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APIITian

Feb 10 2005, 04:37 AM

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i'd join the league of linux.

suse here ..

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QUOTE(debiankl @ Dec 21 2004, 01:36 PM)

I am a die hard fan of Debian and Slackware. Ocassionly I still keep in touch with FreeBSD and Fedora Core. Any Debian fans out here.

Count me in!

Been using it for quite some time, it was my main desktop OS until I got sucked into the dark side that is Mac OS X

Now i still run it on a spare box that is used mainly for Bittorrenting and side project development .. in the planning stages of a special project for LYN forumers!

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QUOTE(debiankl @ Dec 21 2004, 01:36 PM)

I am a die hard fan of Debian and Slackware. Ocassionly I still keep in touch with FreeBSD and Fedora Core. Any Debian fans out here.

Another Debian fan here. Been using it for ages.

I have downloaded and installed SUSE 9.1 Pro with KDE.
I have also downloaded Mandrake 10.1.
If anyone needs a copy, just march up to my place with a few blanks.

Just to keep up, I installed and tried Suse. Will try Mandrake next.

Anyone wants to log in to try Suse. More than happy to create some user accounts.

Sounds like a good idea!!.
People who are keen in having a look/try Linux, you can download VNC onto your windows machine. Use VNC to remote access and try Linux.

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Feb 14 2005, 11:55 AM

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Its great to hear tht so many ppl r interested in Linux, I'm one of them infact I'm doing a project on Linux therefore may I know where can I find any online poll tht shows the popularity between the different type of linux used in the market nowadays so tht I can create my own graph for my project ... thx for the help ... ^^

I choose SuSe , better inteface and customization.

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Feb 14 2005, 05:30 PM

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QUOTE(debiankl @ Dec 21 2004, 01:36 PM)

I am a die hard fan of Debian and Slackware. Ocassionly I still keep in touch with FreeBSD and Fedora Core. Any Debian fans out here.

Another Debian fans here

But I am currently using Knoppix modified version, I install Knoppix into my laptop and use apt-get update some of my package which follow Debian Sarge. Because I lazy to re-install my Debian Sarge thru network which spend me 3~ 4 hours to download.

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Feb 16 2005, 02:01 PM

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hi ... linux noob here ..
tried previous distro b4 ( red hat, suse ) but somehow i deleted them after a few tries ... maybe due to unfamiliarity to install hardware drivers in linux environment .... now i wanna tried linux again and wanna know which distro is more user friendly and maybe closed to windows environment ?

note : im very noob in linux ..

. hope this time i will like linux

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i heard that debian & redhat is the most stabil distro.......(dunno right or not),but i recommend mandrake or redhat for new user because it is user-friendly......& use virtual pc or vmware to install linux on windows platform will be better

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Apr 4 2005, 03:25 PM

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Here we go...

RedHat Enterprise Linux 3
Fedora Core 3
Damn Small Linux
Knoppix

These are the main ones I'm using.

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Apr 6 2005, 10:26 AM

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gentoo.. slackware.. fedora... knoppix... debian..

others... i don't use...

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Apr 8 2005, 01:00 PM

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Hey there fellas. CentOS and Ubuntu are worth a try. I use gentoo

.. we're gonna have much less of those distro-picking threads from now, unless they are constructive.

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Apr 21 2005, 04:55 PM

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Knoppix 3.8.1 is out
http://www.knoppix.net

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gentoo or debian imo, tedious installation, enjoy the goodness of portage and apt-get later..

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May 12 2005, 05:51 PM

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BTW, Mandrake is now Mandriva Linux.

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May 26 2005, 09:34 AM

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Anyone ever used CentOS? I recently talked to a System Integrator and I was informed that CentOS is a 99% clone of Red Hat Server Enterprise. Anyone would like to help me clarify if this piece of information is true or a fake?

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Jun 16 2005, 11:21 PM

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this is a pure newbie question. but since can't find anywhere in the forum, i'd like to ask, which distro/version is suitable for an old and slow machine? < 1.0ghz and 128mb ram. any recommendation for linux distro that will run at smoothly?

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Jun 17 2005, 07:34 AM

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QUOTE(lucifah @ Jun 16 2005, 11:21 PM)

this is a pure newbie question. but since can't find anywhere in the forum, i'd like to ask, which distro/version is suitable for an old and slow machine? < 1.0ghz and 128mb ram. any recommendation for linux distro that will run at smoothly?

Hey there.
If you have a lot of patience, sure, we can run any of the distro above.
All the PC here at my site are running at the speed less than 1ghz and ram = 128 ghz, some of them are running FC3, some running Centos...
It is running quite smooth too.. I must say..

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Jul 2 2005, 01:32 PM

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this is my linux that i install

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FC 3 my office computer well for apache it's work fine
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SLES 9staff computer look nice izzit like windows XP
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Linspire live cd it took me 10 days download using that bittorent huh

i already try all but then i think for freebies better u guys using Suse 9.3 more friendly i did using mandriva also like linspire and what they say they want to merge with linspire yupp it's friendly also xandros i like the crossover office software very handy but then xandros that i'm used is demo version so some problem and bug for linspire good interface stable...

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