Re: What Linux distro to use for old Intel machine, that fits on CDs?
- From: raylopez99 <raylopez99@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:46:31 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks again General. You alone have answered my questions. The rest
of these people apparently are here to flame (which I also do on
occasion). BTW, for Peter, the 'cripple' comment refers to the fact
that unless you pay money, most Linux distro websites deliberately
restrict the download speed--I'm surprised you didn't know this.
After three hours I did finally download the .ISO file for Vector, but
it took a while.
Couple of questions, some inline, some here.
It would be helpful if anybody knows if "Vector" (or in general if
most Linux distros) is a 'one-click install' program. That is, it's
not a distro where you have to load the kernel or skeleton first, then
the GUI later. I don't mind doing that--at one point in the mid 1990s
I had Linux Redhat 5 dual booted with Windows NT-- but for this
project I rather have a 'one-click' distro that does everything at
once. Also if during the installation for Vector you get setup for
the internet (also will it recognize a standard late model HP inkjet
printer?). Also, embarrasing enough, this noob only has a dial-up
modem--so will Vector recognize that some people still have a dial-up
modem for internet access, using a Haynes compatible standard modem?
I'm beginning to shudder thinking about the configuration problems I'm
going to have...it's hard enough to do this with NT/Win2000 (XP and
Vista were improvements--they assume a default configuration that
works on 99% of modems and that doesn't require modem initialization
commands and tedius clicking on hard to find tabs to store a password
and userID), much less an experimental OS / hobbyware like Linux.
More comments below.
On Jun 29, 8:39 am, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
If you are asking if moving from Win2K to Linux is going to change your
life, it won't. As you've already figured out, the big advantage to you is
that Linux is malware free. Linux comes with a huge amount of free
software right out of the box, however on the system that you are planning
to use it on this isn't going to help you.
I assume you're saying that the free software requires a lot more RAM
than the 225 to 512 MB RAM on this machine. BTW, to show you the lack
of sophistication of this noob, they don't know how to use File
Explorer in Windows, and they simply "save as" using the default
directory under the word processor program of choice, currently Open
Office but also Word. This noob also doesn't know how to set up
folders (in Yahoo email or anywhere else), doesn't delete any spam or
legitimate email (so everything just collects in the In box), and --my
favorite-- hits the escape key a few times and then does a hard reboot
when there's any problem with any program, even a minor problem that
would be solved by closing the program in question. And doesn't want
to learn a better way either. Also the noob doesn't use bookmarks to
save websites of interest--they simply Google it everytime. The noob
doesn't understand the significance of a URL: "http:" in your web
browser and that you can manually change it. I've never seen them use
the arrow keys on the web browser either--if they're stuck, they
restart from the beginning if they want to go back. I have seen the
noob use the 'home' page icon however (which I have helpfully set to
google.com), otherwise it would really be tedious to navigate (having
to restart the web browser everytime you want to navigate away from a
page). They say that the smart people have already adopted an OS and
bought a PC, and the remaining 40-60% of the population without a PC
is better off without one, and after seeing this noob in action, I
tend to agree. So you can see I want to make this system as "idiot
proof" as possible, hence my obsession with stability. Also I hope
that Linux 'associates' file extensions with applications--for
example, if you get a .PDF file, and double click on it from inside
the Linux GUI, will Vector associate it with a PDF reading program--
and does this program come 'built-into' Vector?--or do you have to
start an application and then manually read a PDF file? Obviously,
with this noob, the former is the only viable option.
The Gnome Desktop in it's current incarnation is a lot nicer than anything
on Windows, it's certainly light years ahead of Win2K
Interesting. I'll have to check out Gnome on a modern machine, but
that's another topic.
once you've used multiple desktops you won't understand how you could have
lived without them.
Kind of like dual monitors I guess.
The bottom line is that you should try a modern full featured distro like
Fedora 9 or Ubuntu 8.0.4 (both of which have live CDs) to see what Linux
looks like.
Maybe when I get some modern hardware to play around with, but not for
this project.
RL
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