Re: I want to migrate to Linux
- From: General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:03:17 -0600
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:30:40 +0000, pcbldrNinetyEight wrote:
Aragorn <aragorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:3Ebxj.225035$901.92433@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
pcbldrNinetyEight <pcbldrninetyeight.com> wrote:
I want to migrate from WIN98SE to Linux and am looking for advise.
<big snip of things about which I am unqualified to make any intelligent
comment about>
It all sounds pretty daunting as I've been pretty elaborate here
considering that you are new to GNU/Linux, but if you read all of the
above a few more times, you will come to understand and appreciate the
logic in how a GNU/Linux system works. ;-)
Most desktop-oriented GNU/Linux distributions are extremely
userfriendly these days and allow you to set up the system through a
mouse-driven graphical user interface.
Can the partioning be accomplished by point and click?
Edubuntu is aimed especially towards children.
I'm feeling particularly dim now so this might be for me.
Assuming I can come to grips with all of these concepts I can't picture
being able to sit in front of a PC and make any practical use of this at
the command line given my current lack of experience. I don't want to
sound like a broken record but how much of this can I do while still
avoiding the command line?
Are there any online step by step walk throughs that would be suitable
given what I want to do?
Can you recommend any beginner books like "Linux for the totally
clueless" ;-) Thank you for your help.
You can do everything without the command line. Gnome is a much more
powerful GUI than what you get with any Microsoft product including
Vista, it's as good as a Mac. All sorts of things will just work without
your having to install any additional software. For example you listed
applications for burning DVDs. In Gnome when you stick a blank DVD into
the system the CD/DVD burner application pops up automatically. You can
then drag folders into the window and burn the DVD. You won't need Nero
or anything like that. Another example is plugging in a FLASH card from
your camera. When you plug it in it will mount automatically. In addition
it will find the JPEGs on it's own. A dialog will pop up and ask you if
you want to copy the pictures to your home directory.
My suggestion to you is to just give a few distros a try. Ubuntu has a
Live CD, do does Fedora 8. You can boot the Live CDs and run Linux
without having to do an install. It will be slower than an installed
version and it will have only a minimal number of applications but you
can get the feel of how Linux works. Please remember that Linux isn't
Windows, but when you get to know it you will find that it's much much
better. However you will have to spend a little time to get the feel of
it.
.
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