Just installed Linux

**Useless Hacker** · 17-12-2002, 08:37 PM

Well, last Friday, I fitted a new harddisk, and installed Mandrake Linux 9.0! Finally I can give up on Windows... well not quite. Havn't got the modem to work yet, though I'm downloading the (hopefully correct) drivers. A couple of other problems I've had are firstly that the monitor alignment has to be adjusted when I switch from windows to Linux, and secondly, if I attempt to access the DVD-ROM drive when it is empty, the 'read' light comes on permanently and the system almost freezes, which is not good. This doesn't happen with the CD-RW and floppy drives however. Apart from that it's fine.

**Armand** · 18-12-2002, 02:56 AM

I have a tri boot both at work and at home.

Windows 98 se
Windows 2000
Linux Debain

I'm thinking of dropping the 98. I just dont use it overly much anymore.

I'm curious. Why did you choose mandrake?
I havn't played with that distro.

Armand

**Useless Hacker** · 18-12-2002, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Armand

I'm curious. Why did you choose mandrake?
I havn't played with that distro.

Mainly because it came on the PC Plus DVD from the January 2003 issue (Why are computer magasines always a month or two ahead of everybody else?). Also, I read that Mandrake and SuSE are the easiest disros to install.

I got the modem driver downloaded and installed and I think it's OK, but I haven't had time to test it yet.

**Useless Hacker** · 18-12-2002, 12:53 PM

I was going to download an updated GeForce 4 driver, but there seem to be three versions: UP, SMP and Enterprise. Anyone know what the difference is and which I probably have?

**Useless Hacker** · 18-12-2002, 09:40 PM

I am now officially viewing this site in Linux!!

**Useless Hacker** · 18-12-2002, 10:03 PM

Here's a screenshot.

**TheLion** · 18-12-2002, 11:08 PM

Ahhhhh good old KDE!

**Armand** · 19-12-2002, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by Useless Hacker

I read that Mandrake and SuSE are the easiest disros to install.

I've heard that as well but It can be a bit fiddly to keep going smothly.

I like Debian because of Apt-get.
Wonderful little package manager.

my tipical sinaro is.
try to run something.
the something says you need blah.
apt-get install blah
something will now run.

you can also upgrade easly by useing apt-get update.
It also most of the time gets the dependincies right.

But eh. Thats just my thoughts.

{Appolgies for the lack of coherance. Sat up _Way_ to late codeing a map editor last night. (Note I need a sleepy Emoticon)}

**Karaman** · 17-02-2003, 05:15 PM

I am using WinXP and Slackware

perfect combination

LP · 19-02-2003, 06:57 AM

I and Linux played football, round called "Installation Process". Linux RedHat 7.3. The results were: 1:11 (failed 11 times, could install only 1) Installing... in the middle of install, super crash! another install... I change to Disc 2, system lock up... third install, crash in configuration screen... etc. hopefully, my football game was more "successful" with Mandrake - it was only 2:3. I've also played with Linux 7.0 - don't remember the score back then

I also installed once Solaris, I won that game at 1:0

anyway, although Linux is closer to the heart and I have to use it from time to time, its interfaces are and will be still very far from those in Windoze

they'll also have a lot of things to improve - installation (fix the damn bugs!), Library-Hell, and include the #&%*^#@ antialiased font support!