On Monday 26 March 2001 10:01, D-Man wrote:
> (I have just figured out how to get the internet from my dial-up
> modem so I'm a bit behind on the mail)
>
> I have recently switched from RH to Debian. I don't think the
> install is unfriendly at all, though it doesn't have the pretty GTK
> graphics
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 09:46:28PM +, Viktor Lakics wrote:
| On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 09:01:40PM -0500, D-Man wrote:
|
| I like grub too. But it's nor fair to compare an older version of
| lilo to a newcomer grub.
Maybe. I tried lilo first when installing linux on the company
machine (RH6.2
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 09:01:40PM -0500, D-Man wrote:
> I tried LILO myself, and on my machine with my BIOS it didn't
> work. When asked to add linux to a win2k box at work I tried lilo
> first. I couldn't get a lilo floppy to dual-boot the system.
> LILO would also have had trouble on the MBR s
(I have just figured out how to get the internet from my dial-up modem
so I'm a bit behind on the mail)
I have recently switched from RH to Debian. I don't think the install
is unfriendly at all, though it doesn't have the pretty GTK graphics
of RH's. apt-get is awesome.
I haven't seen anyon
: Linux wannabe
On 22 Mar 2001, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> There is absolutely no question that Linux (2.2.18) boots _much_ faster
> than Windows98 on my system (homegrown PII 450, 128M RAM); I timed it
> once and Linux was over twice as fast as Windows.
My experience mirrors yours. On my A
On 22 Mar 2001, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> There is absolutely no question that Linux (2.2.18) boots _much_ faster
> than Windows98 on my system (homegrown PII 450, 128M RAM); I timed it
> once and Linux was over twice as fast as Windows.
My experience mirrors yours. On my Athlon 650, 128M RAM, it ta
>>I once interviewed with someone who said that "If you don't reboot
>>Windows 10 times a day you aren't working hard enough." ...
Hmmm, an interesting comment. I must not "work" at home or at work then! I
have to take care of seven Win2K computers - two I use at home, three I use
at work, my s
%% Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I think that Linux boots up faster than Windows, so it's maybe
>> an advantage.
md> 2.4 boots quite a bit quicker than 2.2 did, but I have a feeling that
md> Windows is quicker still. Of course, the golden rule of optimisation is
md> that
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 03:09:17PM +1100, Matthew Dalton wrote:
> Bill White wrote:
> > > You've never used Windows ME have you?
> >
> > I once interviewed with someone who said that "If you don't reboot
> > Windows 10 times a day you aren't working hard enough." Of course,
> > when I worked on L
Bill White wrote:
> > You've never used Windows ME have you?
>
> I once interviewed with someone who said that "If you don't reboot
> Windows 10 times a day you aren't working hard enough." Of course,
> when I worked on Linux device drivers I had the same thoughts.
That's fair enough... I mean,
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:55:29PM -0600, ktb wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 07:18:21PM -0800, jens wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:32:09 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> >
> > Lots of good replies but I should point out that windows is not THAT
> > bad
> You've never used Windows ME have you?
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 07:18:21PM -0800, jens wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:32:09 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>
> >I just can't take it anymore! My $2000.00 Dell PC with
> >256 meg RAM running MS Windows ME crashes hourly at
> >least. I am ready to take the plunge and give Linux a
> >try.
>
> Lots
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:32:09 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>I just can't take it anymore! My $2000.00 Dell PC with
>256 meg RAM running MS Windows ME crashes hourly at
>least. I am ready to take the plunge and give Linux a
>try.
Lots of good replies but I should point out that windows is not THAT
bad .
On Wednesday 21 March 2001 20:32, Abner Gershon wrote:
> I just can't take it anymore! My $2000.00 Dell PC with
> 256 meg RAM running MS Windows ME crashes hourly at
> least. I am ready to take the plunge and give Linux a
> try.
Good for you.
> I am a professional but not in computers. Is it
> po
Abner Gershon wrote:
>
> I just can't take it anymore! My $2000.00 Dell PC with
> 256 meg RAM running MS Windows ME crashes hourly at
> least. I am ready to take the plunge and give Linux a
> try.
>
> I am a professional but not in computers. Is it
> possible for a mere mortal to install Debian o
If you give RedHat a try you'll just have that inertia keeping you from moving
to debian. I just came from RedHat, trust me, you want to start here if you can.
Go to http://www.debian.org/doc/ and read the installation guide. If it says
things you don't understand, then you might have some problems
if you are a newbiw and want to try linux, then i suggest you install corel,
mandrake or redhat. For a debian based distribution try storm linux...
debian installation is not a sys admins hell, a good sysadmin should know
what they are doing. He obviously preferred the ease of installation of
redh
I just can't take it anymore! My $2000.00 Dell PC with
256 meg RAM running MS Windows ME crashes hourly at
least. I am ready to take the plunge and give Linux a
try.
I am a professional but not in computers. Is it
possible for a mere mortal to install Debian on his
desktop PC in dual boot configur
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