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Ipaq
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Posts: 1
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 Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject:
Free Linux to download.
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Hi,
I'm from Singapore and am actually interested in switching over to Linux
after using M$ for the past many years., and I'm not sure which to use.
(Mandrake, Redhat, Sues, etc) But I'm not sure if my computer is able to
install Linux.
Would anyone be able to reply me the links to the ftp servers to d/l Linux
from the internet.
This is my Computer Specs.
Motherboard - ASUS A7V133
Harddisk - Maxtor 120GB SCSI Disk Devise using ATA100
Graphic Card - NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
IDE(CDROM) - E-CD-ROM 36X/AKW
IDE(CDROM) - TEAC CD-W58E
Network Card - Linksys LNE100TX Fasrt Ethernet Adapter (LNE100TX v4)
Sound Card - Creative Live!
USB - Via Chipset
USB2.0 PCI Card - NEC
Thanks in advance.
Cheers. |
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William Comeau
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 49
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:
Re: Free Linux to download.
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Ipaq wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm from Singapore and am actually interested in switching over to Linux
after using M$ for the past many years., and I'm not sure which to use.
(Mandrake, Redhat, Sues, etc) But I'm not sure if my computer is able to
install Linux.
Would anyone be able to reply me the links to the ftp servers to d/l Linux
from the internet.
This is my Computer Specs.
Motherboard - ASUS A7V133
Harddisk - Maxtor 120GB SCSI Disk Devise using ATA100
Graphic Card - NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
IDE(CDROM) - E-CD-ROM 36X/AKW
IDE(CDROM) - TEAC CD-W58E
Network Card - Linksys LNE100TX Fasrt Ethernet Adapter (LNE100TX v4)
Sound Card - Creative Live!
USB - Via Chipset
USB2.0 PCI Card - NEC
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.
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This might help.
http://www.homedistro.com/
Grampa |
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Bit Twister
*nix forums Guru
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
Posts: 1546
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:
Re: Free Linux to download.
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:55:09 +0800, Ipaq wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm from Singapore and am actually interested in switching over to Linux
after using M$ for the past many years., and I'm not sure which to use.
(Mandrake, Redhat, Sues, etc) But I'm not sure if my computer is able to
install Linux.
Would anyone be able to reply me the links to the ftp servers to d/l Linux
from the internet.
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What to see some install screenshots.
http://doc.mandrivalinux.com/MandrakeLinux/101/en/Starter.html/drakx-intro.html
Download Mirror list
http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/mirrors/2006
Hunt around on any mirror for somethining like
/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/iso/2006.0/i586
which will be about 2 clicks on
Up to higher level directory
then you navigate to the iso directory for something like
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD.i586.md5.asc 1 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD.i586.sha1.asc 1 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD1.i586.iso 712774 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD2.i586.iso 712540 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD3.i586.iso 712882 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
or get dvd files.
You need to verify the sha1 or md5 checksum before burning to verify
you have a good download.
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/sha1sum.exe
http://etree.org/md5com.html ! dos md5sum.exe
http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/ ! dos md5sum.exe
http://www.toast442.org/md5gui.shtml ! dos md5sum.exe |
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sebas22
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 02 Apr 2006
Posts: 13
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject:
Re: Free Linux to download.
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:55:09 +0800, "Ipaq"
<kelvintong161004@lycos.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm from Singapore and am actually interested in switching over to Linux
after using M$ for the past many years., and I'm not sure which to use.
(Mandrake, Redhat, Sues, etc) But I'm not sure if my computer is able to
install Linux.
Would anyone be able to reply me the links to the ftp servers to d/l Linux
from the internet.
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All distributions links in http://distrowatch.com/
There is lots of distros that have a live-CD version, you put the CD
in your cd-drive, reboot and it runs linux without writing anything on
your HD. If you like it and if the hardware is correctly recognised,
you can install it for good from the same CD (mandrake-move, suse,
unbuntu, pcLinuxOS, knoppix, etc...)
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Regards, and best luck
Sebas |
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ray
*nix forums Guru
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Posts: 1127
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:
Re: Free Linux to download.
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:55:09 +0800, Ipaq wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm from Singapore and am actually interested in switching over to Linux
after using M$ for the past many years., and I'm not sure which to use.
(Mandrake, Redhat, Sues, etc) But I'm not sure if my computer is able to
install Linux.
Would anyone be able to reply me the links to the ftp servers to d/l Linux
from the internet.
This is my Computer Specs.
Motherboard - ASUS A7V133
Harddisk - Maxtor 120GB SCSI Disk Devise using ATA100
Graphic Card - NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
IDE(CDROM) - E-CD-ROM 36X/AKW
IDE(CDROM) - TEAC CD-W58E
Network Card - Linksys LNE100TX Fasrt Ethernet Adapter (LNE100TX v4)
Sound Card - Creative Live!
