Would anyone be interested in seeing how I've got portage working on this Archlinux box? You can play around with it then
lemme tell you something....
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- Chris Corbyn
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I've had awful experience installing SuSE. Because it uses a graphical interface in the framebuffer right from the point you stick the CD in. It really didn't like my OnBoard laptop graphics card with the FB it was using
I had a black screen with some faint blue areas moving around for the entire install. If I hadn't already installed it on a fair few boxes I would have been screwed but luckily I did it from memory.
Would anyone be interested in seeing how I've got portage working on this Archlinux box? You can play around with it then
Would anyone be interested in seeing how I've got portage working on this Archlinux box? You can play around with it then
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Charles256
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LOL. HERE's one for you kiddies
I jsut reformatted my hard drive, installed windows, installed SuSe. I boot up into SuSe and everything is working great anbd I'm going to patch it soon.. I boot into windows and guess what? It is denying existence of my network card yet SuSe is all over it and here I type this in from there.. LOL. Freaking horrible..goooo windows! 
I have made the switch to Linux on last August.
I've installed the Hoary Hedgehog (5.04) Ubuntu.
What a piece of software!
I would recommend it to everyone who wants to switch from Windows to Linux without too much trouble.
For those that have trouble with everything-not-GUI, this is the distro for you. Even installing and upgrading applications or upgrading the OS couldn't get easier with the Synaptic application manager...
Apart of that, it runs very nice with XFCE, so even those of you with old hardware won't have trouble with running an enviorment similar to WinXP by the looks and usage.
Ubuntu's great, really.
I've installed the Hoary Hedgehog (5.04) Ubuntu.
What a piece of software!
I would recommend it to everyone who wants to switch from Windows to Linux without too much trouble.
For those that have trouble with everything-not-GUI, this is the distro for you. Even installing and upgrading applications or upgrading the OS couldn't get easier with the Synaptic application manager...
Apart of that, it runs very nice with XFCE, so even those of you with old hardware won't have trouble with running an enviorment similar to WinXP by the looks and usage.
Ubuntu's great, really.
- Chris Corbyn
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/Starts digging up old thread that's now off-topicMaugrim_The_Reaper wrote:You should try Ubuntu for one the friendliest Linux experiences I've ever seen. Well, except for compiling PHP anyway (weird package naming and paths in Hoary Hedgehog at least)
Installed Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) last night. Love what I see so far.... got some minor annoyances though.
* The install isn't as flexible as the Gentoo install.... I did switch framebuffers and do some hacking around but it seemed to mess up the first framebuffer console
* Too many things installed by default... even things I can't use with my hardware (I guess it's hard to please everyone)
* apt-get seems *a lot* less flexible than Gentoo's portage.... but then again, with portage you have the drawback of waiting for things to compile (hours sometimes)
* Maybe I missed something but I didn't seem to be able to skip the Grub auto-installation so I could do it myself. The goal was a Gentoo-Ubuntu dual boot
Positives:
* Ok it's only asthetics and you can do this with any distro but still.... "out of the box" everything is themed to look fantastically pleasing on the eye
* Pretty much ready to use out of the box.... good for a desktop system.... maybe unneeded for servers
* Quick to install things
I'll soley use this for the next few weeks then I'll decide which is better for me.
First impressions though: Gentoo == Nice for servers vs Ubuntu == Great Desktop Distro
yeah Ubuntu is made so that any computer illiterate person can try it out and install it with ease. Debian is almost as hard (but not quite) to install as Gentoo, so it is usually a turn off for most people. That is why they made Ubuntu install easily compared to Debian, which in the end probably does lessen flexibility
I dont know what happened with you, but Grub installed fine on my computer. I have a Ubuntu/Windows XP dual boot.
As you see by Ubuntu's Bug #1, it is Ubuntu's goal to introduce linux into a normal user market and to rid Microsoft of the desktop monopoly. I agree with you that it is a desktop distro and maybe not the best server distro, however the use of apt to install stuff like apache and php (which took 2 seconds) are things about it that are easy for people who want to learn and maintain a small server. Most large scale hosting companies use RH9 Enterprise anyways.
Also, i would highly recommend using apt to install KDE. The easiest way would be to just do but there are different things you can do as well. See this link: InstallingKDE I prefer KDE as my desktop suite, so i use KDE rather than GNOME, however i still use alot of GNOME aps
Glad you liked it so far though. Also, you can order a dozen or so CDs and give it to your friends/family so they can experience Ubuntu first hand as well
. Since you live in England, they would arrive quickly, Ubuntu is made on the Isle of Man
I dont know what happened with you, but Grub installed fine on my computer. I have a Ubuntu/Windows XP dual boot.
As you see by Ubuntu's Bug #1, it is Ubuntu's goal to introduce linux into a normal user market and to rid Microsoft of the desktop monopoly. I agree with you that it is a desktop distro and maybe not the best server distro, however the use of apt to install stuff like apache and php (which took 2 seconds) are things about it that are easy for people who want to learn and maintain a small server. Most large scale hosting companies use RH9 Enterprise anyways.
Also, i would highly recommend using apt to install KDE. The easiest way would be to just do
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sudo apt-get kubuntu-desktopGlad you liked it so far though. Also, you can order a dozen or so CDs and give it to your friends/family so they can experience Ubuntu first hand as well