Fedora 7 is old. No one will try to help you unless you use the most updated version of Fedora ...

The reason? Because Fedora 11 is the most recent version and this version includes updated...

jbennet,

It's also the arch it is compiled for. It's compiled i386 which doesn't take advantage of many modern processors. If you look at yoper and PCLinuxOS, both are i686 arch. My boot time...

Well, coming from a person who's used MEPIS since version 2003.06, (me) I'd say that MEPIS getting faster isn't going to help much. It's one of the slower distros I've tried. Yoper, PCLinuxOS,...

Synaptic has been updated in the PCLOS repositories and it now has a much snappier start :D

I responded to the distrowatch comments on my blog: http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/197-Debunking-Confusion-in-PCLinuxOS.html

I've heard the guys over at mepislovers.org say a lot of stuff and most of it not nice. As long as you agree with what they say, you'll be fine. The minute you find a point of contention, they'll...

You're smoking crack!

Ubuntu wouldn't be the easiest. At least recommend Mint Linux so all the codecs and being able to play DVDs are taken care of for crying out loud. This is a FAMILY PC. ...

I try to use on-disk.com because they give portions of the profit back to the developers :)

I don't think we're talking about speed here...MEPIS is an i386 distro...an unbloated OpenSuse will outperform it.

Not only that, but Mandriva boots in 40 seconds...distrowatch's fastest booting...

Every single time someone recommends Ubuntu for new users I want to friggen scream.

Ubuntu IS NOT the best for new users...there is one based on Ubuntu I'd recommend hand and fist over...

The only bad news about this is that they lost over half their developers a few weeks back. That's going to stifle development quite a bit.

The easiest way is to remaster it! Try PCLinuxOS at http://pclinuxos.com

The remaster it to your liking and reburn it. http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/RemasterLiveCD

Good luck :D

Give PCLinuxOS a try.

It's organized and many programmers use it already...especially perl hackers (we've got a ton in the developers mailing list). Overall feel, look, and stability is...

You should install it on its own computer. This is mainly for routing traffic on your LAN so I recommend that you do not install it with any other Linux distributions OR Windows...it should be the...

No...you'll need two network cards...one card is for internet and one is for LAN. They're pretty cheap (usually around 20 bucks) so if I were you I'd pick up another network card and go for it :D

You could remaster the PCLinuxOS CD to your liking...since there are about every single window managers in the synaptic repository...you can configure your entire install and then export it into a...

PCLinuxOS is a good LiveCD resource I've recently found based on this thread. I liked it so much that I started a wiki project to support it which has since grown into user manuals that are...

Nope...they're not like Fedora. Yet they are at the same time.

Solaris is Unix. Unix is not linux. Libraries are incompatible...applications must be recompiled across the board.

Also,...

you can use Ubuntu...then all you have to do is use synaptic to install mono...or


sudo apt-get install mono

SuSe Linux 10.X is free. The community version is the full version. Enterprise software from SuSe isn't free. But the Linux destkop is.

Currently, I can think of no other destkop that is more...

what he means by the full meal deal is...

At the beginning, when you put the disc in and booted off the CD...did you type 'server' or did you just hit enter? By default, Ubuntu will install the...

Please let us know what distribution of Linux you are using (for example, MEPIS, Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat, SuSe, etc.) and then we can give you some help.

Try mythTV to get things working...Mandriva has rpms available.

http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/KB/MythTV

SuSe 10.0 has all the stuff you need. Fedora Core 5 is also out. I'd say either one of those is good to go.

SuSe being the best that there is right now though...and the price is right...it's...

mp3's don't play in SuSe by default...they claim it is a licensing thing...but many distros out there ship mp3 ready and able.

I'd also recommend getting SuSe 10.0 (latest release...10.1 is due...

Nice part about any distro that uses synaptic as a package manager...

You can install gnome with no problems. Don't limit yourself to Fedora and Ubuntu.

Try MEPIS, PCLinuxOS...both of those...

ppp0 is the device used to make modem calls or for DSL lines.

Also, if you're using red hat 2.4...you're a bit outdated. They went up to version 9 before they changed over to providing Red Hat...

also...let us not forget that the open source model of charging for services is extremely lucrative for Red Hat. Their business has doubled over the past year and is expected to more than double...

Or you could go use PCLinuxOS, open up synaptic, do a search for w32codecs, install, and be set.

Plus you don't have to worry about flash or java since it is already taken care of for you...heck,...

PCLinuxOS.

It has everything you need right off the bat. Go to http://distrowatch.com and do a search for it.

Flash, Java, Shockwave, Everything. There are only a handful of the flavors of...

I'd spring for Xandros if you're looking for a Windows-Like experience...try the free Xandros 3 Community edition (http://www.xandros.com/products/home/desktopoc/dsk_oc_download.html)

...

I keep telling everyone...MEPIS MEPIS MEPIS. But does anyone listen? Evidently they do :P

For those of you who haven't tried it yet, you best be getting with it. The latest version is just...

TI,


I've found PCLinuxOS to be another gem...really nice eyecandy and very stable...I show it off to my friends when trying to convert them to Linux :p

Try The Linux Mirror Project for torrents of distros...

http://www.tlm-project.org/

Not really, KDE is just more choice centric. There are far more programs available by default in most standard installs for KDE than there are for gnome. Gnome slims down things for you...which I...

I'm oldskewl as well having learned on a *nix box running SunOS 5.3. I also started with Linux in 1996 when disovering slackware.

However, I too prefer to boot into KDE instead of the other...

Mike...this is a bit off topic...but since you're a fellow debian lover..

Have you tried MEPIS? I really dig it and they are currently working on ProMEPIS which is geared more toward programmers...

TI,


I knew you'd love MEPIS when I suggested it. I'm glad you stuck with it. It truly is the best distribution available right now for desktop Linux. I knew you'd really like the LIVECD...

Postfix will outperform all of those MTAs previously posted. I'd go with postfix if possible.

The 'MEPIS Installation Center' should be an icon on your desktop. If not, there should be icons for it on your KDE 'taskbar'

Look for a pyramid with an "I" on it. MEPIS installs to hard drive...