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Linux. Going to take a serious look at it.

I'm getting dizzy 8-)

I'm wondering if I can't update and install some of the software packages (*.bz2) cause I'm using a non-registered Corp edition. Here's the kicker...

The guy who gives out the corp liscence is out on vacation, so I have option 2, connect to the VPN and run a corp update which will then register my system. Problem is, all the VPN software is geared toward 32 bit and I'm running 64 bit. The work arounds require additional software to be loaded, which is installed by a software manager called YUM, however, YUM isn't installed, so I have to install it. And ... (I may be wrong....) but it looks like Up2Date is Red Hat's replacement for YUM and you guessed it, Up2Date won't run till it's registered :-D But hey, if my sytstem was registered, I wouldn't need YUM :o

:smt100


Hey Vic, Welcome to the party :lol:
 
CNR is by far the most user-friendly package management system available, with a highly intuitive interface, rational descriptions and a rating system, which makes it much easier to decide between the many versions of software for each task
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Yeah, rub it in Vic :-D

(I miss Mandrake :crying: )
 
StoveBolts said:
Hey Vic, Welcome to the party :lol:
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LOl.. well, I would keep my XP OS for work connectivity. The Linspire OS would be for entertainment purposes.

Jeff, I was introduced to the then named Lindows a few years ago when I decided to buy a preinstalled PC new for...$199.00. :o Nothing to lose; I would just dump it and install a copy of 2000 and use it as a standby workstation for the Central Station. But I kept it in the Tech Room and played with it for a few months. I dumped it and reinstalled it a couple of times just to get a feel of how it installs.

When it became Linspire is when I grabbed a hold of their ISO32. I had to jump through a few hoops myself with drivers and such, but came out the other side with all cylinders working. I was even able to get a copy of a Tandem terminal emulator that worked as well as the Windows version. :-D

Fortunately I'm not using anything out of the ordinary. Sound Blaster and NVidia w/s video out to my TV and stereo. Onboard Realtek NIC shouldn't be a hassle. Getting used to Gimp as my graphics editing tool will be my biggest thorn. Managing the multimedia shouldn't be too much of a hassle. As long as I can view videos and listen to my MP3s I'm cool. I doubt my Sandisk Sansa has Linux software for it's file converter. Man, the blasted software didn't even work on 2000! :crazyeyes:
 
Up and running! It detected everything! I opted for Freespire. For some reason, my good ol' linspire ISO just didn't want to load anymore. :-? Now all I have to do is tweak the firewall and do some customizing. 8-)
 
All I see are taillights way off in the distance. :oops:
:-D

CnR? Gotta find out more.
/Rick hits the net.
 
Potluck said:
All I see are taillights way off in the distance. :oops:
:-D

CnR? Gotta find out more.
/Rick hits the net.
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Man, you don't know what I went through the last 24 hours. First the CD drive wouldn't read the cd. The install kept stalling. Kept telling me; Fatal error, cd search failed. :o So I rebuilt the ISO... then it stalled saying it couldn't mount the HDD, What? I had enough of failures to mount drives when I used to install and run Novell 3.12. I learned networking on Novell and IBM's OS/2. :crazyeyes:

So I downloaded and burnt a cd of Freespire. Nice. 8-) I don't know if I'm going to spring for CnR. This package has just about all I need for now. OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Real Player 10, firewall, a nice IM package and some decent photo and multimedia tools.

I do miss Windows File management though. :-?

Now I go to sleep. :-D
 
Well, I'm laughing my tail off!

I finally got my corp key for Red Hat, ran the updates, and I was in no better a position than before the updates :o

So, I'm asking our Corp Linux guru which flavor of linux he recomends... KUbuntu 8 :-D

So, I loaded it yesterday and it took a whole 20 minutes?... Then it took another half hour or so to customize it and download the latest updates. So far soo good! What a breeze!

Bye bye Red Hat :-D
 
I know! I ran it Live off the CD just to see what I can do. Then I clicked on the "Install" icon on the desktop. I have Ubuntu 8.04.1. Many people say the KDE desktop is nicer, but I fell right into the Gnome. It was very intuitive for me. Of course, I added my personal touches to the look and feel of it, but why not? :-D

Automatic updating? Cool! The Synaptic package manager (add/remove programs) has a nice touch to it and a load of apps are at your disposal. The file management system is more to my liking also.

It had all the drivers I needed, so far. Tonight, I will see how it reacts when I plug in my Sansa. This weekend, I will put the OS through the "Vic" tests. :lol: Freespire failed miserably. I locked it up twice trying to create a slideshow from some photos and once trying to install WINE.

