The promised land: Vidalinux (2 Viewers)

Martin

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Dec 31, 2000
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Disclaimer: This distro sucks right now, do NOT install it!! :D

Having said that, Vidalinux is a new distro, with a pending first release (it's still beta). The great thing about it is that it's built on Gentoo. :party: That means you get all the great featues of Gentoo under the hood, along with a simple install procedure and a fairly easy to use desktop. The best of both worlds so to speak. But for now it's *very* buggy and has a lot of problems. Given a lot of effort, it could just become one of the most appealing distros out there though, so worth keeping an eye on.

http://desktop.vidalinux.com/
 

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gray

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Apr 22, 2003
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a distro is a distribution of Linux, since it comes in a whole bunch of different flavours. Anyway good for you Martin, I'll have to get used to the whole linux thing before I try other stuff... bah, no time these days :(
 

mikhail

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Jan 24, 2003
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++ [ originally posted by Paolo_Montero ] ++
right so its an alternative to microsoft.. thats all I needed to know!
It's an alternative to Windows. A bit trickier to install, and not much for games AFAIK, but it's reliable, secure and free.

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Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License , the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone.

Linux is an operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a young student, Linus Torvalds, at the University of Helsinki in Finland... The kernel, at the heart of all Linux systems, is developed and released under the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available to everyone. It is this kernel that forms the base around which a Linux operating system is developed...

Apart from the fact that it's freely distributed, Linux's functionality, adaptability and robustness, has made it the main alternative for proprietary Unix and Microsoft operating systems. IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other giants of the computing world have embraced Linux and support its ongoing development. More than a decade after its initial release, Linux is being adopted worldwide as a server platform primarily. Its use as a home and office desktop operating system is also on the rise. The operating system can also be incorporated directly into microchips in a process called "embedding" and is increasingly being used this way in appliances and devices.

Throughout most of the 1990's, tech pundits, largely unaware of Linux's potential, dismissed it as a computer hobbyist project, unsuitable for the general public's computing needs. Through the efforts of developers of desktop management systems such as KDE and GNOME, office suite project OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla web browser project, to name only a few, there are now a wide range of applications that run on Linux and it can be used by anyone regardless of his/her knowledge of computers. Those curious to see the capabilities of Linux can download a live CD version called Knoppix . It comes with everything you might need to carry out day-to-day tasks on the computer and it needs no installation. It will run from a CD in a computer capable of booting from the CD drive. Those choosing to continue using Linux can find a variety of versions or "distributions" of Linux that are easy to install, configure and use. Information on these products is available in our distribution section and can be found by selecting the mainstream/general public category.
 
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Martin

Martin

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    Maybe that wasn't exactly clear but this thread wasn't really meant to have mass appeal :rolleyes: I only write this for those who might be interested, like Graham, Matt, John..
     

    mikhail

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    No, but it's to their benefit. Consider the Russian people finding out for the first time that Lada wasn't the only make on the market.
     

    Tom

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    Perhaps I should just leave this place for the elitists :dontcare:

    cheers anyway John, at least now i have a clue about what you lot rave on about all the time ;)
     
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    Martin

    Martin

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    ++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++
    No, but it's to their benefit. Consider the Russian people finding out for the first time that Lada wasn't the only make on the market.
    A very worthy comparison, sir. :)

    Graham, stfu :groan::p
     

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