probally get a mac if I had the money.

I've fixed all the problems I've had, everything is running solid. I just need to customize everything.

Ubuntu owns.


Glad to hear you have everything running. I only have 1 of my personal computers running windows at the moment. Only reason for that is games.
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tbh kde and gnome are slow as fuck compared to windows explorer. apart from that linux is nice :icon26:



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All of the *nixs are capable of being heavily customized. They're as fast/slow as you make them.
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Are you quite sure that it was built on FreeBSD? I always heard it was built on the UNIX kernel causing fewer system crashes. I know Micro$oft went out on a limb and made their own "kernel."
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That's excactly what I thought, so yes, I was right that the Mac OS X is based around the UNIX kernel.
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