OT: Linux

Cainehill · #1 July 23rd, 2004, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Will:
You could also grab a Knoppix CD to test drive a Linux environment, so you get a better feel for it before diving right in.

Except that Knoppix is likely to leave a real nasty impression of Linux, regardless of whether you're more a Windows or Unix person. I tried Knoppix and despised it, and I've been programming msdos/windows since about 84 and Unix since 90.

Knoppix : A bad desktop, a bad shell, and making even a fairly fast (Athlon 2600+ with 512 megs on an nForce2 mb) computer feel slow.

Ewww. The _only_ thing Knoppix does is let you avoid losing a partition (or entire drive, if things go bad) while installing a proper Linux.

SalsaDoom · #2 July 23rd, 2004, 10:42 PM

Slackware Linux 10.

Slackware is fast, stable and secure. Its got a great selection of apps on the cd, your choice of gnome or kde.. no linux distrobution is as fast or stable as Slackware. Gentoo's reckless use of optimizations and poorly tested ebuilds makes it unstable. Red's unsecure, bloated... SuSE is .. commerical, and the free Versions are incomplete. Debian is ugly, crufty and messy. I've been using linux since '94, and I learned on slackware and its the best thing, because Slackware doesn't hide the OS from the user with a bunch of (usually unstable) GUI tools. When you learn slackware you can say you've learned linux, with redhat or suse your just learning redhat or suse.

Course, all of the above is just my opinion

--SD

Arryn · #3 July 23rd, 2004, 11:19 PM

Before you go deleting partitions, I'd recommend buying Partition Magic (v8.0), which allows you to resize and/or create new partitions without the hassles of M$'s FDISK. OTOH, PM will cost you more than any of linux distros you'd be buying. But PM is, IMO, a useful investment for anyone who's a serious Windows (or dual-boot) computer user (otherwise known as 'geeks').

EDIT: guess that make me a geekette ...

[ July 23, 2004, 22:20: Message edited by: Arryn ]

Thilock_Dominus · #4 July 24th, 2004, 10:50 AM

Hi, thanks for all the inputs, suggestions and input. I really appriate that

.
I've choosen Mandrake 10.0 as a start and I'm at the moment downloading it and later burning it on CDs. Surely I'll try the other Versions of linux later but I think I should take one step at the time.
Here is my Idea to put up my harddisc with dual boot: C: WinXP Pro (20gb) D: Mandrake 10.0 Linux (30gb) E: Games/notes/stuff (30gb) maybe later another OS on the E: Drive like Linspire?

Isn't Slackware for the more advanced and pro linux user? I'm totally newbie when it comes to programming (execpt CMD64 basic language

)?

How does a linux partition works vs. NTFS?

best regards
Thilock

Esben Mose Hansen · #5 July 24th, 2004, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SalsaDoom:

Course, all of the above is just my opinion

--SD

And untrue. E.g, Gentoo left at it's defaults is not optimized beyond the basics. (-O2 -march=..). Gentoo is stable as a rock, as long as you keep yourself to stable ebuilds. Please don't spread FUD about things of which you are obviously ignorant. Thanks.

#6 July 24th, 2004, 12:29 PM

Uh-oh. We're just done with the obligatory Nazis thread, and now it's time for the OS religious wars. Run for your lives!

Arryn · #7 July 24th, 2004, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mark the Merciful:
Uh-oh. We're just done with the obligatory Nazis thread, and now it's time for the OS religious wars. Run for your lives!

Damn! I missed the Nazis thread!

Sigh.

Thilock_Dominus · #8 August 26th, 2004, 04:51 AM

Installing Dom2 on the Linux OS - fixed
The root problem - fixed

I must say I learned alot

Now I just have to pathes Dom2, it is just an override of the old files as it don't 'self-install' itself, right?
What's the consol command for moving files? I've been searching guides and websites without any luck.

Many thanks for being so patience with a newbie Linux user I really appriciate that. Special thanks to Liga, Johan, Esben, taqwus, Sheap

best regards
Thilock

Ps. Thanks to the guy which gave me a 'low star' star rating. Nice to know that if people are asking question they'll get a bad rating. [/sarcasm]

Esben Mose Hansen · #9 August 26th, 2004, 05:48 AM

Just untar it over the directory. Despite tar's archaic options, I prefer doing this from a command line, so something like this should do the trick:
Code:

su -

tar -zxvf /path/to/patch/dompatch212_linux_x86.tgz /usr/local/games/dominions2

Sorry about the star (No, it wasn't me, honost!)

guybrush threepwood · #10 August 26th, 2004, 05:49 AM

"overriding" files in a linux command line is done by either copying or moving the source file to the target file.

So either

1)

Code:

mv /home/lukeskywalker/myfile /whereeveryouwantthefile/myfile

or

2)

Code:

cp /home/lukeskywalker/myfile /whereeveryouwantthefile/myfile

Option 1 would remove the source file whereas 2 would keep it.

EDIT: Looks like Esben beat me to it

- and yes Esbens Version is probably the easiest in this particular situation.