Have finally chosen Mandrake

Thanks to everyone for helping am now already posting messages foe help on
certain things as Linux is far different than XP

Trevor


"Bill Unruh" <unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca> a écrit dans le message de
news:bhf0og$u0s$1@string.physics.ubc.ca...
> Alan Connor <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> writes:
>
> ]On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:13:48 +0200, Shazbot <REMOVEMEcdmail@cdmail.fr>
wrote:
> ]>
> ]>
> ]> Will try installing one of these systems very soon, the choice seems to
be
> ]> either redhat or mandrake
> ]>
> ]> As a complete beginner to Linux (never even seen it) which would be the
> ]> appropiate for me
>
> Probably Mandrake. It has put in the most work to be user friendly.
>
> ]>
> ]> Currently my system is Win XP pro booting from a SATA drive but will
install
> ]> linux on a new standard IDE drive all by itself
> ]>
> ]> The other question how do I boot from one OS or the other while the XP
will
> ]> be on one drive and linux on the other
>
> Using a boot loader. Linux comes with a couple, lilo or grub. The OS
> will install one for you.
>
> ]>
> ]> Thanks
>
>
> ]
> ]Debian or Slackware
>
>
> ]Alan C

I actually tried debian, but couldn't get past the 'dos' page and the
quetions asked about root and user password were far more complicated the
the mandrake version which I got up and running straight away

I think that most questions are due to the fact that users 'me for instance'
come Bill Gates world and the two systems are so so different

I am having trouble just trying to understand how linux works and trying to
update or install prgrams

again

Thanks


"Alan Connor" <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> a écrit dans le message de
news:tYH_a.4025$Nf3.1252@newsread4.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 03:47:28 +0000 (UTC), Bill Unruh
<unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Alan Connor <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> writes:
> >
> > ]On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:13:48 +0200, Shazbot <REMOVEMEcdmail@cdmail.fr>
wrote:
> > ]>
> > ]>
> > ]> Will try installing one of these systems very soon, the choice seems
to be
> > ]> either redhat or mandrake
> > ]>
> > ]> As a complete beginner to Linux (never even seen it) which would be
the
> > ]> appropiate for me
> >
> > Probably Mandrake. It has put in the most work to be user friendly.
> >
>
> Right. I installed Debian, on 2 diverse machines in about 10 minutes
apiece
> as a newbie and how many Debian questions to you find on these groups
compared
> to Mandrake questions?
>
> A lot of it has to do, of course, with the number of people that are
mislead
> certain folks and choose Mandork or Redsnot instead of one of the amateur
> distros.
>
> I've known a lot of people who have installed all four, and the ones using
> the allegedly "user-friendly" ones are the ones that always have the
problems.
> That's because they spend their energy on advertising instead of their OS.
> Which ones have tech support phone numbers, eh? That ought to tell a
sensible
> person something....
>
>
> Alan C

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:15:54 +0200, Shazbot <REMOVEMEcdmail@cdmail.fr> wrote:
>
>
> I actually tried debian, but couldn't get past the 'dos' page and the
> quetions asked about root and user password were far more complicated the
> the mandrake version which I got up and running straight away
>
> I think that most questions are due to the fact that users 'me for instance'
> come Bill Gates world and the two systems are so so different
>
> I am having trouble just trying to understand how linux works and trying to
> update or install prgrams
>
> again
>
> Thanks
>

They are very different systems all right.

Give this fine e-book a look see:

http:/rute.sourceforge.net


The first 9 chapters are a great introductory course.


Alan C