On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Whirled Peas wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:53:27 GMT, "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>> A reply to my post noted a site - Distrowatch.com - found MANY, many
>> choices. How do I net it out to ONE??
>>
>> WayneD
>
> Yes, DistroWatch will overwhelm you at first. Start with their "Major
> Distrobutions" page http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
>
> Do some reading, decide what appeals to you and go from there.


Relying on distro features is the biggest mistake all these noobs are
making. Why not just customize your system the way YOU like it, not
someone else's preference.


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Sir Jackery

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:56:35 -0600, ray wrote:

> No real indication that the OP is looking for the smallest Live CD
> available. IMHO Knoppix and Elive are much more fully featured.

That's true, and yet the beginning Linux user is unlikely to make any
significant use of about 3.9 GB of the stuff on the 4.0 GB Knoppix DVD....

Actually DSL, Puppy, Austrumi, and Slax are far smaller than Knoppix and
far easier to find one's way around at first boot.

I run Puppy on one of my older laptops, it does everything a beginning
user could require, except play DVDs, and that's only because the machine
is too old to have a DVD drive :-)

Mark
--
The Man With No Signature

Sir Jackery was all like, you know, and said something like...
>
> Relying on distro features is the biggest mistake all these noobs are
> making. Why not just customize your system the way YOU like it, not
> someone else's preference.

Fully agree ... put Ubuntu server on this system and built up X from
there.
--
BlackTopBum
They said homosexuality was a mental defect.
Now they say pedophilia is a mental defect...
in what direction are we headed?

> Jim was all like, you know, and said something like...

:)

> > ...Puppy...
> **** Small Linux (a.k.a. DSL) is 50 MB and ****ed good, too.
> http://www.****smalllinux.org/
> BlackTopBum

Oooo... either one or something like them, is what Dell should
load on their machines? :)

Alvin in AZ

alvinj@XX.com was all like, you know, and said something like...
>
> Oooo... either one or something like them, is what Dell should
> load on their machines? :)

Both are good distros - put DSL on a circa 1998 Toshiba laptop.

BTW, to another post of yours re:BL and shooters - I'm a shooter and
enjoy beer (tho' never in any combo together) and the only beer I
drink - since I am a beer snob - is micro brews. Therefore, if I were
to shoot a beer can/bottle it would HAVE to be Bud <yuk!>.
--
BlackTopBum
They said homosexuality was a mental defect.
Now they say pedophilia is a mental defect...
in what direction are we headed?

* BlackTopBum wrote in alt.os.linux:

> alvinj@XX.com was all like, you know, and said something like...
>>
>> Oooo... either one or something like them, is what Dell should
>> load on their machines? :)
>
> Both are good distros - put DSL on a circa 1998 Toshiba laptop.
>
> BTW, to another post of yours re:BL and shooters - I'm a shooter and
> enjoy beer (tho' never in any combo together) and the only beer I
> drink - since I am a beer snob - is micro brews. Therefore, if I were
> to shoot a beer can/bottle it would HAVE to be Bud <yuk!>.

I am a sipper as opposed to a shooter (but I have been know to shoot a
few now and again) but I love beer also, but only micros as well. Loves
me some Crown or Johnny Walker Black with a good cigar :)

Like Shots?

Texas Snowshoe

1/2 oz Tequilla
1/2 oz Rumpelmintz

That will put some hair on em.

--
David

Ok! I dwnld'd Ubunto 6.10 Then via Infra Recorder, I burned a disc.

I opened the disk and saw, per Ubuntu's web, the correct display exactly as
shown on Ubuntu's site.

I clicked on START.EXE which then brings up a Ununtu menu, a selection of
items, applications.

Then clicked on "OpenCD" which then brings up an additional selection of
applications. I did nothing.

Then booted the machine with the disc. It opened with Ubuntu's logo. I
chose: "check the disk". Error msgs came up.

Then rebooted and selected START or INSTALL. Same set of error msgs. Here
is what was displayed:

- invalid compressed formats
- Kernal panic - not syncing: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block
(1,0).

Display then froze.

Rebooted from disc >> same error msgs.

Bad CD?? Maybe should have dwnld'd 6.06, their stable, has more experience
version??

Pls advise.

Regards,
WayneD








"magus kent" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:Xns98F454D675D84maguskent@207.115.17.102...
> "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in
> news:vu%Jh.8740$rp4.375@trnddc02:
>
>> I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who
>> alledgedly offer a free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was
>> impatient!) was sites selling something - viagra for
>> example! Or this 'n that!
>>
>> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I
>> just better off going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box
>> houses in our town) and buy a box?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Wayne D
>>
>>
>
> As recommended by other posters distrowatch will overwhelm you
> with choices. Ny recommendation is to download a couple of
> live cds, burn them, and then see which one works with your
> hardware and personal tastes the best. Two distros I recommend
> are simply mepis (www.mepis.org) and
> pclos (pclinuxos.com/news.php)
> ..m

SINNER was all like, you know, and said something like...
>
> I am a sipper as opposed to a shooter (but I have been know to shoot a
> few now and again) but I love beer also, but only micros as well. Loves
> me some Crown or Johnny Walker Black with a good cigar :)

Gimme Jack D. - straight up !! - and a Macanudo Robust 7.5x49.

