Linux Newbie needs advice:)

OSiriS

I'm finally gettin my hands on a new, 13.2Gig H/D {SWEET}, so I want to install Linux on it, I wanted to on the other H/D but i never really felt comfortable having it on the same physical Drive as Windoze.
I want to know which version of Linux to use...ppl have been advising RedHat
And how big a partition sould i put aside for it...I was thinking of 3gig(not as if i can't spare it like )

Ronin

yo phil,

I member you said you had a tnt card, um /me wonders about that, I`ve never tried to play with it and I think q3 test only runs on a v1/v2 at the mo, don`t quote...so if you just wanna install it for q3test ....

otherwise 3gigs is loads, I use 2 gigs and with q3 staroffice and the other 2 quakes on it I`ve still loadsa space free like...

www.linuxberg.com is a good place for software, and install kde1.1 class, install red hat 5.2, not sure what 6 is like, but its on 3 cd's ....

Ro.

OSiriS

Nope Paul, I'm still with the Rage Pro and proud of it
Anyway the tnt isn't sposed to work with q3atest, although the ihv did work...go figure.
Anyway I have 200 spons to get me through the next 3 weeks as well as a possible first installment n rent for work experience, so gettin a tntn is unlikely in the next 2 months anyway.
Don't bother explaining this stuff to me now, I'll only forget it. Explain it when I drag you over to my house to install it

MiCr0

installing linux is half the fun... the other half is installing it again and again and again......

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MiCr0

Omar

whoa bad.......
now thats what u say about microsoft not linux.

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Ðeclan $hanaghy
3rd Computer Engineering
University of Limerick
9637184@student.ul.ie
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dek

OSiriS

Yup, I think it's winbloze your thinkin of there MiCr0. My record so far is re-installing it 6 times in a month, can anyone beat that, although I wouldn't be all that surprised if a few of yas could.

Nice post Omar, a 5 line signature tagged onto a 2 line reply;p

Ronin

Na lads, Micro's just a bit slow . His puter is shaged, even after it went in to be fixed..hehe maybe he`ll get it fixed some day ...

hey omar, is it worth going up to rh6? I`ve 5.2, running 2.2.6 with kde1.1 should I bother??

Ro.

Omar

Well as i said before all 6.0 did for me really was iron out a few problems with gnome and the likes. It did also create other problems with other packages which took a while to fix. If everything is running grand the way u like it then i wouldnt bother. The big deal with 6.0 is that GNOME and KDE are listed in the installation so you dont have to do it manually. Just makes it easier for people who dont quite know whats going on.

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Ðeclan $hanaghy
3rd Computer Engineering
University of Limerick
9637184@student.ul.ie
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dek

Ronin

Ok dave after the exams I`ll come down to your house and personally configure your machine for you how is that then??

for doing this you`ll have to give me coke ..
na I`ll do it..niall can come over too and we can laugh at how crap your linux knowledge is ...or you can try install things adn we`ll watch and guide you through the installation process ..hehehe

Ro(7 exams left)nin

MiCr0

thats for fitz
as for the linux vs micr0s0ft issue
i've reinstalled linux much more times then linux...
but then again as paul said my linux is strangly broken...
its the mouse..
it just plainly doesn't work..
and it causes the system to crash in X
be ideas, oh most enlightened on linux heads?

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MiCr0

Omar

7 left, the avg in UL is 6 altogether how many bluddy modules are u doing?

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Ðeclan $hanaghy
3rd Computer Engineering
University of Limerick
9637184@student.ul.ie
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dek

Ronin

I`ve 3 subjects with 4 exams per subject, cept for stats , I`ve 2 3 hour exams instead of 4 1 3/4 hors ones...

in 3rd year I`ve 10 exams again..last year, I had 12 ..

only 6 left now baby ..heheh

Ro.

toil

right 8 left!
Heyhey!
One PASSED! (hehe i actually typed in passwd first! )

Anyway shut up you sci person....
Ooops getting off of the subject..
What was the subject?
O yea that ronin lad bragging about his 'lad'

hmmm