Re: [PLUG] Install Knoppix

2005-03-19 Thread Svaksh
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:13:32 -0800, Krishna Khanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another thing is hoe do i install some software or program which i > downloaded from the net it is of the format soft.tar.gz . soft is the > name of the software after logging in as user , in /home/user, if you want

RE:[PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Sharninder
Mandrake and suse are particularly squited for laptops.that said making any other distribution working well should not be too much work for the right person.Acer has some good models and cheap too. -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Gr

Re: [PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Aditya Godbole
Arun Tomar wrote: Hi! I'm thinking of buying a laptop & run linux on it... which of the distros will be good & which laptop. IBM Thinkpads are a good option to run Linux. A bit on the expensive side though. Just watch out for "trusted computing" stuff. Its on the prowl nowadays. -aditya. --

Re: [PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, > > I'm thinking of buying a laptop & run linux on it... > which of the > distros will be good & which laptop. I have seen Ubuntu running on Toshiba Satellites. I have heard that it supported all of Toshiba's hardware out of the box. -Devendra. Personal blog : http://dengineer.blogspo

Re: [PLUG] help me with linux

2005-03-19 Thread Sumeet Madhukar Moghe
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 11:54 pm, Prabhu S wrote: > hi guru, > this is first mail to this group...and i looking solution for > following problems.. > > 1) so i have two PCs [intel p3] but i have i don't have a HDD and ETH > card for one PC ... so one PC is seem to be alway idea i like to > uti

Re: [PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Sumeet Madhukar Moghe
On Friday 18 Mar 2005 9:27 pm, Arun Tomar wrote: > Hi! > > I'm thinking of buying a laptop & run linux on it... which of the > distros will be good & which laptop. For my money, Mandrake and Suse are the most popular distros that run laptops. But again I have a notebook that aint really cutting e

Re: [PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Please check up on Compaq Presario Laptops. They come in cheap these days, too. Excellent quality. Plus, HP-Compaq are pushing Turbolinux these days with their PCs. See if u can get it on urs. That's got a whole range of functionality only designed with a Laptop in mind. Viraj On Fri, 18 Mar 200

Re: [PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Sagar Gokhale
I dont know how good dell is in India, but imho dell gives really good value for money. macs are too expensive too. as for what distro, as long as it is a reasonably recent release, it does not matter. I have gentoo which is reasonably cutting edge, which works quite well. (also check www.linuxlap

Re: [PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Vishal Rao
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 21:03:27 +0530, Sumeet Madhukar Moghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For my money, Mandrake and Suse are the most popular distros that run laptops. yep, i use mdk 10.1 on my 2.5 yr old sony vaio works fine. although i havent tried USB or memory stick or cd writing or pcmcia/wirel

[PLUG] Re: Ideal Linux Desktop Distro (how to access linux partition from win)

2005-03-19 Thread Rajev Mhasawade
which s/w is used to access linux partitions from windows?mine is ext3 fedora 3. Rajev -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mai