Forum: The Classroom
Topic: Which Linux for a first time?
started by: Rol3x
Posted by Rol3x on Jul. 23 2000,23:59
Im assuming we've got some relatively experianced Linux users who frequently post on here, so my question to you is this: What is a good version of Linux to get for someone whos never used before? Ive heard everything from Slackware to Redhat, so give me some advice.
Posted by cr0bar on Jul. 24 2000,01:30
RedHat or Mandrake. In that order.------------------
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Posted by Rol3x on Jul. 24 2000,01:53
Thats what i was leaning tawords. I was going to wait a bit, and get Redhat 6.2 or if by then 6.3 was out, get that.what does everyone here use?
Posted by Sithiee on Jul. 24 2000,02:20
DONT USE LINUX, IT SUCKS!
Posted by Happyfish on Jul. 24 2000,02:41
If you're going to try and install Linux I suggest you check a combatibility list and make sure your hardware will work with the latest distro. Otherwise you may have to d/l drivers and recompile the kernel and such. Which is fine if you can handle all that. I can't and gave up. Linux does suck in compared to Windows in terms of ease of installation and support.
Posted by directhex on Jul. 24 2000,15:09
for first time, i'd say corel.but then, i don't run linux. i dual-boot win98&beos go on. try an ALTERNATIVE alternative os. --jo
Posted by j0eSmith on Jul. 25 2000,04:18
Just how IS BEos anyway? What does it support? how easy is the install/setup? what does it excell @ etc?------------------
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Posted by Willy Pete on Jul. 25 2000,07:42
BeOS has a very strong focus on multimedia, that's where the company is aiming at for a target market at least and that's what they're touting.
If you want security, go for FreeBSD, but you'll need to cut your teeth on one of the more common flavours like RedHat or Corel as it's not as user friendly.------------------
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Posted by Willy Pete on Jul. 25 2000,07:58
Try these: < http://linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/index.html >
< http://www.linux.com/firststep/ > An analysis of bugs per distro: < http://www.securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20000724.html > Very Good one: Good links and help files for newbies like how to set up your SBlive card etc. < http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ >
Posted by Kolben on Jul. 25 2000,17:41
If you've got an ABIT motherboard I'd suggest you go for the release of their new Linux. One of my friends is running it. He said that it was a very easy installation, and that it has support for lotsa lotsa hardware. Actually thinking about running it myself...when I get the time to fuck up my system, that is 
Posted by directhex on Aug. 18 2000,06:04
whoo. haven't been HERE in a while. anyways, beos looks and feels like mac os, without compromising on things like command prompts. everything is where it should be, it looks nice. unfortunately, it dosen't have as much hardware support as windoze (but if it's recent it should work), or software. try < www.beware.com > , < www.bebits.com > and < http://tucows.enta.net/beos/index.html > for a look at what you can get.however, what it DOES do it does well. it'll format a 1gb hdd to cdda partition in the time it takes to make an apple floppy - 5secs on my p133. it's mainly used for the things you'd use a mac for like drawing and muzaak. installing depends on version. 5pe is a 42mb download, installs into a 0.5gb file on yer c drive, and boots by double-clicking the beos icon from windoze. i never had any trouble installing. pro edition costs money, works on mac or pc, and will work in a partition (but so will pe if u load up a terminal window and type "installer"), as well as having loads of extra progs and drivers. but when it comes down to it, does YOUR os allow you to drag&drop cd tracks as wave files without needing extra software? --directhex ------------------
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Posted by Tsupa on Sep. 11 2000,16:11
If you are actually going to pay money for an OS.. just go buy you a Sun Sparc 20 ... or better.. an Ultra 60 (lmao)
Posted by kuru on Sep. 11 2000,18:09
you should get unicos... but then you'd need a cray to put it on and a compiler license and well it would be a big hassle..
seriously, i recommend red hat for a first timer, it's what i used and it seemed to be fairly user friendly.
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Posted by Jobby on Sep. 11 2000,18:50
quote:
Originally posted by directhex:
but when it comes down to it, does YOUR os allow you to drag&drop cd tracks as wave files without needing extra software?--directhex
Windows 95/98 (Not sure about NT/2000). Search for 'CDFS.VXD' on the search engine of your choice Jobby
Posted by BLacK-JEsuS on Sep. 12 2000,00:29
windblowes si sucks, use lunix!!@
Posted by Observer on Sep. 12 2000,00:43
Believe it or not, Lunix (Little Unix) is an actual operating system recently revised for the C64/128. Just thought I'd bring that up.------------------
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Posted by kuru on Sep. 12 2000,01:15
zealots of any type are not usually very impressive.i stick by the belief that the best OS is the one that gets the job done. ------------------
kuru
'if your children ever found out how lame you are, they'd kill you in your sleep.' -frank zappa
Posted by pengu1nn on Sep. 12 2000,13:09
i would have to say Corel is the easiest to install/setup. and is the most user friendly for the first timer.
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