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wanna change my OS (currently on windobe2000 pro) but need help!
BlackWizzard:
I want to change my OS because i'm actualy on windows2000 pro...It suck!
I would like an easy to use OS, english or frensh version, but i don't know what to choose...
i've try to download freebsd ans netbsb but i don't know how to install it under windoz... :confused:
I need help!!! :eek:
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by BlackWizzard:
I want to change my OS because i'm actualy on windows2000 pro...It suck!
I would like an easy to use OS, english or frensh version, but i don't know what to choose...
i've try to download freebsd ans netbsb but i don't know how to install it under windoz... :confused:
I need help!!! :eek:
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Don't take this the wrong way but if you consider Windows 2000 to be hard, then you may have real trouble with FreeBSD, however, I certainly do not want to discourage you from trying. First of all, you can't install FreeBSD or Linux *under* Windows (unless of course you are running VMWare). You have a couple of choices. Usually you download the CD images and create installation CDs (FreeBSD can also be installed over the internet from a couple of boot floppies, but so can Linux but I do not recommend this unless you are T1 connected or have a good reliable DSL or Cable connection). After you create the CDs you have to boot the computer, either from floppy or from CD (containing the installation disks for the operating system you want to install). Before you do this you have to decide if you want to replace Windows or have the option of booting into either. If you want to have both (dual boot) then you need to repartition your hard drive to allow enough unpartitioned space for the other OS (i.e. shrink your C: drive to create a few GB minimum of free unpartitioned space, I recommend using Partition Magic for this if you have it). You can also add another hard drive if you don't want to modify your partitions on your Windows hard drive.
Then just follow the installation instructions (you might want to go through some of the installation documentation on the web sites you download the OS from and get familiar with the installation process first, most of todays Linux distros are pretty easy without documentation).
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jtpenrod:
It's commendable that you want to free yourself from the Redmond Borg. Did the same thing myself about three weeks ago. I would recommend trying Mandrake Linux instead, it's easier to use than the BSDs, and real easy to install. You can get Mandrake either by downloading the Iso images and burning the CDs. (Doable, but it can take quite a bit of time unless you have a high speed connection, even then, there is always the possibility that the data could be corrupted in transit.) You can order Mandrake from Linux Central (http://linuxcentral.com) The three CD set costs $5.95 + shipping, but you don't get any documentation. (See http://www.mandrakelinux.com to download the documentation: "Mandrake Linux: Installation and User Guide" and "Mandrake Linux: Reference Manual") or you can go to Mandrake Soft and order a boxed set (CDs, documentation, and some cool accessories: mouse pad, stickers, tech support)
The install is not difficult. Simply start Winblows, and place the CD in the tray. The Mandrake installer should start right up. The installer will guide you through the process, show you how to prepare a rescue/boot floppy, and you're on your way. The default install would be best if you've never done this before, and takes care of just about everything. In about 20 minutes or so, you'll be free of His Gatesness forever. I've found that I don't miss him at all.
And yes, Mandrake does have French support. After all. Mandrake Soft *is* a French company :)Linux CentralMandrake Soft
triploop:
What exactly is it you dislike about Windows? Last time I checked, it had better hardware support and drivers backing it up than any other OS - which means if you have recent hardware and want to take full advantage of it, you have to use Winbloze. If you care a lot about games, you will have to use Winbloze - some games work in Mac OS, Linux, etc - but many fewer than for Winbloze, and chances are your favorite game will not work.
If you're just a standard-nobody user, forget Linux! It's a hassle to set up most of the time, and you won't like it any more than Windows. If you want the LEAST hassle, then just use windows! If you want a stable as hell OS, use Linux. If you're not willing to put in hours of time learning it, don't even BOTHER.
jtpenrod:
quote: What exactly is it you dislike about Windows?
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I ran Win 95 for six years. The only complaint I had with it was that I had to remove as many M$ apps as I could in order to get it to work right. I ditched Outlook Express, M$ Office, quit using Internet Explorer, and replaced these with Star Office, Pegasus, and Netscape. Once I did this, I no longer had those BSODs or had to give the three finger salute. Rather odd that the OS ran third party apps better than its own native apps.
Be that as it may, I never saw any reason to change it. Win 98, 2000, ME, NT: nothing there that convinced me that they were any better than Win 95. Also, still using the rig that originally had Win 95 on it (Dell OptiPlex GXa). It still runs perfectly and has never given me any trouble. It wasn't till this spring that I ever gave a thought to changing. That's when I read that His Gatesness was pulling the plug on Win 95: no more tech support. This means that there won't be any more apps being written for it. I could write my own Win 95 apps, and have no one to share them with (or sell them to). I thought that I'd do like everyone else: get a new system with this new thing: Windows XP. Then I heard about WPA. I don't like the "All your data are belong to us" aspect of this. I *really* resent the fact that they are treating me, a loyal, willing, and up till then satisfied customer, like a criminal. If that's the way they're going to treat me, then "Fuck 'em". That's when I decided to go Linux.
quote: Last time I checked, it had better hardware support and drivers backing it up than any other OS - which means if you have recent hardware
and want to take full advantage of it, you have to use Winbloze.
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The *only* hardware Linux couldn't work with was the Lucent Technologies WinModem. That's all I had to replace. On quite a few tech forums, I'm reading a *lot* more complaints about unsupported hardware, and missing drivers, from those who've installed Win XP than I'm reading from users of any other OS.
quote: If you care a lot about games, you will have to use Winbloze
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I don't give a rat's ass about games.
quote: If you're just a standard-nobody user, forget Linux! It's a hassle to set up most of the time, and you won't like it any more than Windows. If you want the LEAST hassle, then just use
windows! If you want a stable as hell OS, use Linux. If you're not willing to put in hours of time learning it, don't even BOTHER.
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What bullshit! Mandrake installed with *no* trouble on this six year old Dell, with 32MB of memory, 2.0GB hard drive, Pentium II - and all the original hardware. With the KDE desktop, Mandrake is *no* more difficult to use than Win 95. Even those old UNIX standbys, Vi and EMACS, that most folks swear at, not by, have GUI frontends that make them no more difficult to use than "Wordpad". At least Mandrake comes with *excellent* documentation; and that's a helluva lot more than Windows. Hell, I had to figure out 90% of it on my own! You've seen that late night info-mercial where that dude is selling those CDs that teach you how to use Windows? He'd be broke and sleeping in a park somewhere if he tried to make a living selling CDs that taught Mandrake users how to use Mandrake! (Probably why he doesn't do it! LOL)
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