Re: off topic : WinLinux
Greg Phillips wrote:
> If you feel up to downloading a 40mb file, I can put doslinux up
> somewhere, with everything you need to make it pretty (X, KDE, all
> the libs, etc.). I can also try to help you with the installation
> process. No guaruntees everything'll work, though =)
You name your place, you set your time, I'll be there. Thanks, Greg!
David Cuny wrote:
> I notice that WinLinux, like Linux-Mandrake, is for Pentium-class
> machines only. Did I read that you put it on a 486?
>
> The Cirrus Logic card should be on the list. If the card was not
> autodetected, you should have at least been given an option to find
> the card from a list of alternatives.
>
> The horror stories I could tell about MY installs...
My poor grasp of English is evident here again: I meant I could use my
old 486 to read CDs while my PII machine was 'disabled' by Linux. My
Cirrus Logic card (GD or GA 546X, from memory - I am at work at the
moment) is not on their list. So I tried a couple that looked close
enough, as well as the 16 color default, but nothing worked.
Jeffrey Fielding wrote:
> WinLinux is a great distribution for experimenting with Linux. It
> usually seems to get linux up and running very quickly and easily.
> Unfortunately, I had a lot of problems getting software to run on it. I
> am using RedHat 6.0 my two other linux machines, and I couldn't get any
> software I had to run on WinLinux. I was especially disappointed that
> Euphoria and WordPerfect 8 wouldn't run.
Over the last three years I experimented with Slackware, Debian and
Red Hat. More recently I tried OpenLinux, SuSE, dosLinux, Mandrake,
and probably a couple of others, I have already forgotten. Boy, I am
unlucky! I am sick of experimenting. I want a decent, easy and
preferably customizable front, with a fast browser, some sort of
graphics utility, emacs and a handful of compilers. Is that too much
to ask? And if it can't run Euphoria, I might just as well forget it.
Irv Mullins chipped in with:
> Have you forgotten all the hassles we all went thru to get DOS, and
> later, Windows running? Weird drivers that had to be installed before
> a hard drive would work - drivers to get a sound card running, to
> access upper memory, etc. etc.....?
Yeah, but that was ten, twenty years ago. We are supposed to be in the
era of 'Plug-and-Play' and all sorts of 'Wizards'.
> Linux is much the same, except that instead of learning it over a
> period of several years, we have to grasp it all at once. And since
> Linux does a lot more than DOS, there's that much more to grasp.
Like me, Linux is not exactly a new born baby. I do not mind learning
or grasping anything, if I really need it. But I can't stand, not any
more, going through half-a-dozen scripts half-a-dozen times just to
set up a lousy bit of hardware.
And Lucius & Kat: Thanks, guys, you probably saved my life!
jiri
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