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Since I've gotten my iBook G4 back in september to start my first year
of college, I don't know if I'll ever go back to windows. This computer
has been great to me! And I don't have to worry about virii and spyware
attacking my computer.


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wogri wrote:
> *It's FREEEEEEEEEEEE, and works*


That is, free as in freedom not as in price!
And it's open source, so that, if you are some multinational or smaller
company are not depending on a OS that does things you don't know.

Like if you have a whole automized plant, with robots, and M$ decides to
drop some implementation you don't have a sudden costs. I have seen
companies who's suddenly had to pay a couple of millions to start
processes up again...!

Or like if you are developing a robot for bomb-detection you can be sure
about the data-security.

Opposit to the (telephone) tap-room hardware of the Israelian company
Syscom, who'd let all intercepted info by the CIA/FBI being sent to
Israel without them knowing it.

But for the average joe: you can debug common computer problems way
easier because it's verbose.

And that are just 2 reasons, there are endless reasons.


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Can DX8 DX9 Windoz based games run on Linux..?

What about hardware drivers ...?
Do all OEMs make Linux drivers now ..?


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Linux and unicycles:

'Mandrake' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=38)
'Suse' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=765)
'Fedora' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=764)
'Slackware' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=800)
'Redhat' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=656)

'Debian - comfort and speed'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=568)
'Debian - no messing around'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=101)
'Gentoo - think custom' (http://tinyurl.com/4wyl9)
'Gentoo - more custom' (http://tinyurl.com/3sjyg)


And for completeness:
'Windows' (http://search.ebay.com/unicycle-broken)
'OSX' (http://www.schlumpf.ch/uni_engl.htm)

When I sit down in front of a Debian or Gentoo box there is usually no
destop, no start bar, buttons or any sort of menu. All hot keys. And
more often than not I get aoeu instead of asdf.

I don't know where to put UNIX, it takes more time to to install freeBSD
and get X working the first time than it does to learn to ride a Uni.
But AIX ...

Josie


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> -wogri -

Hey you work at ARIN...
I tried to become hostmaster at RIPE without succes (never seen open
vacancies). I'm
$ whois -h whois.ripe.net unicycle

...and you are from Austria. A friend of me has domain there that sounds
cool: blackh.at


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can someone please tell me which linux to get and how to get it?

I have an old computer on which I would like to run linux - w1ndows 98
right now, with a processor...... before pentium - something really
lame. I dunno about RAM.


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I recommend "Knoppix 3.7 (or 3.4)" or "Jollix"

Both are CDs that you can download for free, burn to CD, and use to
boot your computer. It is a great introduction to Linux, because you
don't have to install it. Not only that, but some people run CD based
operating systems FULL time. There are a ton of benefits in doing so
(including high security, more stability, and the ability to upgrade
entire LANs by remastering/upgrading the CD).

They are easy to find, simply search for the names in any major search
engine.


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Thanks.

my computer's actually running w1ndows 95 right now.


I am a bit confused right now about open source. I use firefox, and I
love it. I though that it was free because it was open source, but some
versions of linux cost money.
so what exactly does open source really mean?


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PhilS wrote:
> *sorry, it's w1ndows 95.
>
>
> I am a bit confused right now about open source. I use firefox, and I
> love it. I though that it was free because it was open source, but
> some versions of linux cost money.
> so what exactly does open source really mean? *


"Open source" may never benefit *you.* It just means that the source
code of each program is available for modification. Unless you are a
programmer or pay one, you may never get the full benefit of open source
software.
(For simplicity, I'm barring some of the general positives like the fact
that because the source is available to everyone, people fix it faster,
and you get legal access to the fixed version.)

That said, both CDs that I mentioned above come with Firefox and
hundreds of other programs installed.

In a sense, the CDs are "closed source" because you will not find the
source code on the CD and everything is prepackaged. One has to go
through a few more steps to modify the source code of programs on a CD.
Nonetheless, you have the ability to modify any aspect of the entire
system (unlike the leading operating systems).

The bottom line is that open source enables you to download and use the
CDs legally without paying someone.


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I set up linux (gentoo) for the first time on my modded xbox (it has a
130 gb HDD). So I can use the xbox as a server if I want, I just have
to intall the right stuff :). There is a special distro of gentoo made
for modded xbox's: 'GentooX' (http://gentoox.shallax.com/)

Later,

Jess


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leo wrote:
> *Hey you work at ARIN...
> I tried to become hostmaster at RIPE without succes (never seen open
> vacancies). I'm
> $ whois -h whois.ripe.net unicycle
>
> ...and you are from Austria. A friend of me has domain there that
> sounds cool: blackh.at *


Heh :)

Yeah, I work @ ARIN, this is actually the last month I'm working there
before I go back to Austria.
If you ever get the chance to get into RIPE do it, I know many people
from RIPE who love their job. There is nothing better than working at an
RIR.

Wogri


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I really don't download a lot of stuff, and I still dont really get this
whole mirror thing. do I have to download every file on that list one
by one onto the CD, or is there a way to do it all at once?

(google couldn't help me here:( )


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PhilS wrote:
> *(google couldn't help me here:( ) *


Hahahahaaha, I just don't believe you.
If you want to get Linux up and running, you HAVE to read. Without
reading it won't work. Go ahead, and read the documentation your
distribution has available for you on their homepage.


