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Best linux distro??
baggab:
I would say "how analytical are you?" Are you ready for some headaches? I just spend a day making the on-board sound card work for RH 8.0, with a lot of help from LUG contacts. 75% was me and 25% was machine.
I am in the process of migration from windows. Millenium / Red Hat 8.0 on one Dual boot system and Koppix 3.2 / Red Hat 8.0 on an other system.
I just went through this debate at my Linux User Group (LUG.) I would ask you if you have a LUG near you?
I would choose the free one of these: Mandrake, Red Hat, Koppix. In that order. What do I mean free? The copy you get from you local LUG.
Just load it and see which one finds the hardware best. I would look into a external modem, what kind of video card you have, and remember fdisk /MBR. You may need that!
[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: baggab ]
[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: baggab ]
Stryker:
This is one of those topics we don't mind multiple posts for? There has to be at least 30 of them.
aw well, I'd go with RH9. as it supports almost all hardware (all on my machines) and is very user friendly. (and I hate mandrake for some unknown reason)
Stryker:
I just got done with a search, you might want to try some of these...
http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000067
http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000101
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neo_x500:
So, I'm going for mandrake linux, and I don't really know what to do in these ftp sites. Where is the image files, are we supposed to use the rpms or is there a simplier way, like an iso or something?
TheQuirk:
quote:Originally posted by baggab:
I would say "how analytical are you?" Are you ready for some headaches? I just spend a day making the on-board sound card work for RH 8.0, with a lot of help from LUG contacts. 75% was me and 25% was machine.
I am in the process of migration from windows. Millenium / Red Hat 8.0 on one Dual boot system and Koppix 3.2 / Red Hat 8.0 on an other system.
I just went through this debate at my Linux User Group (LUG.) I would ask you if you have a LUG near you?
I would choose the free one of these: Mandrake, Red Hat, Koppix. In that order. What do I mean free? The copy you get from you local LUG.
Just load it and see which one finds the hardware best. I would look into a external modem, what kind of video card you have, and remember fdisk /MBR. You may need that!
[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: baggab ]
[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: baggab ]
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Don't you mean "Knoppix"?
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