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| Linux? [message #130855] |
Tue, 04 January 2005 19:53   |
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glyde51
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Registered: August 2004
Location: Winnipeg
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I use Windows XP for my website, runs like a charm. Of course, it doesn't use big clunky Apache.
No. Seriously. No.
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| Linux? [message #130875] |
Tue, 04 January 2005 22:00 |
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Why do you want to switch? Is it stability? Freedom? Or just Curiousity? Try to figure out the reason if you don't know yet. Because there are so many distributions (or distros for short) out there for so many uses. Here're some examples: Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, SUSE, and many others. I'd reccomend Mandrake, since it's easy to install and use.
If you have a second computer, try installing a few distros on it. Try to get a general feel for the use of the system. If you don't have a spare computer, you can install a user-friendly distro (Like Mandrake) to co-exist with Windows. But if you do a dual boot install, make sure you back up your data first.
By the way, if you really want to understand the whole thing behind "Linux" (Which is more correctly called GNU/Linux), you have to understand free software and the GNU Project.
God is the "0wnage". Plain and Simple.
Visit http://www.theoriginalmrbob.com
"If there's one freak to be, it's a Jesus freak"
All your base are belong to us.
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| Linux? [message #130880] |
Tue, 04 January 2005 22:58 |
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xptek
Messages: 1410
Registered: August 2004
Location: USSA
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Dual boot. It's pretty hard to completely switch over for the first time. Also, try to use the GUI as little as you possibly can. Get comfortable with the CLI.
cause = time
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| Linux? [message #130972] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 15:33 |
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xptek
Messages: 1410
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Location: USSA
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"Most" web sites are run on "clunky apache". Unless you have some integrated .Net stuff, there is no reason to use IIS along with all its vulnerabilities.
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Agreed. I made the mistake of attempting to use IIS for Digital Depiction. It's really more of a pain than anything. APACHE 4 LYFE.
cause = time
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| Linux? [message #130976] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 15:39 |
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glyde51
Messages: 1827
Registered: August 2004
Location: Winnipeg
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General (1 Star) |
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"Most" web sites are run on "clunky apache". Unless you have some integrated .Net stuff, there is no reason to use IIS along with all its vulnerabilities.
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Agreed. I made the mistake of attempting to use IIS for Digital Depiction. It's really more of a pain than anything. APACHE 4 LYFE.
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I still believe Apache is clunky for an average user. Average is the keyword there.
No. Seriously. No.
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| Linux? [message #130977] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 15:48 |
Weirdo
Messages: 369
Registered: March 2003
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| TheGunrun |
Well i want linux for the fastness and all of the new abilitys and its constant lack of flaws. And for gaming chat'n homework and shit like that.
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The Problem is, not every game runs on a Linux box and certain proffesional software only runs on Windows. OpenOficce might be a good solution, to Office. But In the End I rather use Office than OpenOffice.
Next to the fact that is a bit harder to fully learn how it all works. Not every program just has an easy setup program. It sometimes just includes having to manually change some settings in a text file.
At this moment I'm running for half a year only on Red Hat 9 Linux on one Pc. The pc it self is a bit dieing. It's my old Renegade pc. P3 450 326 MBRAm. And the Videocard is a voodoo 5500 PCI 64vram. I only use it to surf the web, MSN and as a SSH and FTP server. And some simple c++ and java programming.
Size doesn't matter.
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| Linux? [message #130989] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 17:15 |
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liberator
Messages: 246
Registered: May 2003
Location: Classified, Level Phi cle...
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Give something like Knoppix a try before you frag everything.
There was a time when people were impressed that I have the firepower to decimate a planet in under 10 minutes.
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| Linux? [message #130992] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 17:19 |
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A-DawG
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Registered: March 2003
Location: Canada
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Dual Boot. Partition your drive, dont just format your drive. btw dont try to install Fedora Core 2 along with winxp..some problems may occur, this didnt happen to me but it happened to other people..you can try Knoppix that will run from a cd or you can get a SuSe 9.2 live cd(dvd) from the Linux Format Magazine issue 61
I Deslike you!
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| Linux? [message #130995] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 17:23 |
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glyde51
Messages: 1827
Registered: August 2004
Location: Winnipeg
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are you Canadian, eh?
No. Seriously. No.
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| Linux? [message #130999] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 18:00 |
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xptek
Messages: 1410
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Location: USSA
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| glyde51 |
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"Most" web sites are run on "clunky apache". Unless you have some integrated .Net stuff, there is no reason to use IIS along with all its vulnerabilities.
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Agreed. I made the mistake of attempting to use IIS for Digital Depiction. It's really more of a pain than anything. APACHE 4 LYFE.
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I still believe Apache is clunky for an average user. Average is the keyword there.
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I think I'm average user. Apache just has the right amount of configuration options needed.
cause = time
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| Linux? [message #131021] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 19:29 |
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If you are going to wipe out your entire hard drive, make sure you want to do it.
Use Knoppix or another live CD distro first. All you have to do is burn a CD, put in in the PC, restart the computer, and that's it. (Good thinking Lib, why did I think of that?)
By the way, is your friend talking about WINE or TransGaming?
God is the "0wnage". Plain and Simple.
Visit http://www.theoriginalmrbob.com
"If there's one freak to be, it's a Jesus freak"
All your base are belong to us.
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| Linux? [message #131026] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 19:42 |
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glyde51
Messages: 1827
Registered: August 2004
Location: Winnipeg
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General (1 Star) |
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| glyde51 |
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"Most" web sites are run on "clunky apache". Unless you have some integrated .Net stuff, there is no reason to use IIS along with all its vulnerabilities.
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Agreed. I made the mistake of attempting to use IIS for Digital Depiction. It's really more of a pain than anything. APACHE 4 LYFE.
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I still believe Apache is clunky for an average user. Average is the keyword there.
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I think I'm average user. Apache just has the right amount of configuration options needed.
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No, half the users that have the internet are oblivious to anything besides "send", "save", "go", "IE", etc.
No. Seriously. No.
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| Linux? [message #131043] |
Wed, 05 January 2005 22:04 |
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xptek
Messages: 1410
Registered: August 2004
Location: USSA
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General (1 Star) |
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| glyde51 |
| Scamp |
| glyde51 |
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| Blazer |
"Most" web sites are run on "clunky apache". Unless you have some integrated .Net stuff, there is no reason to use IIS along with all its vulnerabilities.
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Agreed. I made the mistake of attempting to use IIS for Digital Depiction. It's really more of a pain than anything. APACHE 4 LYFE.
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I still believe Apache is clunky for an average user. Average is the keyword there.
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I think I'm average user. Apache just has the right amount of configuration options needed.
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No, half the users that have the internet are oblivious to anything besides "send", "save", "go", "IE", etc.
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...and I'm sure Abyss would work perfectly for them. :rolleyes:
I'm talking about average server owners.
cause = time
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| Linux? [message #131135] |
Thu, 06 January 2005 18:32 |
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| TheGunrun |
i belive it was wine and do u have a link to where i can get the knopix thing
edit: it is actualy cedega
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Here's the link: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html Make sure you download the .iso file. Burn the file as an "image" with a CD Burner.
Cedega is from TransGaming. Note that Cedega is NOT Free Software or Open Source.
God is the "0wnage". Plain and Simple.
Visit http://www.theoriginalmrbob.com
"If there's one freak to be, it's a Jesus freak"
All your base are belong to us.
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