Linux

Posted by: Nuno Baptista on 03 January 2008

I have Open Suse 10.3 on my desktop and so far I am very happy.It is friendly user,easy to work and is open source!Unlike Windows,you don t worry anymore about more memory,another better graphic card for games,etc.I think the sucess of Windows is based mainly on Microsoft marketing!Linux all the way...

Posted on: 03 January 2008 by Guido Fawkes

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I think the sucess of Windows is based mainly on Microsoft marketing!

Yes - it is purely marketing - but that's the way of the world.

Posted on: 03 January 2008 by Whizzkid

Nuno,

Welcome to the world of Free Software and Linux, I started with Suse 8.2 and have tried many distro's over the past 5 years. I don't use Windows at all, though I do have a dual boot PC. At the moment I use the imaginatively titled PCLinuxOS and for me its the easiest to install and use but OpenSuse is not far off. The main beauty of Linux is that if you like to get your hands dirty you can cofigure 'till your hearts content and it is usable on any PC. Oh! and its FREE.

Here's a few sites that might be of interest.

http://www.google.com/linux
http://www.linuxforums.org/
http://www.kde-look.org/
http://distrowatch.com/
http://www.gnu.org/
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/

Dean....LINUX RULES OK.

Posted on: 03 January 2008 by Guido Fawkes

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though I do have a dual boot PC

Me too - Mac OS X and Amiga OS - I like Linux too.

Posted on: 03 January 2008 by Nuno Baptista

Wizzkid,
Thank you for the sites.
As soon as I got time,I will search through it.
Computers like Hi Fi can be a hobby,if you do not waste lots of money in useless upgrades!
BTW,now I have a dual boot system,Win XP and Linux!I did the Suse installation by myself,with the help of Open Suse tutorial!But it was fun,however I spent most time trying to install Ubuntu through a LIVE DVD and then I give up!
I spent a hard time trying to install Ubuntu,I must say!

Posted on: 03 January 2008 by Andrew Randle

Ubuntu Linux here, modified with Beryl Desktop Manager and Conky.

Andrew

Posted on: 04 January 2008 by nap-ster

I have used Linux through from RedHat 5.2 over to SuSE and recently went over to Ubuntu.

To be honest Ubuntu using the install CD is just as easy as SuSE to install. Anyone wanting a taster of Linux but not wanting to install it immediately on their hard drive should really try something like knoppix.

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-info/index-en.html

Posted on: 04 January 2008 by Whizzkid

quote:
Originally posted by Nuno Baptista:
Wizzkid,
Thank you for the sites.
As soon as I got time,I will search through it.
Computers like Hi Fi can be a hobby,if you do not waste lots of money in useless upgrades!
BTW,now I have a dual boot system,Win XP and Linux!I did the Suse installation by myself,with the help of Open Suse tutorial!But it was fun,however I spent most time trying to install Ubuntu through a LIVE DVD and then I give up!
I spent a hard time trying to install Ubuntu,I must say!

Nuno,

I've found installing from live Cd's a pain in the arse as well, try getting Gentoo's installer to work Arrggh, I buy Linux Format and the usually have new releases on a DVD or I download the install CD's from the distro's sites.

Dean..

Posted on: 04 January 2008 by Whizzkid

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Originally posted by ROTF:
quote:
though I do have a dual boot PC

Me too - Mac OS X and Amiga OS - I like Linux too.

ROTF,

You have Mac dual booting with Amiga OS, I'm impressed

Dean..

Posted on: 05 January 2008 by Nuno Baptista

And Banshee music player on Linux is just great.You can get recommended artists while playing your tracks,similar to those you are listening.(100% similar,80% similar,etc.)Even when you click on the recommended artists,you hear a small sample .

Posted on: 07 January 2008 by Guido Fawkes

quote:
Originally posted by Whizzkid:

You have Mac dual booting with Amiga OS, I'm impressed

Dean..

Yes - well it is cheating a bit, but the details are here.

Posted on: 07 January 2008 by Whizzkid

quote:
Originally posted by ROTF:
quote:
Originally posted by Whizzkid:

You have Mac dual booting with Amiga OS, I'm impressed

Dean..

Yes - well it is cheating a bit, but the details are here.

Seems a bit like an Amiga OS virtual live cd, which interacts with a pre-installed window manager on you OSX. Now I'm seriously impressed you must love Amiga OS to do all that.

Dean..