Swize Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Just got a few questions about linux really ... 1 where can i get linux from? 2 What are the advantages and disadvantages from xp pro to a linux ? 3 What would you say was the best linux to go for ? 4 Do things like microsoft word ect run on linux ? Cheers for any help/advice you give Sam (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 1 where can i get linux from? - all over theirs literally 100's of distributions all offering slightly different options. 2 What are the advantages and disadvantages from xp pro to a linux ? - unless your skilled in computers then not many. 3 What would you say was the best linux to go for ? - for a newbie probably mandrake or whatever its called now maybe even linspire 4 Do things like microsoft word ect run on linux ? - Open office is much better but if you must run MS crap then you could run it through a windows emulator such as wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Ok cheers, What was linux orignaly made for to compeat with windows or mac? What do you all use linux for ? Thanks Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Linux kind of evolved from unix which has been arround since pretty much day one. It was made for programmers by programmers origionally and has lots of handy tools if you do lots of programming. For general music and internet your prob best sticking with windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Linux kind of evolved from unix which has been arround since pretty much day one. It was made for programmers by programmers origionally and has lots of handy tools if you do lots of programming. For general music and internet your prob best sticking with windows. ← yeah hes correct stick with windows if you cant be bothered to learn anything and just wanna do simple stuff got copys of ubuntu coming soon (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 It's fun to play about with, and there's definitely a feeling of satisfaction when you get everything set up nicely (Fstab and stuff like that). But there are no real advantages. I suppose you'd be saving £100 quid compared to WindowsXP, but I'd be very surprised if anyone can get by 100% without Windows. I just have a play when I fancy a change, but I need Windows for Premiere, Photoshop (can't get used to the gimp) and just about any game. Having said that, there are some very neat things built into Fedora (yum springs to mind). Plus it's free. For a noob, I really recommend Knoppix. You can run it off the CD and it works really well straight from the go. Mandrake/SuSe are also good if you like your media stuff to work straight from the off. I have Fedora and it was a bitch even to get it to play MP3s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted May 7, 2005 Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 I might actually get a pentium 2 with a KVM switch :"> and have the 64 box next to it yeah im failure (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 P2 for linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 P2 for linux? ← yeah have that as my linux box and my AMD64 as my gaming machine or just have dual boot up but im thinking of a linux file/music server mmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModRider! Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 :( I don't like linux very much i think its got rubbish quality i used to have it i hated the display, stick to others i would say except my other computer runs on 2000 and that is poop aswell :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 :( I don't like linux very much i think its got rubbish quality i used to have it i hated the display, stick to others i would say except my other computer runs on 2000 and that is poop aswell :) ← Well you obviously didnt know what you were doing with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24seven Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 - Open office is much better but if you must run MS crap then you could run it through a windows emulator such as wine. ← Wine Is Not an Emulator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegoofeedude Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 I agree with most that's posted as well. It's great to play with, but Windows (at least to me) is more useful as a desktop. I dual boot Slackware 10.1 and Windows XP Pro, and I pretty much only boot into Slackware when I am bored! Check out LinuxISO.org for downloads and help forums. Also, hanging out around DistroWatch can kind of help you get a feel for what's available. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Ok i have downlaoded linux knoppix iso from the last post website , i have an iso file opener (iso buseter) what do i need to do now as i have no clue ?? Cheers Sam :"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 You don't want ISO buster, you want to burn the ISO (disk image) to a CD. Just open the file in Nero or whatever your CD burning software is :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 You don't want ISO buster, you want to burn the ISO (disk image) to a CD. Just open the file in Nero or whatever your CD burning software is :S ← Done that and it doesunt seem to work? Do i need to burn ita s a bootabul cd? Then start the pc up and boot from the cd ? Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 You need to right click on the file and "open with" Nero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 (edited) Cheers fot all the help tomm got it working :S :S\ Ok now i have it running is there any software i must get ? any spysweeper or anything like that? Edited May 10, 2005 by samthebiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Spyware? Viruses? These are not words in the Linux dictionary :S Unfortunately they have been replaced by other more complicated words and problems. But no viruses is definitely a good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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