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Hopefully , This will help eliminate alot of heart ache that I went thru learning to burn. :twisted: Many of us are downloading linux from mirrors onto a windows computer and then burning the cd to find it does not work. The download part is not always the problom ! …

Hi, I have just got linux, and when i try to set up an internet connection it just wont detect my modem. It is a USB ADSL speedtough modem. On windows it connects at 8 mbps. What do i do?

Has anyone ever chainloaded multiple operating systems with lilo the way you can with grub? I mean added the extra systems later than when PClinuxOS was installed ? I want to install PClinuxOS but I don't want to wreck my chainloaded systems so they can't boot. Will PClinuxOS see all …

Ok so here is how it goes. I am currently in possesion of my own computer which has Ubuntu 7.04 on it. YAY! I did that yesterday. My little brother would like the same thing but sadly I think his is too old. I inserted the CD that had ubuntu …

In the past few weeks I've essentially bricked my laptop. XP won't boot any more and in an attempt to sort it i've stuffed the hard drive. I won't go into detail mainly cos i can't be bothered. Anyways, I'm away to go reformat the hard drive but I can't …

There's a new version of MEPISLite out. It is called AntiX. It is based on SimplyMEPIS 6.5 and is designed to work on older boxes with low ram. It comes with fluxbox and doesn't come with kde. It has the MEPIS installer as well as some other MEPIS goodies. It …

If you are trying to start the new SimplyMEPIS 6.5 and it won't boot to a gui screen that may mean that it is trying to load the wrong video driver at boot. Some things to remember to do at first boot, before you log in a demo.... 1) Press …

Wow. The new MEPIS release is geared a lot more toward Mac Tel users than ever before. Quote from Warren Woodford "The MEPIS CDs contain an experimental "SimplyMEPIS Assistant" for OSX that helps prepare a MacTel computer for the installation of SimplyMEPIS. And the MEPIS installer detects MacTel hardware and …

I'm completely new to Linux. Any help out there would be appreciated... I downloaded Knoppix 5.1 and it downloaded as an .iso file. I burned it to CD but can not get my computer to boot from the CD. I've checke the boot order and changed it so my CD …

:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: How can I install Beryl on an nVidia 6500 graphics card on Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy OS and on an AMD 64 3500+? I understand that this is a difficult question, but the doccumentation on the Beryl website is very overwhelming. I want the cool graphics, …

Wow, i got Linux Mint today and im impressed. Its an ubuntu ofshoot but isnt yet anothe *buntu as you may assume. It comes with a lot of relevant codecs/drivers etc out of the box and has a lot of new and exciting apps derived from YaST. Anyone else running …

I've been reading some posts where some newbs have had trouble installing slackware. So I have put together this little how to so they can get slackware installed. I usually only help with MEPIS as I feel it is the best linux but for those who want to try and …

MEPIS is one of the easiest versions of linux to use. Especially for a new user. Here are some good reasons to choose MEPIS over some other version of linux. 1) Support is readily available 2)MEPIS Network Assistant 3)MEPIS System Assistant 4)MEPIS User Assistant 5)MEPIS X-Windows assistant 6)It is very …

Just thought that I would let everyone in on the fact that the new SimplyMEPIS 6.5 Rc1 can read AND write to windows NTFS file systems. :)

To install MEPIS using the 'Custom install to existing partitions' option that is in the MEPIS installer you first need to create your custom partitions. You can create the custom partitions using gparted. Gparted is used like a live linux cd. It is downloaded as an iso and burnt as …

The release of SimplyMEPIS 6.5 final is now available. It's a nice, easy to use and install, edition of MEPIS. There were quite a few alphas(2) and betas(7) as well as three rc candidates so a fair bit of work went into this version. It has better wireless abilities than …

MEPIS has been on the top ten list at distrowatch for over three years. It usually is at #4, or 5 but it does go up and down in the ranks depending on new releases of MEPIS and other versions new releases of linux. Here is a partial excerpt from …

I have a PC I'd like to install Ubuntu on. I burned an iso onto a CD but I dont know how to install it on my second PC. I'm trying to figure it out. When I start the computer it reads "missing operating system". The hard drive was erased …

Hi, I have an old Dell computer and I am wondering which distro would be best for FAMILY use that has the following specs... 500mhz P3 288mb ram 10gb HD Integrated Intel Graphics (Currently Windows 98SE - something not to brag about in a linux forum)

I got the bootable CD from [url]www.mepis.com[/url] for $14.00 and you can try this great version of Linux on your windows box without loading it on your hard drive. Have any of you folks looked at this great OS? It is fantastic and I was able to open up a …

Since red hat has split into red hat enterprise (costs money) and fedora core (free), they no longer offer red hat donwloads. Is there a way I could get red hat 7?

I am sick of windoz, and want to move to Linux. The problem is that i can not find any distributions that i like, because LINUX IS TOO COMPLICATED!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: I absolutely DESPISE Gnome. I love KDE, though. How do i get Gentoo to load KDE instead of Gnome? I …

I would like to make a custom debian Install CD i want this as i will soon be installing debian on a large amount of PC'S with no internet access. i would like to install debian with a specific package selection and certain default settings as well as the latest …

I highly suggest Dreamlinux for all those who want a really nice mac-type graphical eye candy interface Anyone used it?

ok ive finally deicded to copromise and dual boot windows XP Home and Debian Etch (i need windows for college VPN and MS Access/VB6) I have a dell with SATA and have added a new HDD and was just planning to install linux to take up all of the second …

I just got a mepis live cd... I am running it live on my laptop. I was able to get sound installed, but i am having trouble installing a program. The program is called "Wireless Assistant" ([URL]http://sourceforge.net/projects/wlassistant/[/URL]) Mepis detects my wireless, and it will allow me to detect my two …

Ok here goes, I am a mac guy, OSX is perfect for me, simple, does its job quietly and never gives me problems. Thats the only way I can handle any computer, trouble free. I now have a laptop (windows XP) that I bought for my ex-wife that she just …

hello friends i m new in linux i don't now how to use linux n instole it.then aslo i have instole it's so i can't make partition proprely.so i want to instole it again i have one partition of 8 gb in which i have instole linus plz tell me …

which photo organizer / catalog software are you using to organize your digital photos under linux? I'm using gthumb but if there is any better i will change... i don't like that information about photo comments and catalog are stored in text files in absolut paths, so I can't change …

Ok, so here is my problem. I'm re-building an old computer, probably an early P2, not too sure, and when I boot it up the CPU fan turns on, but the hard drive doesn't boot. However if I unplug the hard drive's IDE cable, then it starts to spin. I …