Im thinking of installing Linux....
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lol.
Reminds me of all classmates who have said "hmm im thinkin of installing linux".....1 month later they cant believe they did such a stupid thing.
No fun stuff really at all. Atleast not if ure main interest isn't sitting at home configuring ure pc on friday nights.
Reminds me of all classmates who have said "hmm im thinkin of installing linux".....1 month later they cant believe they did such a stupid thing.
No fun stuff really at all. Atleast not if ure main interest isn't sitting at home configuring ure pc on friday nights.
Ok Ok, I didn't mean for installation purposes, but you have to do a lot of "low-level" stuff to perhaps get hardware or software to compile / run. Mandrake offers a newbie-friendly interface I feel. I use RedHat at university and Mandrake at home, and Mandrake feels a lot easier to use.
i think i still have a computer with linux somewhere at my place, took me 2long to install it, and it was even worse to install my first software 
so i didn't even bother to remove it..... saying i'll take it over again l8r....
anyway even if u don't use it in long terms still good to see how it works (specialy if u wanna do IT)
and yes definitly mandrake is the best for "newbies" (like me) but redhat is quiet simple 2
forget about suze or debian except if u have a few year to study it
still installed dual boot win98 and linux and my win2k comp was the internet gateway, and it was working (damn i was proud of me taht day )
(edit n°10: apparently to install UT under linux, u need tu copy several folder to your hard drive (all the system, map, sound, texture, muzik, etc folder) then execute a file that install the version! has far has i remember
quiet simple to find on internet)
so i didn't even bother to remove it..... saying i'll take it over again l8r....
anyway even if u don't use it in long terms still good to see how it works (specialy if u wanna do IT)
and yes definitly mandrake is the best for "newbies" (like me) but redhat is quiet simple 2
forget about suze or debian
except if u have a few year to study itstill installed dual boot win98 and linux and my win2k comp was the internet gateway, and it was working (damn i was proud of me taht day
)(edit n°10: apparently to install UT under linux, u need tu copy several folder to your hard drive (all the system, map, sound, texture, muzik, etc folder) then execute a file that install the version! has far has i remember
quiet simple to find on internet)
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lmfao, id rate the suse 8.2 as easy as redhat/mandrake to install. I find mandrake very uncomfortable to use. I use suse here at work and for first installs for the linux usergroup here. I also gentoo on a laptop for work/home, altho i wouldnt really consider touching gentoo as a first linux attempt. To install ut for linux u can just put ur original cd in drive and graphical installer will do rest, if u at command line u have to mount ur cdrom to /cdrom as i rememrber. Copying files accross from a win install is useful if u cba to use ucc to extract the compressed map files.
www.planetunreal.com/theadminpage has some good linux/windows info
www.planetunreal.com/theadminpage has some good linux/windows info
SuSE 8.2 was my first linux install ever...
Ive tried Redhat 9 and Mandrake version something new after that.. Redhat was going to be a server but i changed that for debian after a day with Redhat.. Mandrake lived 2 hours on my box b4 it got nuked.. I far prefer SuSE over the two others.
Ive tried Redhat 9 and Mandrake version something new after that.. Redhat was going to be a server but i changed that for debian after a day with Redhat.. Mandrake lived 2 hours on my box b4 it got nuked.. I far prefer SuSE over the two others.
Ok now after reading ..... all the replies so far... would you
1. download the ISO images and burn ....
or
2. Just buy Linux .. since its only $35... (this way its all on one disc and possibly less probs with what some ppl have said about the iso images and copying)
1. download the ISO images and burn ....
or
2. Just buy Linux .. since its only $35... (this way its all on one disc and possibly less probs with what some ppl have said about the iso images and copying)
Just get the ISO images from www.linuxiso.org , and burn them with Nero in Windows. You can boot from them then.
A good way to test a linux distro is to use a program called VMWare Workstation. Get the windows version and install it, you'll get 30 days free trial which is more than enough to try out linux. VMWare lets you run other operating systems, like linux, in a window on your desktop. Each Virtual Machine you setup creates a single file used as the virtual hard disk, so there is no danger of fsking your HD partitions up and b0rking Windows.
Also look out for Live CD's [knoppix][MandrakeMove][Gnoppix], which you boot from and start an operating system which runs from RAM. This won't write to your hard disks, so again no risk of breaking anything. Remove the CD and reboot, and your back into XP or whatever. Because everything is stored in your memory only, it's not good for testing performance, nor is VMWare as Windows is hogging the hardware already.
And also look out for the specialist linux gaming distros - they are usually built with good support for Nvidia cards, Open GL etc.
A good way to test a linux distro is to use a program called VMWare Workstation. Get the windows version and install it, you'll get 30 days free trial which is more than enough to try out linux. VMWare lets you run other operating systems, like linux, in a window on your desktop. Each Virtual Machine you setup creates a single file used as the virtual hard disk, so there is no danger of fsking your HD partitions up and b0rking Windows.
Also look out for Live CD's [knoppix][MandrakeMove][Gnoppix], which you boot from and start an operating system which runs from RAM. This won't write to your hard disks, so again no risk of breaking anything. Remove the CD and reboot, and your back into XP or whatever. Because everything is stored in your memory only, it's not good for testing performance, nor is VMWare as Windows is hogging the hardware already.
And also look out for the specialist linux gaming distros - they are usually built with good support for Nvidia cards, Open GL etc.