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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

I've looked throught like 20 pages of google searches and can find
NOTHING about downloding stuff from mirrors. there is nothing on the
Knoppix site about downloading from mirrors.

do I just need this -

icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso 698.99 MB [09-Dec-04] [ISO image]


or do I also need these:

icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.md5 65 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain text
file]
icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.md5.asc 408 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain
text file]
icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.sha1 73 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain text
file]
icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.sha1.asc 416 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain
text file]



I do not get this mirror thing there should be ONE link you can click
and download everything.
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING STUFF ABOUT MIRRORS REFLECTING LIGHT I
KNEW THAT SINCE I WAS IN GRADE ONE AND I AM VERRY FRUSTRATED PLEASE
HELP.


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U U UN U UNI U UN UNI UNIC U UN UNI UNICY U UN UNI UNIC UNICY UNICYL U
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UNICYCL UNICY UNIC UNI UN U UNICYC UNIC UNI UN U UNICY UNIC UNI UN U
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so far, I'm guessing I need these:

icon contrib 246.97 MB [10-Aug-04] [Directory]
icon docs 3.82 MB [10-Aug-04] [Directory]
icon knoppix-cover 472.67 KB [10-Aug-04] [Directory]
icon knoppix-customize 284.12 KB [10-Aug-04] [Directory]
icon knoppix-vortrag-als2000 121.93 KB [10-Aug-04] [Directory]
icon md5-old 44.66 KB [13-Dec-04] [Directory]
icon KNOPPIX-CHANGELOG.txt 30.98 KB [08-Dec-04] [Plain text file]

icon knoppix-cheatcodes.txt 9.46 KB [03-May-04] [Plain text file]

icon KNOPPIX-FAQ-EN.txt 9.92 KB [03-May-04] [Plain text file]
icon KNOPPIX-FAQ-ES.txt 10.37 KB [03-May-04] [Unknown]
icon KNOPPIX-FAQ-FR.txt 11.81 KB [03-May-04] [Unknown]
icon KNOPPIX-FAQ-IT.txt 11.62 KB [03-May-04] [Plain text file]
icon KNOPPIX-FAQ-NL.txt 9.54 KB [03-May-04] [Plain text file]
icon KNOPPIX-FAQ-PL.txt 11.51 KB [12-Jul-03] [Unknown]
icon KNOPPIX-FAQ.txt 11.11 KB [03-May-04] [Unknown]



and




icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso 698.99 MB [09-Dec-04] [ISO image]

icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.md5 65 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain text
file]
icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.md5.asc 408 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain
text file]
icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.sha1 73 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain text
file]
icon KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.sha1.asc 416 B [09-Dec-04] [Plain
text file]



and



icon packages-dvd.txt 211.1 KB [16-Jun-04] [Unknown]
icon packages.txt 111.3 KB [09-Dec-04] [Unknown]
icon README 832 B [09-Dec-04] [Unknown]


am I right?

I just download it onto a CD and rebout?


wait - My CD cant hold those directories at the top!!! ahhh!


(all this is from http://tinyurl.com/5n3oc )


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wogri wrote:
> *Hahahahaaha, I just don't believe you.
> If you want to get Linux up and running, you HAVE to read. Without
> reading it won't work. Go ahead, and read the documentation your
> distribution has available for you on their homepage. *


Unfortunately, that is the asinine response that ripples through this
community with pride. Some people like knowing things that others don't.
A lot of the professionals that I keep in touch with pride themselves in
esoteric knowledge and then scoff at other people who don't get joy by
reading (often complex) manual pages.

Contrarily, if you pad every response with "I looked for it and read"
you won't get that knee-jerk response. (I know, I have said "I've read
it" when I haven't just to get past that). Still, the Linux community is
much like this Unicycle community. Definately leagues better than the
Microsoft counterparts.


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this is totally the wrong place to ask that question, but:

you just need KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso 698.99 MB [09-Dec-04] [ISO
image]

An ISO Image is a CD image, you burn that, and you're done.

mirrors are mutlitple servers for the same data, you usually choose one
that's near you to avoid heavy internet traffic.

md5 and sha1 are hashing algorithms to verify the source ISO - forget
about this, if you don't know what that means.

wogri


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ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> *Unfortunately, that is the asinine response that ripples through this
> community with pride. *


Well, I went through the same hell. If you don't read, and flood any
forum with questions that are already answered, nobody will be pleased
to answer you.
The question was like asking in this forum: How do I freemount?

What's the answer? Read our already written instructions, and do trial
and error - same answer work for his question.

Didn't want to be rude, and this is way way way way way off topic. But
be aware, that a Linux is not as easy to use as a Windows, and not as
beautiful as a Mac OS X.


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> Unfortunately, that is the asinine response that ripples through this
> community with pride.

I object ;)
Most people are used to Windows and/or Mac, which are different beasts
then Linux. Reading documents to know how to use Linux would be the
same as having to read to use Windows. Yes, people have to read to use
Windows. My dad has had to buy a new book for every version of Windows
since 3.1.

The most important thing to do is get Knoppix, and just try it. KNoppix
is a good start, boot off the cd and you can't fsck up your comp :)


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