Hey, Look at me... I'm using Red Hat 8.0!

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10-01-2002, 03:22 PM
Zorro

Hey, Look at me... I'm using Red Hat 8.0!

Man, if anyone still has the deluded notion that Linux isn't for the masses, they haven't seen Red Hat 8.0... This thing is sweet and quite fast... Awfully nice of AOL to continue to lend me this lovely 700MHz PIII laptop as a testbed... Oh, and let's not forget the 2 Sun Ultra 10's and 4 (yes 4) free monitors they've been nice enough to leave laying around in my house... Anyway, Netscape7 runs pretty nice on here, and I couldn't be more pleased with the interface and usability... Heck, I could probably hand this to my wife and she'd feel right at home...
10-01-2002, 04:06 PM
[AK]Hylander

Mandrake 9.0 with non-neutered KDE Desktop thanks. :D
10-01-2002, 04:11 PM
Zorro

I can run KDE 3.0.3 if I want to, but gnome is very pretty... :)
10-01-2002, 04:19 PM
[AK]Bribo

Do yourself a favor and try Mozilla.
10-01-2002, 05:28 PM
Zorro

Mozilla's fine, but I actually prefer N7... I got hooked on it when they were distributing the daily builds at work...
10-01-2002, 05:54 PM
[AK]Palooka

Gnome 2 kicks ass, as does the new version of Galeon.
10-01-2002, 08:27 PM
[AK]Leonidas

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.
10-01-2002, 08:48 PM
Slaughter

I should try to get my hands on it and run it on my second harddrive...
10-02-2002, 12:01 AM
The Wraith

"Man, if anyone still has the deluded notion that Linux isn't for the masses, they haven't seen Red Hat 8.0."

- SuSE is stll superior.
10-02-2002, 06:07 AM
[AK]Goob

Anyone know if they have gnome 2 finished for Solaris? I had the 1.4 and it ran like a pig. I am gonna wipe out my blade and load up Solaris 9 and I sure would like to have a nice pretty desktop to work on :)

-Goob
10-02-2002, 06:30 AM
Zorro

I think Ximian Gnome is, Goob... Their installation is about the best thing in Linux right now, but, for some reason, those folks get a bad rap in the GPL community. Heck, their email/calendar/etc suite Evolution, is about the most complete collaboration tool available for Linux and will even interface with Exchange Server (using a $69 connector)...

Gentoo is THE superior Linux; RedHat/Mandrake continue to be the most usable Linux's. SuSE = Nazi Linux. ;)
10-02-2002, 11:23 AM
[AK]Palooka

I love Evolution. It's basically Outlook, but better.
10-02-2002, 02:58 PM
The Wraith

"SuSE = Nazi Linux"

- I can't argue that, damn germans. However, they make a sexy OS.
10-03-2002, 02:00 PM
Garrett

I became interested in linux a few months ago, i started with slackware, i cant say i like it much, sure its fast and all that, but wheres the user friendly stuff, im not askin for the wondoze for dummies stuff, but who really likes compiling all your freaking applications.
Dont get me wrong, im new as hell to linux, but i dont think slack is the way to go at all.
would you suggest the Red hat distribution to someone new?
10-03-2002, 02:33 PM
[AK]Bribo

Slackware is one of the more challenging installs for Linux noobs. I would choose Redhat or Mandrake. Very easy to install and your up and running in no time.
10-03-2002, 02:44 PM
[AK]Squidly

I've been very statisfied with both of the Mandrake machines I own.
10-04-2002, 08:16 AM
Armada

How is the driver support for the distros? That has always been my beef with Linux. For example - I have a Visioneer scanner, but no Linux drivers for it. So it would become a paperweight.

