Holte

For someone who is relatively new to Linux and about to do a fresh install, which build of Redhat would you recommend?

Thanks in advance.

Taleisin

7.3 is the best if you are going to run WineX for EQ.



windowsXPpro with SP2, it's so much better than before, once you get it working right :-)



if you have windows emulated just use the run command and type in \Everquest\eqgame.exe patchme

it should still work, but I am having the same problem getting it to work from a icon.

mortis42

Download the 'Live" CD iso and you can run linux without needing to install it. This will give you a good feel of the differnt distros.

Linspire (formerly LindowsOS) is really nice because the Click'n'Run includes a bunch of software ready to install for Linspire with just a sinple interface.

SUSE has a similar interface, called YaST, but it does not have the nifty web interface, and does not include many of the paid programs that I saw on Click'n'Run.

Also, before switching to Linux, I have heard horror stories trying to get the ATI drives installed. All my machines are nVidia, so I do know know if this is true.

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Yeah, I can get it to run fine form the command line, it's just trying to run it from a menu shortcut that I am having trouble. Oh well, as long as it saves in my recents then at least is is still convient.

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Weskat

Refreshing a kinda old thread, but here it goes.

Seriously thinking about swapping my second box to a dual boot XP/Linux box, with Linux running on its own Hard drive.
I currently have the distro for Mepis (5 I think, its the Sep release, so it may be 4) and Mandrake 10.1, not real sure which I am going to use though leaning towards Mandrake.
I am looking for tips/tweaks and above all else info to make this swap a bit easier.
Sys specs:
AMD XP 1700+ on a Gigabyte GA-7-VAX mobo
1 gig PC-2700 DDR (2x512)
ATI 9600XT 128 MB video
Soundblaster Live 5.1 (though no speakers on this box)
generic 40x/16x/12x CD/CD-R/CD-RW
Linksys LNE100TX Network card (onboard network is disabled in the bios)

I think thats all the pertinent info.

Thanks in advance for any info.

Taleisin

hardware wise I'd say you look fine, as for software, Mandrake is the windows of Linux IE* the easiest to use, but running mandrake wont teach you much, if you want to learn Linux I suggest running Debian or Slackware.

but for a real good time, get ahold of FreeBSD ( thats UNIX ).

tips and tweaks:
hmm, well the only tip I could give you is, don't look back. Once you start down the Linux ( or UNIX ) path, forever will it dominate your computers destiny, no matter how much you might not want it to. So don't look to windows as a safety net, for there is no safety net.

ohh a second tip, if you don't have sound on your system, remove the soundblaster, the fewer parts you have to configure for Linux ( UNIX ) the less aspirine you will need in the furture.

AHHH a third tip, don't get stuck thinking that you are a Linux guru just because you can install a software "package", anyone can do that if they have had any experiance in the clicking of a mouse. now if you start installing programs by rebuilding the kernel from hand. Then consider thy self a demi-guru, and are then worthy of dishing out information ( though not too much ) to others.