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Linux

Linux Distribution Chooser

In Linux on 24 August 2006 with 2 comments

If you’re looking into trying Linux, you should look at the Linux Distribution Chooser to narrow down the choices. The quiz was straight forward and easy to answer, and only took a few minutes. Everytime I think of trying Linux, I step back because there’s isn’t a pressing issue for me to try and make that switch. In any case, I took the quiz and was recommended: Ubuntu, Mandriva, or Kubuntu.

Looking through Digg, it’s been there for over seven months. I must’ve overlooked it.

[via Camieabz forums]

Kubuntu 5.10 Breezy Bittorrent needed

In Asides, Linux on 13 October 2005 with 6 comments

I’m struggling downloading Kubuntu 5.10, and I can’t get the Bittorrent file. Can anyone help me out? Update: James pointed out another link from Ubuntu.org, rather than Kubuntu.org. The download is in progress now. Yay!

Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1100?

In Asides, Linux on 1 October 2005 with 14 comments

After seeing how much Matt loves Ubuntu, I downloaded the ISOs for it (Live and Install) and I’ll be trying it out on my laptop. If it works on that, I’ll probably switch that over. I only use it for web browsing, IM, and working within OpenOffice, so I’m definitely not tied down to Windows. If I could use it on my desktop as well, that would be ultimate. There are some programs I need to figure out if there’s something equivalent within Linux/Ubuntu: iTunes and Palm Desktop.

Downloading Fedora Core 3 ISOs

In Linux on 26 January 2005 with 8 comments

Geek factor contained in this post: high.

I just saw that Anthony is trying out Fedora Core 3 on his computer. So, I started the downloads for all the 32-bit ISO images last night with FileZilla. The good: server I chose seems to be very speedy. The brutal: I forgot to select “Process queue”, so when I woke up this morning, the other 3 ISOs hasn’t been downloaded like I intended.

Do I need the other three ISOs? If I don’t, I’ll kick myself later.

Does Linux have some type of program that’ll synchronize with my Tungsten E, like Palm Desktop? What about my iPod? Can iTunes work? Quickly looking through my Start Menu, I think those are the two main programs I think I’ll have some trouble finding to work with Linux.

Note to self: Minimum ISOs you need to download - 1 and 2. Kicking myself. I would’ve installed Fedora Core 3 on my laptop while at work, but that popped up, and I only have the first ISO. The other three are downloading at home, and they should be done by now. Fortunately, Windows wasn’t touched and all is still normal. (Yes, I did image the Windows partition beforehand.)