Re: I want to migrate to Linux

General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:ZNOdnSL2_exfT1vanZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx:

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:03:47 +0000, pcbldrNinetyEight wrote:
I'm ready to buy distros and dive in head first. Thanks for your
patience and help. Where do I send the check? (just kidding) You
really do deserve high praise.

Make sure that you buy the full install DVDs not just the Live CDs.

That's news to me! Please tell me where can I find these "full install
DVDs" or how can I discern a full install disc from a partial? I surely am
a babe in the woods concerning Linux.

Ubuntu is typically installed from the Live CD and it's possible to do
that with Fedora 8 also. However those installs are minimal systems
and they are typically pretty useless until you've downloaded and
installed the remaining applications that you'll need. For people with
broadband this is a nice way to do it but you are on dialup so the
Live CD approach is undoable for you.

One more thing about VMware, the installer assumes a 2.6.18 kernel
which is what you will find in CentOS 5.1. For all of the other
distros that you are looking at you will have to patch the installer.
You get the patch from,

http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz

With Ubuntu it possible that you will find VMware and VirtualBox
(another VM that works pretty well) in a repository which would be
simpler for you than using the VMware installer which must be done
from a command line.

More valuable info. I appear to need still more hand holding. Thanks.

--
pcbldrNinetyEight
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