News at 11... haha :-D
 
Already hosed video drivers trying to install Nvidia GeForce MX 4000. Ubuntu recognized the card. downloaded the proper drivers (or so it thought) but couldn't resolve resolution issues between VGA and Svideo outputs. It kept defaulting to 640 x 480! :o Eventually I hosed all drivers (including my SIS driver, which worked fine).

Removed MX 4000 and then repaired X-server to resolve SIS driver issue. :smt017 Downloaded Linux driver from nvidia,com but just not in the mood to attempt to install driver. Hmm... don't really need svideo out to TV right now anyway. :fadein:
 
Yeah, it'll dual boot.
I don't know how successful another install on the same physical drive would be though. Never tried it. But it does work if installed to separate drives.

How did you get unallocated space?
During openSUSE install I unplugged the other 3 drives and gave Linux a 20 gig partition leaving the rest of the 250 gig drive space unallocated. When all was installed I wound up with 4 more Linux partitions. No clue what or why but obviously openSUSE had a field day slicing, dicing, mixing and matching the rest of the empty space.
2 g
20 g
191 g
71 meg

:smt102
 
:-D

Two 40G drives. One was disconnected when I did the install. I plugged it back in and rebooted, Ubuntu detected it, asked me if I wanted to partition, format and mount it. LOL, I accidentally formatted it for FAT32. I mounted it right from the file manager's GUI. Didn't have to open up the command line console... yay! Drive is now sitting there dumb and happy just waiting for me to something with it. hehehe 8-)
 
So far so good with KUbuntu!

I haven't configured a firewall, but this looks like a good article.
http://www.linux.com/articles/55319

Wine has never been soo easy to install :D It's actually part of the Menu 8-)

In KDE, click on the Start Menu (for a lack of a better term :-D ) and select "System Settings". Under advance, click "Wine" and install. It's that easy!

To install a windoz app, just install it as you normally would! I have already installed SwordSearcher and it runs without any issues at all! Way too easy!. All I can say is wow! Next question is, do I want to install Office :lol:
 
Why bother with Office. You should already have OpenOffice and if not, it's free from Sun and other download sites. It may be listed in the package manager for download and install.

I installed Bible Time for KDE. I can run many KDE apps, I found out. :) The amount of Bible versions, lexicons, dictionaries, commentaries, devotionals, etc. available was large. ... and books too! Yes, I got books of Josephus right there inside Bible Time.

Jeff, thanks for the link. :D
 
Heh, LOL on the Office. Actually, I don't really like Office 2007, I just wanted to see if it would install :wink: Also, I've got OpenOffice installed (default install) which I like better for word documents than Microsoft anyway :)

I'll have to check out Bible Time for KDE. Never heard of it before... I like the fact that it has books! I'll check it out! Thanks :D
 
Wow, Installing Bible Time was just way too easy! (It's in Add - remove programs, just search "bible" :wink: )

The only thing that really confused me was after it installed, and I selected the bibles, commentary, books etc that I wanted loaded, I didn't know you were supposed to click, "Install works". I thought that "Install Works" meant, "Install the whole kitten kabootal :-D NOT! :lol:

I'm downloaded the versions as we speak, then I'll go for the commentary and the books 8-)

It's cool! Thanks Vic!
 
StoveBolts said:
Wow, Installing Bible Time was just way too easy! (It's in Add - remove programs, just search "bible" :wink: )

The only thing that really confused me was after it installed, and I selected the bibles, commentary, books etc that I wanted loaded, I didn't know you were supposed to click, "Install works". I thought that "Install Works" meant, "Install the whole kitten kabootal :-D NOT! :lol:

I'm downloaded the versions as we speak, then I'll go for the commentary and the books 8-)

It's cool! Thanks Vic!
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LOL, anything checked is a "work" but you already know that now. I didn't selectively install bibles, then commentaries, then books, etc; I just scrolled down the list and checked offed anything that looked good, then sat down and watched TV for 15-20 mins. :-D

Hey, it's for free, right? 8-) Actually, I'd probably throw a little cash into the dev pools. :) One thing I learned as a Christian is "nothing is for free!"
 
LOL,

Well, as far as what ever I checked as being a work, I know I unchecked a whole bunch of versions I've never heard of :-D

When I clicked the "Install works", I was just testing it to make sure it didn't install the Whole Works :-D You know, click and test now, read later :)
 
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