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Any body using a Linux box? If so, what distro are you using? Why? Enquiring :wink: minds want to know.

I've got several older computers that originally ran Win98, ME:puke1: or 2000. Resentments against B. Gates & Co. have risen to the surface again since Micro$oft has obsoleted 98 :mad: and the handwriting is on the wall for XP. :unhappy: I've also got several friends that want to learn computers. Linux might be the ticket to resurrect these under 1 GHz machines.

I'm sure somebody runs something other than M$.

Ted
 
Oh yeah. I love Linux. I run Red Hat enterprise editions at work, so I stick with Red Had free version, Fedora at home. I also run CentOS which is a lot like Red Hat.
Fedora is easy to start out and learn from. Lots of support. I use www.die.net and www.linuxquetions.org for Linux resources on the web. I rarely have to go further, but if I do I just google the question and normally get an answer.
I'll be glad to help any way I can. :thumb: Good luck.
 
I surrendered after OS/2 was submarined

UNIX when we designed Oracle DBs...MS for the workstations...why, because it was easier to find MS service grunts than anything else...
 
PaulChristenson said:
UNIX when we designed Oracle DBs...MS for the workstations...why, because it was easier to find MS service grunts than anything else...
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Yep. Exactly. We run HP, AIX and Sun, the big three of Unix, and RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). Linux is Unix but on a x386 platform. All the workstations where I work are MS. Linux has come a long way and I know it would work fine as a workstation for the users here, but management won't try it. They worry that they will not be able to find enough PC support people to work on the Linux workstations. :pat: Any IT person that can support windows can learn to support Linux. Duh!!!!
 
The stuff at the house is XP except for one that is Vista :puke1:

I lease my servers but they wear a red hat.
 

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I have a Linux PC in the workshop. Used to be an ME machine I believe.

I must admit, I prefer Windows but only because most my software only works with it.
 
Mith said:
I have a Linux PC in the workshop. Used to be an ME machine I believe.

I must admit, I prefer Windows but only because most my software only works with it.
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Yep, I know exactly what you mean Mith. I run a windows XP system at home. Mainly because of Photoshop. The software for Linux is getting better but no doubt there is more variety available for MS systems. Apple was closed with their OS. MS opened it up, and that was the secret to getting the majority of the market share. It sure worked for them.
 
Thanks Doc. fedora 8 installing now on a machine I originally built in '96.

Have you tried Gimp? Gnu Image Manipulation Prog. It's a Photoshop clone. Free open source. Test it against Photoshop.

I bought Red Hat 5.2 back in ... '98(?). Played with it then, along with Solaris(?) from Sun. I should have finished my CNE but got sidetracktored.:rolleyes:

I can't find the sha1sum value at the download sites. I have sha1sum.exe but have nothing to compare the results to. Of course (:unhappy: Murphy:unhappy: ) I think I have a corrupted download. 3+ gigs for DVD. Should I d/l in CD format?

Ted
 
OK I found the sha1sum at NCSU. I don't know why some sites don't have the sha1sum listed. When I couldn't find it I assumed (yeah I know) it was embedded in the d/l.

Sha1sum check (heh) is good. Must be a bad burn but it verified OK. Guess I'll make another coaster and try again.

Ted
 
hmmm, did you download the iso version, so you can make a CD from it? That's what I normally do. Then when creating the CD I use Nero and you have to choose the ISO option or else it won't work.
 
Jim Slagle said:
You can buy a quartz movement and set of hands
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=1209 and make a clock. I had one with a Novell cd :hide:
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Yeah. Burn a Lightscribe face 12 hours with minute hash marks readable at the three o'clock position (like the old "digital" readouts that were really analog) and fix it to the hour axis. A pointer at three o'clock and you have a unique clock. :rolleyes:

I don't need any tangents to get me side tracked. :( Right now I don't have the time to make a clock. :yum: :yum:

To paraphrase Scientific American, back to The Problem at Hand.

Sha1sum checks OK. Media test passes for the burn. Picking up intermittent install errors. I did run memtest from about 2300 till 0600 this morning. THEN swapped memory with another machine that had matching 128 MB sticks. :pat:

Memtest is again running. The P/S has my 'good' mark on it but that may be from years ago. I'll let the memtest run till this afternoon. In the meantime I'll locate another P/S.

I've fixed a lot of intermittent probs by replacing the P/S.

In the meantime duty calls at another location. :wave:

Ted
 
Ubuntu seems to be the distro of choice in these parts. I used to have a box with Mandrake on it but don't have a Linux box right now. Both Linux and Mac have gained in popularity since the release of Windows Vista. I notice the major computer makers like Dell have backed off not offering XP any more, and the retail stores now have it back on the shelves: a good thing.
 
I didn't know they were reverting to XP. Thats good, I think. Several friends have bought new systems...They are not happy with Vista. But, maybe they're just resisting change.

Fedora8 is now up and running on an old 858MHZ Athlon.:biggrin: I've always liked AMD. Intel has always been in bed with M$. I used to play the "Power User" game, building game boxes (I don't play computer games) for friends using AMD. Gamers always wanted the fastest box they could get for the least amount of money, unless they were the :starbucks: type :wink: .

Had some problems with formatting the HD at first. Finally solved that by enabling Web repositories. On a related note the Fedora7 DVD iso wants to install from CD for some reason. Keeps asking for CD disk 1.:rolleyes:

I have enough parts for two more boxes so maybe I'll give Ubuntu a try, too.

Ted
 
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