USB - Via Chipset
USB2.0 PCI Card - NEC
Thanks in advance.
Cheers.
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Suggest you try some Live CDs first, like Knoppix or Elive - they will
load and run from the CD with no install (Knoppix also has a Live DVD).
This will tell you immediately if there are going to be any problems with
any hardware.
distrowatch.com has links and info for all significant distributions. |
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Dennis the Nerf Herder
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Posts: 1
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject:
Re: Free Linux to download.
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ray wrote:
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Suggest you try some Live CDs first, like Knoppix or Elive - they will
load and run from the CD with no install (Knoppix also has a Live DVD).
This will tell you immediately if there are going to be any problems with
any hardware.
distrowatch.com has links and info for all significant distributions.
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OPINION: Are the older versions of Mandrake on CD still useful or is
something like version 8.2 to terribly outdated to be of much use?
Over the years I collected Red Hat 6, Mandrake 8.2, Debian 2.?, Fedora
3 (on DVD), TurboLinux 6 and others via magazine inserts, etc. Some of
these now appear to be unable to install on *new* hardware, which is no
surprise, but I have also gotten some interesting results by simply
*trying* to install them. Example: I used BeOS 4.5 with a boot floopy
to "fix" the partition on a WDC 20 Gb hard drive and THEN was able to
install Mandrake.
Apparently a previous attempt at installing one of the others had
created a boot partition that was to small for Mandrake to install and
I also could not see the problem (lack of practice no doubt).
Fedora 3 had a GREAT and EASY to use update manager (yum) and I enjoyed
using it.
(that's my 2 cents worth) |
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Whiskers
*nix forums Guru
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 377
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Re: Free Linux to download.
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On 2006-07-18, Dennis the Nerf Herder <costeaden@amsec.com> wrote:
| Quote: | ray wrote:
Suggest you try some Live CDs first, like Knoppix or Elive - they will
load and run from the CD with no install (Knoppix also has a Live DVD).
This will tell you immediately if there are going to be any problems with
any hardware.
distrowatch.com has links and info for all significant distributions.
OPINION: Are the older versions of Mandrake on CD still useful or is
something like version 8.2 to terribly outdated to be of much use?
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Very out of date, get the current version Mandrive 2006
<http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads>
| Quote: | Over the years I collected Red Hat 6, Mandrake 8.2, Debian 2.?, Fedora
3 (on DVD), TurboLinux 6 and others via magazine inserts, etc.
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Things have moved on a /lot/ since those!
| Quote: | Some of
these now appear to be unable to install on *new* hardware, which is no
surprise, but I have also gotten some interesting results by simply
*trying* to install them. Example: I used BeOS 4.5 with a boot floopy
to "fix" the partition on a WDC 20 Gb hard drive and THEN was able to
install Mandrake.
Apparently a previous attempt at installing one of the others had
created a boot partition that was to small for Mandrake to install and
I also could not see the problem (lack of practice no doubt).
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The installer was probably trying to tell you that the existing partitions
didn't leave enough 'empty space' for Mandrake to create the partitions it
wanted to make. You could have deleted and replaced some or all of the
existing partitions using the Mandrake installer, if you'd been willing to
sacrifice them.
| Quote: | Fedora 3 had a GREAT and EASY to use update manager (yum) and I enjoyed
using it.
(that's my 2 cents worth)
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You'll probably like Mandriva's update tools then.
If you have room, allocate 6GB for / and have a swap partition of 'twice
your RAM' or 1GB. You don't need to have any other partitions for a first
go at Mandriva; you can always personalise your partitioning later if you want
to. The Mandriva installation routine gives you a 'custom partitioning'
option if you want to use it.
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-- Whiskers
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David W. Hodgins
*nix forums Guru
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Posts: 317
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:
Re: Free Linux to download.
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:14:52 -0400, Dennis the Nerf Herder <costeaden@amsec.com> wrote:
| Quote: | ray wrote:
Suggest you try some Live CDs first, like Knoppix or Elive - they will
load and run from the CD with no install (Knoppix also has a Live DVD).
This will tell you immediately if there are going to be any problems with
any hardware.
distrowatch.com has links and info for all significant distributions.
OPINION: Are the older versions of Mandrake on CD still useful or is
something like version 8.2 to terribly outdated to be of much use?
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Yes. There are many security fixes that are not available for such
an old version.
See http://www.mandriva.com/security/productlifetime
Regards, Dave Hodgins
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Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email.
(nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for
use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |
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