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Xophertony

i want to run it on a 333mhz PII machine i am using for image hosting. i installed ubuntu server and it has a root prompt Confused

might as well be in latin... i don't know what the hell i am doing. anyone know of an easy to figure out version of linux that i could learn on? or know of a good online tutorial? i also have mandrake and fedora on cds here. so whatever you all think is best.

i think i need the guidence of the great Dewy lama on this one. john you mentioned that you knew linux @ dinner the other night... help a totel newb. i am getting pwnd here (hehe.. leetspeak Very Happy

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Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:59 am Post subject:

Mandrake is a good one to learn on, it should come with both the Gnome and KDE desktops, which will make learning a bit easier.

Also, as you start downloading programs to get going, look for things that have RPM installs, those will be easier than usering the tar.gz and installing them thru the command prompt.

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject:

cool. i'll instal mandrake and see if i can make sense of that.

Jess · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:

Mandrake is pretty nice, the KDE environment is set up a lot like windows, just runs a bit slow (at least on version 9 400Mhz AMD system) and is more stable. My RedHat server at work is 462 days continous run time and counting. Smile

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject:

well, this is my first post from my linux box! i am successfully running Mandrake 10.1 with KDE 3.2 desktop (I'll try gnome out eventually)

i am running it on a celleron 900MHZ. that's celleron 1. with 33MHZ front side bus. Rolling Eyes

it is slow as hell to boot, but is lightning quick for internet. this site has never loaded so fast. i am using Konqueror browser, but intend to switch to mozilla firefox in a few minutes.

right now i am dual booting this (my primary) computer with XPSP2 as well. perhaps when i get back from my trip on the 30th i will install it on my server (a 233MHZ PII) and see how it does on a server.

OMFGexplosion!!! it just spell checked my post!

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject:

Welcome to Linux!

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject:

the functionality of this browser is alot like firefox... i wonder if it does tabs?
EDIT it does tabs!

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject:

I beleive that almost all the linux browsers do tabs, even netscape. You can also use the tabed view, for file structure browsing, if you use the Konquer for file browsing.

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject:

how do i transfer files to my windows hard drive?
and is there a "my computer" type of view i can use. so far i found an "explorer" type view, but only for the "/" drive (linux drive). i am pretty sure since i am using NTFS on my windows partition this will be imposable, a guy at school was telling my linux can read FAT32. is there a way to read NTFS?

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

Linux can READ NTFS, but not write to it (well, I got mine to write, but it tooks tons of custom work.

Get me on gtalk tonight, I go over how to set it up to read your NTFS drive.

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject:

actually; i figured it out allready Wink

it was an icon in the system tray. "kwik disk" is what it is called. i am now listening to "band on the run" by "wings" with amaroK MP3 player

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:

i can not seem to find my "browser plugins" folder. i am attempting to install "macromedia flashplayer" to that directory the manual way, by moving two of the downloaded files directly into the plugins folder.... help Confused

without flashplayer i am unable to use the cisco curiculum webpage? i hafta do my homework in windows... nuts to that. Sad

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject:

It should be located in

/usr/local/mozilla/plugins

iansane · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject:

Wow. Geek talk. Laughing

I feel like I'm reading latin. I can sort of pick out words here and there but I don't get shizzle.

Xophertony · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:47 am Post subject:

well, konquer was the browser included in Mandrake. so i downloaded firefox... had to go in as "root" to put in in that directory... now i am going to tackle trying to copy my firefox settings from my windows partion over to my linux partition.. then re-download macromedia... log back in as root to install it... this is awful labor intensive.

i'll get the hang of it eventualy. Smile

and now i am no longer stealing from microsoft. Laughing

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

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Xophertony · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject:

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