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And if you've got a 700mhz computer and you are going to try to run it without a little more ram than 64mb you suck :) And I'm saying that in the nicest way possible. And I know that windows 2000 is probably running like crap with 64mb of ram.
Redhat 9 has a minimum of 64mb in text mode. If you can't figure out how to do it on your own post back and someone here can probably help you.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...ase-notes/x86/
muerto,First I hate links and those links which are like books to read. I ask question on AO so that ppl here will explain me LOL no offence.
Anyway poo s tzu had just been great help to me. I will try on downloading thru DMngr as you recommend.
Slarty you are just trying to be smart on your best way while you are unable to help me living in england. You should be grat though running linux like that. 1 day I might be like that LOL
rajunpl, be carefull what you say there, slarty is one of the most knowledgeable people i've ever seen. Certainly on linux.Quote:
Slarty you are just trying to be smart on your best way while you are unable to help me living in england. You should be grat though running linux like that. 1 day I might be like that LOL
I say, read the links, we've all had to do it at one point or another. After you've read it and you still have questions don't hasitate to ask them. But DON'T ask people to do the thinking for you!Quote:
Originally posted here by rajunpl
muerto,First I hate links and those links which are like books to read. I ask question on AO so that ppl here will explain me LOL no offence.
In short: RTFM. It's what it's there for.
hehe I like that link sir dice. You may be right, and slarty may be much knowledgeable person, which i am not aware I assume there are so many intelligent geeks here and I have had many helps. My idea was just i don't like reading long manual. Dunno why I just don't like. I have been okay on my study and job still. However thanks for the help.
Now best thing I will do is start downloading BSD which I really wanted and had no idea..i have to find my way and now linux mission is going to be BSD suddenly. I dunno why I want to get rid ol window.
Since your to lazy to read something a few lines down...
I was just pointing out the minimum requirements for a graphical install.Quote:
Memory:
-Minimum for text-mode: 64MB
-Minimum for graphical: 128MB
-Recommended for graphical: 196MB
If you're to lazy to read stay on windows. It will set everything up for you. But even if you don't read it still won't be secure and thats the same with linux and windows. If you don't like reading I'll PM you my address and you can mail me your computers and you'll be a lot happier watching TV.
hey common I am not as lazy as you think..I read the tutorial on this forum even if it takes like hour I don't wanna go beyond that R'ingTFM as the abbrv. already sucks more than anything. Thanks for that info though, never knew that. glad that getting help at every stage. Hehe anyway That box was for linux and i installed window to see if that box actually works and it's all good.
true i am getting slow in linux coz RTFM annoys me. I am just good at connecting LOL i connect the network nomatter how but i just know that only, and i am saying this for linux. rest I dunno anyhting starting from sound to anyother thing.
I think i should be going get thru as time go along. :) But linux is not easy and good as windows comparing it's popularity. It's just popular coz it's free.
a thought.
Since your question has already been answered I won't jump in and say how your question was way off base, and how you might want to elarn about something before you decide that it is BS.
I will however say, you might want to stick with a Bootable ISo right now. I am seeing that you don't really want to put the effort into learning LInux. This isn't your Windows Xp. Unless your running RH, or SUSE. Your really not going to be hand held.
It's funny that Shrekkie should talk about how helpful forums are to people that need help. The first thing most forums, (Except this one, for some god awful unknown reason.) do is ask have you read that manual have you looked through it. They don't care if you don't understand it. They want to know if you looked at it. The reason is, why am I going to give you all the answers that I had to search for hours for, all the answers that I had to read for. That and you don't learn anything if someone just tells you the answer.
When you read the manual, you aren't doing anything for the people that are helping you. You are doing something for yourself. You are saying I really do want to learn this, I am really going to put sometime into this. You are saying that I am going to give a damn about what I learn, and not take my knowledge from someone spoon feeding me.
I personally think that people, that don't want to go ahead and read, shouldn't even bother.
So I come back to my origional point. If you are just going to play with Linux. Go get a copy of PHLAK http://www.phlak.org/
or Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/
Play with those until you decide that you really want to learn, once you decide that you really want to learn, and you have actually looked at the manual. Come back, and I for one will be waiting to help you, until then.
I have nothing else to say to you.
hmm.. when i was reading the gore's tutorial i thought suse was the best and went into it. Now things comes like phlak and knoppix. Why not redhat which has such an easy interface, and i thnk they are the most popular. Why you guys keep on pressing on R'ing TFM. and worse and why linux sucks is they have got differnet manual on each distros. I can't be happy coz i am perfect in redhat(for examle,which ia m not) then I will not know anything about gentoo. Whereas this will not happen to windows.
I was all year playing with RHand suse w/o r'ingTFM. Now I am i am/have to learn linux coz i am in networking and going to be grad on networking. Life would b much easier if there would b similarities on linux, why on earth suse has yast loader and RH has anaconda just to make ppl confuse.
Anyway, i will try phlak and slackware.
ONE QUESTION?
What linux distro is used on pure commercial networking world?
The thing that most people forget, particularly if they come from a Windows background, is that they have learned a lot of it as they go and already know a fair amount. That said, learning linux is not that much different except that you have to realize that it does come from a different background. Add to that the fact that Windows has a single source (Microsoft -- at least the last time I checked there wasn't other distributors of this platform) while Linux comes from a variety of manufacturers who want to highlight what they believe is critical for Linux.
Is one better than the other? Not really. Find a distro and use it. Get to know it. They each have their quirks and such. Remember that as a "grandchild" -- if you will -- of the unix OS, it has the same "faults" (or benefits, depending on your point of view): each tool was built with the tool in mind, not necessarily with the OS in mind. To take it to an extreme view:
- On the far spectrum, you have Mac OS with Mac Hardware <-- single hardware and OS manufacturer, often means fewer compatibility issues and theoretically, fewer crash issues. Straight forward install,
In the middle you have Windows <-- single OS manufacturer although varying OS degrees, multiple hardware options: the advent of signed drivers should help, theoretically reduce hardware conflicts and increase compatilibity. Mostly straighforward install (I have seem some weirdness with DVD-Roms at my college)
At the other extreme is Linux/*nix <--- multiple OS manufacturers with varying OS degrees, multiple hardware options, multiple driver/software/app developers: can mean the need to tweak some drivers to make the distro more compatible and less buggy. Has the advantage of multiple paths to finding solutions, compared to single source solutions from single OS manufacturers (ie., Apple for Mac OS and Microsoft for Windows)
As for the most common Linux in commercial world, I'd say that RH is still on top (even with their recent Fedora project) but Suse has the backing of a major player to put them on top (ie., Novell).
The last thing I want to suggest is don't be part of the Windows Generation. The Windows Generation is the present generation that is inclined to only point and click but not truly understand what's going on. Don't be afraid of a little reading. It won't hurt and you'd be surprised how much you can learn. ;)