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Distro help. Please?
Dark_Me:
*Ahem*
--- Quote ---I took the Linux Distribution Choser test and got:
Mandriva
PCLinuxOS
Linspire
Xandros
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The qutoes from snipe.net. Donno where she got it from. You could always ask her...
EDIT: oh and I'm getting Ubuntu now, so that's the distro problem solved. I hope...
Now what else to get?
Dark_Me:
EDIT: I decided that this was a stupid post.
Dark_Me:
--- Quote ---I've tried ubuntu, and (for what it's worth) here's my opinion:
Installation
This was pretty easy and like Vector Linux and Windows XP it didn't give me very much choice, so on this front it's very newb friendly, and everything worked apart from my NTL cable modem.
Configureation
I still had to edit some text files to get things to work the way I like so on this front it isn't ver newb friendly.
General use
Not too bad, GNOME is fairly easy to use and most tasks are point and click.
Overall
Ok, a fairly average newb distro, but I wouldn't recommend it to a tru newb as you often still have to edit text files to get things working the way you want.
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I found this and would just lke to say that code doesn't scare me it's just that when I see it I have no idea what I'm looking at. Thanks for this Aloone_Jonez. Again I would just like to say that any resources on GNU/Linux or coding would be greatly appreciated.
KernelPanic:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---:confused:
Edit:
Was that aimed at me or the origional poster?
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Nope, it was aimed at evryone and anyone.
Search, then post. That's the motto.
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---And why can't this shit be moved?
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The truthful answer is because I have better things to do with my life, but I also prefer not to mess with people threads when it is not absolutely nessesary.
You asking me to merge it isn't a mandate for it to happen.
Pathos:
--- Quote from: Dark_Me ---Using my drives like you suggested would be great but I need to dual boot with Windows XP as I'm not the only user of this comp and I'm too lazy/incompetent to sort out any formatting/compatabilty issues that may arise. So for now the evil stays. That and right now everything is everywhere in respect to my drives. Gotta sort them. I need my own box.
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No problem, I have XP on my original 40gig Disc. I bought a 80 disc and installed vectorLinux on it. The stock install recognised XP and next time I booted I was given the lilo boot option screen. easy as.
I haven't got any experience with having more than one version of linux installed they may override each others boot setup when installing but this is easy to fix/reconfigure.
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