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Installing Linux
HaRuMaN:
I'm running Ubuntu on my laptop (dual boot with XP)... and I like it. It found and installed all the correct drivers itself, including the driver for my onboard wireless.
ChadTower:
The last Linux I used was RedHat as well... had a couple of admin certifications from RH circa 2001 but most of that training went in one ear and out the other as my wife was due to deliver a baby any time that week.
boykster:
I think the linux community dislikes redhat because it "sold out" and went corporate, as well as considering it bloated. to be truly linux 1337 you have to "roll your own" distribution.....and windows mangers (ie graphic user interfaces) are for wimps, command line only.
I like redhat with either KDE or Gnome. I used to be a KDE guy, but the latest Gnome is pretty spiffy.
Glaine:
I mostly just haven't thought about trying other variants because this looked the easiest. I haven't looked at RedHat in sooo long, back when it was thick on using the command line and way over my head for the time. I know DOS, but I know jack about linux.
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 27, 2007, 11:26:16 am ---You probably have to burn that disc as a bootable image. A lot of people miss that part of the burning process.
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Naw, I got that. It boots up to the options screen every time, but when I tell it to boot into Ubuntu, it hangs somewhere in there or gives an error. I'll try to remember to look up what errors I get if any when I get home.
shmokes:
I think I'll use Ubuntu. I've been reading reviews and people tend to think Fedora is good but the package manager, Pirut, is awful (especially compared to Ubuntu). Fedora has basic 3D effects which look cool, but they seem to be crippled compared to what comes out of the box with Mandriva. Ubuntu has none (strangely, since apparently they've been a big selling point for non-techies getting interested in Linux), but it's apparently really easy to add them.
All in all, I'm pretty sold on Ubuntu, plus I already have it downloaded and put on a disc (which I've tested and the Live CD runs fine.
As far as Glain's problem, I don't know what that problem is, but it shouldn't have to do with making the CD bootable. The distributions are already in ISO form, so when you burn that to a CD it should already make it bootable. You don't have to tell your burning software to do anything special.
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