G
10-04-2002, 08:20 AM
[AK]Squidly

The driver support for Mandrake has been very good... I dunno if your scanner would work with it, but I'd be surprised if it didn't.
10-04-2002, 09:04 AM
[AK]Hylander

I agree. More and more companies are at the least, offering assistance to those making drivers for devices to work with Linux. So far, I haven't come across anything 'normal' that hasn't worked with Linux. I haven't tried a scanner, but I did at one point try a USB webcam that worked with no problems.

Every release gets better and better but there is no doubt about it, Linux takes a little more work (especially if you aren't 'NIX literate, which I throw myself into that category. I don't know enough to be productive but I know enough to cause a whole lot of trouble. :D ) than Windows.

I think Mandrake is the best "desktop" distribution by far.
10-10-2002, 05:24 AM
Glanzer

I started with the Slackware distro in 1993. This was pre-1.0 days when you had to FTP the files onto floppies and do the install that way. Not for the faint of heart.

Now I'm using SuSE 7.3 and I love it. My Linux machine acts as a NAT (Network Address Translation) server to protect and hide the other computers at home. It also allows me to share one RoadRunner IP with multiple internal PCs. The logging is great, and the protection is superb.

Ich bin nicht Deutscher, aber ich liebe SuSE.:D

BTW, this is my first post in this forum. The guys over at Knights of Valor recommended you to me. I recognize a few fellow Tribes 2 Renegades peeps here (e.g. Abaddon and Widowmaker). Widowmaker rocks.
10-10-2002, 05:38 AM
[AK]Hylander

Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 Released
First Complete Linux Distribution for the Xbox Gaming Console
For immediate release

Contact:

Michael Steil (mist@c64.org)
Andy Green (andy@warmcat.com)
Milosch Meriac (xboxlinux@meriac.de)

EUROPE -- October 07 2002 -- Today the Xbox Linux Project (http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/) announced that Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 has been released. This is the first complete Linux distribution for the Microsoft Xbox gaming console.

A 350 MB installation CD of Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 is available for download free of charge from the Xbox Linux website. It corresponds to a standard installation of the (free) 3 CD version of the well-known Mandrake Linux distribution (http://www.mandrake.com/), which has only been released a week ago, so it contains the graphical environments Gnome and KDE, as well as software packages such as OpenOffice.org, XMMS and Mozilla. Since Xbox Linux Mandrake 9 is 100% compatible with Mandrake Linux 9, all additional packages from the official Mandrake Linux 9 installation CDs or the Mandrake website can be installed into Xbox Mandrake Linux.

To be able to use Xbox Linux Mandrake 9, you need a "modded" Xbox and a USB keyboard and mouse connected to the Xbox by a Xbox-USB adaptor, which can be easily built by most users.

With Xbox Linux Mandrake, the Xbox gaming console is just as powerful as any comparable PC with Mandrake Linux 9. It can be used for office applications, the internet, e-mail, Linux games, or even as a web, file or database server.

Mandrake Linux was chosen as the base for our distribution for various mostly technical reasons. We have no affiliation with MandrakeSoft, the creators of Mandrake Linux.

This is an important milestone for the Xbox Linux Project, which aims to provide an easy to use and highly compatible Linux distribution for the Xbox gaming console, to give Xbox users the freedom to do anything with the console they have paid for, instead of being restricted to gaming.

The Xbox Linux Project, http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net
10-10-2002, 06:37 AM
[AK]Squidly

Quote:

Originally posted by Glanzer
BTW, this is my first post in this forum. The guys over at Knights of Valor recommended you to me. I recognize a few fellow Tribes 2 Renegades peeps here
(e.g. Abaddon and Widowmaker). Widowmaker rocks.

Welcome, Glanzer...
10-19-2002, 11:51 AM
Aerothorn

I'll stick with Windows. Good old company store discounts.
10-19-2002, 12:21 PM
Slaughter

I want to Run MacOs X on my PC :(
10-22-2002, 02:26 PM
Jim Weed

Nah Guys, it's all about the LINDOWS!!! Hehehe......

All this talk about stuff I have no idea about....I think I'm gonna install Lindows LOL!!