Thread: Linux, whats it like?

I have used SuSE extensively, mandrake and debian quite a bit, and RedHat a little.

I find Mandrake is more likely to partially support something in a buggy fashion, whereas SuSE is mre likely to hold off on releasing something until it is at least reliable enough that a user need not be a linux guru to work with it.

I've used debian and redhat as servers, and I prefer debian as a server distro.

hold up, u mean this 640mb file i'm dloading is ONE of THREE?!!!

i now have a new reson to cling to windowz

Originally posted by Ride -or- Die
hold up, u mean this 640mb file i'm dloading is ONE of THREE?!!!

i now have a new reson to cling to windowz

Touting my fave again.. The SuSE install can be started using (usually) 3 floppy disks (boot, mod1 (for reiserfs), and mod3 (for your network card). You have to download the packages once you start installing of course, but you can download just a minimal install at first and get the rest later.

By the way I find the Georgia Tech mirror to be the best.

btw in case that wasn't clear a CD image is 640 megs whereas a floppy image is 1.4 megs.

i'm sold, got a link?

Originally posted by Ride -or- Die
i'm sold, got a link?

why dont you try finding stuff on your own no offense but your going to have to get used to that if your going to be using linux... answers dont come from the heavens they come from google and in your case why dont you check out the distro's homepage and check their installation guide where you will find clear and conscise information on what to do if you want to web install

by the way since your on 56k you might want to avoid mandrake, suse or redhat due to the fact that they require at least a (0.7-1) gig install to be functionnal

Yes, if you are faint of heart or wrist than don't use Linux, but use Microsoft. It was made for you.

I'd still recommend you stay with either redhat or mandrake. despite the fact of broken packages, they are still the newbies linux. They are the easiest to install and come with all the packages that he could want. Since your new to linux, don't try the floppy disk install, your making things harder for yourself, plus you dont want to be saying, damn, i cant install this because i didn't download a package thats dependant on x. just download the iso's for your distro, burn them, boot them and follow on screen instructions.

There are manuals for everything you need to get started. to find a list of commands type

help

or

man <command>

for example:

man ls

Once you've learned one linux, generally you've learned the lot, you can switch quite easily. The location of things may change a little bit, but the commands are still generally the same.

I usually do try my best to find it on my own, but he obviously already had a link.

I have decided on SUSE, i will probably try both mandrake and RH once i get my cable line (god knows when that is)

Originally posted by Troll_King
Yes, if you are faint of heart or wrist than don't use Linux, but use Microsoft. It was made for you.

Now, now, thats really not a good mindset. If Linux is ever going to get high quality commercial applications (IE Will Linux binaries be on the Red Alert 3 discs?) then we are going to have to ditch this "Oh look at me I use Linux and you can't" attitiude. Microsoft is an evil empire, but they do manage to give their end users a nonthreatening experience (the fact that it comes preinstalled helps ofcourse)

If my dad could migrate then anyone CAN do it, it is just a matter of tweaking the image and providing decent (non-arrogant) support.

Some people would contend that Linux is a server/developer OS and has no place on an end-user's desktop, but those people are about three years ago. With recent applications like StarOffice and Ximian Gnome, Linux' ability to perform as a workstation for marketroids, administrati, and other non-geeks is shaping up quite nicely, and should be encouraged.

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I don't know what to say about that, but I do know that I'll be using Linux for a long time, at least until I can build my own OS. I'm doing a comparative study of all the major OS's but I'll get into more depth with Linux. Personally I'm a newbie for the most part on Linux, and I can't believe what a great OS it is. It also worked with all of my hardware without any problems.

Microsoft has illegal contracts with OEM's. They also have pollinated the planet with advertising assisted by the US government. I don't blame the USA for feeling insecure, since everyone in the world seems to hate them. All of these corrupt multinationals are falling down. I don't know if I care either way because I want to use Linux for research into building my own OS. I'm just damn glad that it is such a good OS. At the same time I know that some of the vendor OS's are more powerful, take Solaris, and it's many to many multi-threading. Linux does not have that level of support...YET! Than again, Linux didn't have a journalizing file system too long ago, now it does. I think that there is no stopping open source. It's hilarious that I can have all of my servers on Linux for free! That just puts everyone to shame. I don't see how the word can't spread, however the last people to know about it will be the ordinary people who are not developers or computer scientists.

Did I mention stability? Mandrake 8.2 is the most stable OS I have ever used.