Linux for your taste (sorry Naw :D) (8 Viewers)

[V]

The Fedora DVD didn't work. I don't know how Martin convinced me to installing Gentoo; ity is like a never ending process.

i heard gentoo is like that.

what do you mean fedora dvd didn't work?

 

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[Boudz]

Is Linux just a rebel thing? A "everyone uses windows, im special i dont use windows"? or is Linux really better. I mean for me I use my laptop 2 browse,chat, listen 2 music, download, watch videos and play FM. Windows is fine for all that i do. Was just curious other than what i do, where does Windows lack and Linux succeed?

 

[Rami]

The Fedora DVD didn't work. I don't know how Martin convinced me to installing Gentoo; ity is like a never ending process.

What do you mean didnt work? As in you burned it but was corrupt? Or didn't burn in the first place? You got to give yourself burning permissions in order to burn...

 

[V]

Is Linux just a rebel thing? A "everyone uses windows, im special i dont use windows"? or is Linux really better. I mean for me I use my laptop 2 browse,chat, listen 2 music, download, watch videos and play FM. Windows is fine for all that i do. Was just curious other than what i do, where does Windows lack and Linux succeed?

in those particular examples you mentioned, linux is found wanting only on fm and games in general. for everything else you can use linux.

i can't tell you if it's better, it depends from person to person, but it is more stable, more flexible, offers more options and customazation.

 

[mikhail]

i can't tell you if it's better, it depends from person to person, but it is more stable, more flexible, offers more options and customazation.

More secure too.

 

[mikhail]

The Fedora DVD didn't work. I don't know how Martin convinced me to installing Gentoo; ity is like a never ending process.

That's the point. It's a form of self-flagellation. :wink:

 

[V]

More secure too.

knew i missed something.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

ok, io finished downloading. but when i do the trial install thingie, the live install, my mouse doesnt work!!!

HELP!

 

[Rami]

What trial thingy? You mean the live CD?

Are you installing it on a laptop or a desktop pc? what kind of mouse is it??

 

[JCK]

The Fedora DVD was corrupt or it had some problem with the VGA that i din't bother try fixing. Gentoo was ready and I wanted Gentoo in the first place.

Now after three hours last night of working on gentoo, I went to sleep so I can continue today in the morning. Woke up, continued and I was thinking how smooth it is going (even if it is a loooooong procedure).

Done and done and the rebooting came. I rebooted but I couldn't log in.

I am now in the process of doing everything again

As Martin says, practice makes perfect

 

[Rami]

The Fedora DVD was corrupt or it had some problem with the VGA that i din't bother try fixing. Gentoo was ready and I wanted Gentoo in the first place.

Now after three hours last night of working on gentoo, I went to sleep so I can continue today in the morning. Woke up, continued and I was thinking how smooth it is going (even if it is a loooooong procedure).

Done and done and the rebooting came. I rebooted but I couldn't log in.

I am now in the process of doing everything again

As Martin says, practice makes perfect

Thats the spirit, last time we chatted I thought that we lost you

 

[V]

guys, i want to install KDE. if i decide to install the KDE desktop within ubuntu how much data(roughly) will i need to download from the web? i have the kubuntu cd, but not the alternate install one, so i can only make a clean install and format my exsisting ubuntu partition which i don't want to do, i wanna have both.

 

[mikhail]

http://www.kde.org/download/
Looks like it's under 200MB. Substantial if you're on dial-up, but not really otherwise.

 

[JCK]

Thats the spirit, last time we chatted I thought that we lost

Lost what?

 

[mikhail]

He's edited his post.

 

[JCK]

guys, i want to install KDE. if i decide to install the KDE desktop within ubuntu how much data(roughly) will i need to download from the web? i have the kubuntu cd, but not the alternate install one, so i can only make a clean install and format my exsisting ubuntu partition which i don't want to do, i wanna have both.

Do it like a man and install gentoo

 

[Rami]

Lost what?

I forgot to add the word "you" at the end..

So I was saying..that last time we chatted I thought that we lost YOU

 

[JCK]

Thats the spirit, last time we chatted I thought that we lost you

Never!! But I will not go back to ubuntu unless I really give up on gentoo.

 

[Rami]

guys, i want to install KDE. if i decide to install the KDE desktop within ubuntu how much data(roughly) will i need to download from the web? i have the kubuntu cd, but not the alternate install one, so i can only make a clean install and format my exsisting ubuntu partition which i don't want to do, i wanna have both.

I remeber I once sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, the archieves size was around 340MB...

 

[Rami]

Never!! But I will not go back to ubuntu unless I really give up on gentoo.

As long as your on linux then your ok