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April 7th, 2004 15:00
Which Linux on I3K?
Hi all,
I am completely newbie to Linux. I would like to migrate my old Inspiron W98 to Linux.
Could anyone recommend to the beginner:
- a distro which will be fairly straightforward to install (along with the drivers for display, mouse, neomagic card)
- a wireless PC Card (or USB dongle if none) with proper drivers to hookup to Netgear router/gateway.
I dont mind a little cmd learning but since I am planning to use this as a server for multi-media files primarily and learning Linux secondarily, I would rather not have the hardest version where you keep command-ing.
Thanks for any suggestion.
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ThatEvoGuy
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April 7th, 2004 16:00
I would recommend Fedora Core 1. I've used it for about 6 months now on an old e-Machines Celron PC, and as of tonight (I just got my new Dimension 8300 this morning), on my new PC and keeping my fingers crossed that Fedora will recognize my SATA drives.
Installation is very painless. For more info, go to fedora.redhat.com
Core 2 is still in test, so I wouldn't suggest you install Core 2 until it's out of test.
Whiskerburn
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April 30th, 2004 22:00
Another good choice for a complete newbie is Xandros. Although Xandros does not have a free download of their distro it is one of the most user friendly distros I have seen, and I have been poking around with Linux for about 6 years now. Xandros is a distro that your Grandmother could use without a problem.
One thing you will want to consider though is the power of your "Old Inspiron" most modern GUI based distros are now requiring a fair amount of horsepower to operate not unlike Windoze XP. But it will be well worth the effort to try installing Fedora or Xandros to see if you have the power to support it. I don't think you will have much trouble with drivers most Linux distros now identify as much or more of the existing hardware than Windoze.
Good luck and Happy computing with Linux.
Whiskerburn
Agent Orange
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May 1st, 2004 09:00
But there are plenty of window managers which are small, light and lean in terms of system resources. fvwm is one of the smallest. the default config is horrible (so is the default gnome/kde config), but it is highly custromisable (checkout themes.org!). Other choices are my favourite, enlightenment, or iceWM, blackbox and afterstep - there are plenty of options.
cheers
froggy68300
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May 4th, 2004 08:00
Thank you all for advice. I'll try these.
The one thing I am still missing is some guidance for a Wifi card that will work with Linux. Any recommendation?
Whiskerburn
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May 6th, 2004 13:00
I don't have wireless cards in my PC's so I can't halp you there but I do use an Orinoco silver card in my laptop. I have used the card with Xandros, Mepis and Knoppix which are all Debain based and with Redhat/Fedora Core linux and it works good.
Whiskerburn