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Topic Started: Oct 3 2006, 06:49 AM (184 Views)
hinarei	Oct 3 2006, 06:49 AM Post #1
Defender of MolMol Posts: 8,973 Group: General Member #1 Joined: September 5, 2004	I'm about to take my first tentative steps into the world of opensource. I've got myself a spare computer,and want to install a Linux system on it. Anyone here recommend a good system for a Linux noob?
	Su waits til Tama has children before she eats her "I'm not evil, I'm just hungry!" Kaolla Suu, ah wish ye were whisky, ah would drink ye dry! Thanks Ariel!!


BobCat	Oct 3 2006, 11:47 AM Post #2
Working at EvilCo Posts: 1,551 Group: First Lieutenant Member #7 Joined: September 11, 2004	... Edited by BobCat, Jul 17 2008, 03:55 PM.
	I am a whiny bitch. I was busy deleting all my post content, cos hina didn't ban me.


hinarei	Oct 3 2006, 12:18 PM Post #3
Defender of MolMol Posts: 8,973 Group: General Member #1 Joined: September 5, 2004	I'm going for Knoppix first off... LiveCDs are a great way to test an OS without going through the pain of an installation >< Then if all goes well, next on the agenda will be an installable OS... SUSE or Red Hat seem good bets It's just to get a feel for a different system Not planning on networking it, either (don't have the kit, so I see meself getting through a few CDs. I'm looking forward to this
	Su waits til Tama has children before she eats her "I'm not evil, I'm just hungry!" Kaolla Suu, ah wish ye were whisky, ah would drink ye dry! Thanks Ariel!!


selo	Oct 5 2006, 05:44 PM Post #4
Naru Representin'! Posts: 664 Group: AWOL Member #34 Joined: January 27, 2005	Zzz red hat :P. Try slackware!!



hinarei	Oct 6 2006, 11:56 AM Post #5
Defender of MolMol Posts: 8,973 Group: General Member #1 Joined: September 5, 2004	I'll try anything, selo. Any recommendations, any tips, hints or comments are welcome It's not often I dive into a new OS, so any experience anyone else may have would be helpful
	Su waits til Tama has children before she eats her "I'm not evil, I'm just hungry!" Kaolla Suu, ah wish ye were whisky, ah would drink ye dry! Thanks Ariel!!


hinarei	Oct 12 2006, 09:12 PM Post #6
Defender of MolMol Posts: 8,973 Group: General Member #1 Joined: September 5, 2004	bump-update the install was a success, but not a complete one. By this I mean it went on perfectly well (it too yonks, obviously, but it got there), but I've not really had the time to explore it fully yet. To be honest I've not got past Frozen Bubble :lol: Work's been impinging on my free time quite spectacularly over the past couple weeks, so maybe now wasn't the best time to try this experiment. On the plus side though, I have a week off soon, so I'll have more time to fiddle Formatting and partitioning was something I've only really ever given cursory thought to in the past on Windows systems, so I was pleased to have to put some though in to this bit. Partitions by sectors is a mite more challenging than just lumping in 4Gb, 4Gb, 10Gb like I usually do
	Su waits til Tama has children before she eats her "I'm not evil, I'm just hungry!" Kaolla Suu, ah wish ye were whisky, ah would drink ye dry! Thanks Ariel!!


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