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BeerSlinger:
--- Quote from: sethjackson on March 29, 2006, 04:35:56 am ---For Linux Gentoo. It has a graphical install now for the less venturesome. :lol: It runs all three.
OpenBSD is by far my favorite OS. It is a BSD derivitive, and it is very secure. The only thing with OpenBSD is that some of the ports lag behind. (Lack of manpower) WINE is far behind, (not really OpenBSD's fault). Umm C::B haven't tried it. Only reason it wouldn't work is because wx is at 2.4.2 on it. :P BTW with OpenBSD intaller is text based. I find that cool. 8)
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I will hasten to add that OpenBSD is not Linux. :wink:
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OpenBSD is one that I've heard of.....yeah, I did know that it was Unix....
My thing also is (and I haven't stated this) that i'm not walking away from windows.......I'm running........I am so feed to the teeth with that company that I would rather do a deal with the devil VS by another product from redmond....
That's why WINE is so important.....for me it will help, but if I can get a game to work, I can wein my wife off of it.....
RJP Computing:
--- Quote from: BeerSlinger on March 29, 2006, 04:27:58 am ---
Really?!........a second vote of confidence......Interesting.....
I was automatically drawn to Debian because I love the fact that it has such a catalog of software.......and they are very upfront about what is stable and what isn't.....
I may have to try both.......Maybe Ubuntu first because its only one disk vs 15......
All I have to say is that I just want something functional, it doesn't have to be easy or forgiving because i'm willing to learn. But in this case, after all day, I couldn't see from all the blood in my eyes from banging my head up against the wall.....
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If you didn't know this already, Ubuntu comes with all the debian software available. Just thru a tool called apt-get (commandline tool) or Synaptic (GUI tool).
There are also flavors of Ubuntu. What I mean is there is Kubuntu which is using KDE instead of Gnome. There is also a new comer called Xubuntu (I run this because my Linux box is a piece of old crap. :D ) and it uses XFCE. The really cool part is these are the officially supported versions so you get the 6 month release cycle and 3 year support for the desktop and 5 year support for the server. You can also do a "server" based install that is completely stripped down and comes with no windows manager at all. Then install, using 'apt-get' the windows manager of your choice. i.e. FluxBox.
BeerSlinger:
--- Quote from: RJP Computing on March 29, 2006, 05:14:39 am ---
If you didn't know this already, Ubuntu comes with all the debian software available. Just thru a tool called apt-get (commandline tool) or Synaptic (GUI tool).
There are also flavors of Ubuntu. What I mean is there is Kubuntu which is using KDE instead of Gnome. There is also a new comer called Xubuntu (I run this because my Linux box is a piece of old crap. :D ) and it uses XFCE. The really cool part is these are the officially supported versions so you get the 6 month release cycle and 3 year support for the desktop and 5 year support for the server. You can also do a "server" based install that is completely stripped down and comes with no windows manager at all. Then install, using 'apt-get' the windows manager of your choice. i.e. FluxBox.
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--- Quote from: BeerSlinger on March 29, 2006, 04:27:58 am ---
Really?!........a second vote of confidence......Interesting.....
I was automatically drawn to Debian because I love the fact that it has such a catalog of software.......and they are very upfront about what is stable and what isn't.....
I may have to try both.......Maybe Ubuntu first because its only one disk vs 15......
All I have to say is that I just want something functional, it doesn't have to be easy or forgiving because i'm willing to learn. But in this case, after all day, I couldn't see from all the blood in my eyes from banging my head up against the wall.....
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No I didn't realize that, I know that it was said that it was debian baised.....but compatablilty and reality tend to be two sparate things with linux......
Interesting, I will have to try this first.....
Crap.....I got to cut my debian download.....
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BeerSlinger:
Takeshi,
Normally I don't like to say anything negative and I don’t mean this in a pessimistic way but the install of Ubuntu was the icing on the cake of a lousy day. I know that this is not the site to be talking about OS issues but it’s very difficult to use C::B if I don’t have the operating system to use it on so I will try to keep this brief.
To be honest, I didn’t read the reviews that you posted because you have been a big help in the past so I trusted your judgment. But the install that I had was a little more then shaky. On the other hand, it could be something that I did wrong and I admit that I’m still a newbie; So I want to review what happened to get your feedback or anyone else whom can help.
After I installed and burnt the copy of the OS, I immediately started the install after I had wiped the destination disk from a 3rd party program in windows. At first, I was real encouraged because the install started very quick with no BS. When the prompt came for the install type I typed “server” because I want a web server on this machine. After that the install was very quick off the single CD but it didn’t do a couple of things that concerned me a great deal.
First, it didn’t setup the root account or password. Second, after the install detected my network, it recognized that I wasn’t running DHCP and that’s cool but it asked for my IP, Sub and provided my gateway, it never asked for DNS servers …
The next thing that perplexed me was that no GUI ever booted. I was put directly into a text terminal. So when I hit that I was so lost that I didn’t know what to do…
With such glowing reviews, I’m confused why all of this happened…Just to be safe, I’m downloading other distribs to try, but if we can fix this situation; I would love to hear the answer because I’m usually the type to do a full install so I will always go with the full or server option…
mandrav:
@BeerSlinger:
Why don't you actually read what is being said here???
--- Quote from: RJP Computing ---You can also do a "server" based install that is completely stripped down and comes with no windows manager at all.
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--- Quote from: BeerSlinger ---When the prompt came for the install type I typed “server” because I want a web server on this machine.
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:?
The server install is just an install stripped of anything graphical. You can still run a web server with the normal install...
--- Quote from: BeerSlinger ---First, it didn’t setup the root account or password.
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Ubuntu doesn't use the root account for security reasons. You can still enable it later on if you really need it. But why do that? Just work as a user and if you want to do something that requires root privileges, just type sudo in front of the command. It will ask you for your password and execute the command as root...
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