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Red Hat?
Unforgiven1:
I know what brand everything is...and trust me, I'm more than competent at opening a case and finding out.
but I hate linux already! I got everything good to go, and the installer started...and then it loads vmlinuz and freezes. The other disk, loads to a blue screen with some directions on the bottom and freezes. I think I'm going to stop trying to be cheap here and just run out and buy red hat 9 and one of those nice how to books. (I saw the disks come with the books...very nice)
Faust:
Yeah Red Hat is pretty good. I would recomend either Red Hat or Mandrake. Maybe Red Hat because they have money... ;) I am not a big Red Hat fan btw, but I'm sure everyone else here can give you a hand.
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I've seen the light and decided to make the switch. I attempted to install debian GNU/Linux last night..but something was wrong server side and it messed up..
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Debian is a **** of a distro for a newbie. I use it now and love it but I wouldn't have been able to install it at all if it weren't for my experience in Mandrake.
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but I don't even know if it's command line or GUI.
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The command line will be necessary for any "low down" admin that you cant do from Webmin etcetera, but Red Hat is fully graphical - most Linux distros are, but you started with Debian which doesnt exactly bring in graphics "early" in the install process. How do you think we watch our movies?
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(I do a little C++ and COBOL programming, and alot of Javascripting)
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He. Yeah Linux has more than enough development tools. At the moment I'm playing with Haskell, Eiffel and C++, not to mention that if you want to see how an OS is programmed you can download the full GNU/Linux source. Not as much RAD tools/IDE's as Windows, but we do have KDevelop and Kylix (and a few others.) Also, COBOL??? You work in COBOL??? Everyone else says it cant be done....
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10 minutes without learning a new way to break winsuck
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Everyone has that problem, it's prob not your fault. :)
Re:burning ISO's, it can be hard to get them working from a Windows burner. Linuxiso.com has a few guides, basically you need to find a way to burn it bootable and readable. Having a single "name.iso" file on the disk is *not* the same as burning off the iso - basically an iso just describes how to burn the disk. You could always try grabbing a copy for cheap off a nearby online store - I got Debian for $25, (I could have gone with the burned not pressed copies for a lot less) and that was 7 cds.
Faust:
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and then it loads vmlinuz and freezes.
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Anyone know what the problem could be here? My guess is the CD's are fucked or you may need to play with the BIOS or your hardware may be unsorported... Still sounds a bit scary...
Unforgiven1:
now that's an informative post :D
I'm a student at Kettering. and no...COBOL can't be done...but for some reason the professors all think it can be *spares long personal rant*
I found redhat for $30 and a big ass thick book today at barnes and noble. perhaps I'll go pick it up. Seems like slapping a disk in the ROM drive is alot easier than this.
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I think the disk is fucked up. I checked all the hardware, and it's all supported. except maybe my mouse...I'll switch and see if that helps. If not...I'll try mandrake next. and if that fails too..then I don't know.
[ August 05, 2003: Message edited by: Unforgiven1 ]
Faust:
Eh, I dont think a faulty mouse should be hanging a computer... Somehow... ;)
Proffessors who teach COBOL. Gotta love obsessives and their pet languages.
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Totally off topic, man I love American bookstores like Barnes and Noble... Not that good for "alt" books but still beats the hell outta Dymocks. They give you actual chairs to sit and read in! And they're so big! So many books.....
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