>
> Like Shots?
>
> Texas Snowshoe
>
> 1/2 oz Tequilla
> 1/2 oz Rumpelmintz
>
> That will put some hair on em.
>

Will give it a shot - erm, try <g>.
--
BlackTopBum
They said homosexuality was a mental defect.
Now they say pedophilia is a mental defect...
in what direction are we headed?

> Relying on distro features is the biggest mistake all these noobs are
> making. Why not just customize your system the way YOU like it, not
> someone else's preference.
>
>
> --
> Sir Jackery

You can always customize it the way you like it, but why would you do
that if someone else already did it for you?

Ok! I burned a 2nd disk (from a Ubuntu 6.10 dwnld), this time at 4x speed -
toa CD-RW (vs 35-40 to a CD-R). Disk contents same, ie same display as
previous (see last post fm me).

Booted from THIS newer disk - same error msgs:

- invalid compressed format
- Kernel panic -not syncing: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown block
(1,0)

Machine is an AMD 64 x 2 dual core, etc; 2GB RAM, etc.

Is it me? The download? Or ??

Thanks for your patience!

WayneD






"magus kent" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:Xns98F454D675D84maguskent@207.115.17.102...
> "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in
> news:vu%Jh.8740$rp4.375@trnddc02:
>
>> I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who
>> alledgedly offer a free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was
>> impatient!) was sites selling something - viagra for
>> example! Or this 'n that!
>>
>> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I
>> just better off going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box
>> houses in our town) and buy a box?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Wayne D
>>
>>
>
> As recommended by other posters distrowatch will overwhelm you
> with choices. Ny recommendation is to download a couple of
> live cds, burn them, and then see which one works with your
> hardware and personal tastes the best. Two distros I recommend
> are simply mepis (www.mepis.org) and
> pclos (pclinuxos.com/news.php)
> ..m

Sir Jackery wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Whirled Peas wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:53:27 GMT, "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> A reply to my post noted a site - Distrowatch.com - found MANY, many
>>> choices. How do I net it out to ONE??
>>>
>>> WayneD
>>
>>
>> Yes, DistroWatch will overwhelm you at first. Start with their "Major
>> Distrobutions" page http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
>>
>> Do some reading, decide what appeals to you and go from there.
>
>
>
> Relying on distro features is the biggest mistake all these noobs are
> making. Why not just customize your system the way YOU like it, not
> someone else's preference.

Possibly because they (we) are new to the process? You know, that whole
learning what you're doing thing?

Jim

>
>
> --
> Sir Jackery

> Relying on distro features is the biggest mistake all these noobs are
> making. Why not just customize your system the way YOU like it, not
> someone else's preference.
>
>
> --
> Sir Jackery

Few reasons..

A noob needs a system to start with and has no idea which distro is a
'base' system.

A noob doesn't know how to customize a system.

A noob 90% of the time with be coming from a Windows flavour, and this
would be what they 'like', since most likely they had a choice between
Windows, and Windows. Therefore to get a taste of Linux they would want to
start with something that tastes like Windows. They were force-fed
Windows, and want something similar until their pallet adjusts.

Regards
Stuzz

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, J. F. Cornwall wrote:

> Sir Jackery wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Whirled Peas wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:53:27 GMT, "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> A reply to my post noted a site - Distrowatch.com - found MANY, many
>>>> choices. How do I net it out to ONE??
>>>>
>>>> WayneD
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, DistroWatch will overwhelm you at first. Start with their "Major
>>> Distrobutions" page http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
>>>
>>> Do some reading, decide what appeals to you and go from there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Relying on distro features is the biggest mistake all these noobs are
>> making. Why not just customize your system the way YOU like it, not someone
>> else's preference.
>
> Possibly because they (we) are new to the process? You know, that whole
> learning what you're doing thing?

I agree, but don't rely on the particular features of a distro. For
example, don't learn RPM when using redhat, simply install from sources.
You'll be better off in the long run as you will have a great deal more
relevant knowledge.

--
Sir Jackery

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Stuzz wrote:

>> Relying on distro features is the biggest mistake all these noobs are
>> making. Why not just customize your system the way YOU like it, not
>> someone else's preference.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sir Jackery
>
> Few reasons..
>
> A noob needs a system to start with and has no idea which distro is a
> 'base' system.
>
> A noob doesn't know how to customize a system.
>
> A noob 90% of the time with be coming from a Windows flavour, and this
> would be what they 'like', since most likely they had a choice between
> Windows, and Windows. Therefore to get a taste of Linux they would want to
> start with something that tastes like Windows. They were force-fed
> Windows, and want something similar until their pallet adjusts.
>

It's not rocket science (: Sometimes the distro-specific features are more
complicated than the standard UNIX alternatives. Have you ever dealt with
RPM when it has problems? Yikes. I'll install from source over that any
day.


--
Sir Jackery

DrE was all like, you know, and said something like...
> You can always customize it the way you like it, but why would you do
> that if someone else already did it for you?

Your words are contradictory - "customize it the way you like" &
"someone else already did it for you". For someone else to customise
my system would require them to know exactly my peeves and wants.
--
BlackTopBum
They said homosexuality was a mental defect.
Now they say pedophilia is a mental defect...
in what direction are we headed?