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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Ice-9 on 19 September 2002, 01:52

Title: Newbie distro
Post by: Ice-9 on 19 September 2002, 01:52: this could very well be the distro by choice for converting Windows users.

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1762 (http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1762)

Looks pretty cool too, based on the code from Corel Linux.
Simple installation, not too many choices, seems perfect for the average home user who just wants to download his e-mail and surf the web.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: Master of Reality on 19 September 2002, 03:15: i am tryin to get me parents to use a bit of linux but i will need one that acts like windows... with a brain. I was gonna install Lycoris, but now i see this and am thinking maybe i should wait for the first xandros or maybe just Mandrake 9.0 when it is stable.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: TheQuirk on 19 September 2002, 05:55: don't forget the slashdot article:
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/09/18/0252255.shtml?tid=132 (http://slashdot.org/articles/02/09/18/0252255.shtml?tid=132)
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: orcpeon on 19 September 2002, 06:19: I suggest Red Hat 8 (currently in beta testing, but still quite good) It is by far the easiest linux distribution. It also has a consistent look between the applications (ie., kde apps look like gnome apps and vice versa) I'll link to some screenshots for an example.

NOTE: If you get stupid errors when trying to view these images that say "no outside linking of files, upgrade today" or some such shit, just reload the page a few times and that should fix it.

Here (http://grinch.s5.com/Screenshot-2.jpg) is the add/remove programs dialogue. You can use it to install/uninstall every bit of software that comes with Red Hat Linux. It's quite similar to the ones in (yuk) windows, except when you uninstall things it really removes everything instead of keeping a bunch of files and registry keys in your machine. Installing downloaded programs is very easy, too, if they are in RPM format. All you have to do is double click the file in nautilus, enter the administrator password, and you're done.

This (http://grinch.s5.com/Screenshot-3.jpg) Screenshot shows Kdevelop and Glade running. Apart from the names, can you tell which is a kde program and which is a gnome program? They have the same widget theme, huh? Isn't that cool?

There are some other things I won't make screenshots of; I'll just tell you. Openoffice 1.01 is included, and while it's slow to start it's quite functional and has great compatibility with MS Office. Evolution is like Outlook except it isn't a malware virus trap. All the fonts are anti-aliased and look almost as good as the ones on a Mac. Best of all, this version of Linux has given me the least crap out of all versions I've used. It "just works" (to steal a Mac phrase) Mandrake has always been known as the best desktop Linux distro, but I urge people to try this new version of Red Hat.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: orcpeon on 19 September 2002, 06:23: I should also note that installing new fonts is very easy. All you have to do is copy your fonts to ~/.fonts and restart X. That's it!
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: Master of Reality on 19 September 2002, 06:24: Dont worry i will upgrade as soon as the stable comes out.... I might install the beta on another computer or somethin.

Why is there an Internet Explorer icon in your taskbar??? Are you running WINE? A few of the minimized windows say microsoft.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: orcpeon on 19 September 2002, 06:28: Those minimized applications say "Microsoft Eradication Society Forums." And no, I'm using Mozilla (http://tongue.gif) The IE icon is to confuse people. I guess I could emulate IE, but why? It's crap.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: Master of Reality on 19 September 2002, 06:30: oooooohhhhhhh.... I see. very good.
here (http://chatroom.fuckmicrosoft.com:8000/images/screenshot.png) is my KDE 3.0 on redhat 7.2
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: orcpeon on 19 September 2002, 06:33: Speaking of emulation, I've gotten Dreamweaver MX, Warcraft III, Half Life, Kazaa lite, and several other programs working under wine. Take that, Bill Gates! If I couldn't emulate war3 I'd have to dual boot (ugh) But I can emulate it and it works very well, so I don't dual boot.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: orcpeon on 19 September 2002, 06:35: quote:
oooooohhhhhhh.... I see. very good.
here is my KDE 3.0 on redhat 7.2

Great desktop (http://tongue.gif) I used to run KDE when I used Suse, but I've gotten to liking GNOME 2 since it seems to use less memory and run faster (and it still looks great) Also KDE is a bit too "busy" for me if you know what I mean. All the zooming icons and stuff.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: shuiend on 19 September 2002, 06:41: all i can say is that Red Hat 8 looks very promising. I just want to know where you can get the beta from? all sites that i find need a password to log on to get them.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: orcpeon on 19 September 2002, 06:48: http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html (http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html)

Personally I downloaded mine from linux.nssl.noaa.gov (.gov sites are usually very fast) There's also a nasa gov host too.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: Master of Reality on 19 September 2002, 07:05: i also have blackbox on my machine, but i dont use it that often for no reason. It is fucking flying fast on my 1GHZ duron.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: orcpeon on 19 September 2002, 10:38: Heck blackbox is fast on a pentium classic.
Title: Newbie distro
Post by: Sage on 20 September 2002, 06:47: KDE has a option so that it acts exactly like windows. Double click top bar etc.

I used it when i migrated from windblows.