there has been some talk about longhorn, all its great features, and its great future. What I want to do is slip away from windows and go into linux, does anyone know about any great linux os's i should look out for and what makes them better than the rest? Thanks, Newell. :yumyum:
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name='JNewell_' said:
the most popular would be red hat i think, but dont go for the command line versions unless your up to the task
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name='JNewell_' said:
well look at a linux website
google it
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i dunno im noob when it comes to linux, pm PV hes seems to no alot about linux
Bah, mate it's a given!!! There are distros for peeps who still want the familiarity and the ease of use of Windows (knoppix for example). Power users who use the command line tend to like Gentoo and Debian. Get yourself over to this website http://www.linuxiso.org/ where there are distros (distributions) of the many variations of Linux. The website is great, it provides links to all the homepages of the various distros, user forum support and updates.
Btw quite a few of the distros are available to download onto a cd, and instead of installing them they can be run as a bootable CD. So you can see if you like the distro before you install it, it can also assist you in finding out what problems you may have with hardware. PM me if you want any help or assistance, and I know Joe is a bit of a Linux guru as well
Btw quite a few of the distros are available to download onto a cd, and instead of installing them they can be run as a bootable CD. So you can see if you like the distro before you install it, it can also assist you in finding out what problems you may have with hardware. PM me if you want any help or assistance, and I know Joe is a bit of a Linux guru as well
as said for beginnser (K)Ubuntu/Fedora core/Knoppix (for power with fimiarliarity) /Suse and also mandrake Linux are all sutiable for beginners; personally id say go for Suse as it has a LOT of preinstalled packages <Suse 9.2 Pro dvd image will have all you need and is available for free legal downlaod from Novell -- HERE> --- DO NOT GO NEAR GENTOO or DEBIAN
If you need any help with linux dont be afraid to drop a line --- i use it for like 5 hours a day and have done for 3 years
Linux also has the best ever Audio player == amaroK == it is very like iTunes but IMO better
If you need any help with linux dont be afraid to drop a line --- i use it for like 5 hours a day and have done for 3 years
Linux also has the best ever Audio player == amaroK == it is very like iTunes but IMO better
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name='JNewell_' said:
ok well a command line is where you enter text such as
gpg -c file which commands program to encypt a file
its quiet difficult to learn, your much better off going for the graphical user interface version
my linux freak friend gave me this link
http://www.iol.ie/~padraiga/cmdline.html
of all the linux commands
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name='JNewell_' said:thats what i thought it was, looks like what i want
good luck with it
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name='JNewell_' said:thnx 1 more day till mobo, im so excited to do all of this, my moms puter has been holding me down i just cant wait
haha yes well when you get your computer back why dont you, download it now and burn it on to a disc then when you build your computer boot up from the cd and there you have linux, or mabye set it up as a dual boot
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