1. [OT] - Guess I'd better download the Linux version of EU!
- Posted by Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> Jul 26, 2003
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All, Well, I had to tell somebody (I'll tell my wife but she'll look at me and say "that's nice dear"). I just got RedHat Linux 9 up and running on my machine! Network card is working, monitor is working (with some minor tweaking), printer is working, CD Rom is working, mouse is working...wait....DANG-IT! forgot about the CD burner. Oh well, back to www.linux.org! Jonas
2. Re: [OT] - Guess I'd better download the Linux version of EU!
- Posted by Pete Lomax <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk> Jul 26, 2003
- 412 views
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 02:08:06 +0000, Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> wrote: >DANG-IT! forgot about the CD burner. My CD burner is exactly the same under both Linux and Windows (( Pete
3. Re: [OT] - Guess I'd better download the Linux version of EU!
- Posted by Travis Beaty <tbeaty at osage.net> Jul 26, 2003
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Hello everyone! >Well, I had to tell somebody (I'll tell my wife but she'll look at me >and say "that's nice dear"). I just got RedHat Linux 9 up and running >on my machine! Congrats! rh9 wasn't the *best* distro to install, imho, but nevertheless you've officially begun your exodus out of the Evil Empire of His Hindness Emporer Bill. I'm sure that soon, you'll be kicking yourself for not making the move to *nix sooner. Let's not start a war here, but, again, in MY opinion, as soon as you learn the ropes in Red Hat, you should consider a better distribution, like my favorite, Mandrake. If you want to hear more about my problems with Red Hat, please feel free to email me privately (you'll find that many *nix devotees are not only dedicated to *nix in general, but to a particular distribution) in order to avoid a distro war in a Euphoria list. But, I found this interesting reading ... http://techupdate.zdnet.com/ techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2871663,00.html. >Network card is working, monitor is working (with some minor tweaking), >printer is working, CD Rom is working, mouse is >working...wait....DANG-IT! forgot about the CD burner. Oh well, back to > www.linux.org! Super! My experience with Red Hat has been that I've gotten everything to work except my printer, and sound card. (I've only recently gotten a CD burner, so I can't say much about that one way or the other.) Mandrake has gotten all of that plus the sound card, but I've never gotten my printer -- Lexmark Z23 -- to work under Linux, even though I bought it specifically because it said "Linux compatible" on the box. They provide a Linux driver from their website, but it's an absolute train wreck. Moral: all that has penguin on box isn't gold. Okay, now to begin a swerve back on topic. lol I've managed to install BeOS on my system, and I have it working quite well, including an ability to use my Lucent winmodem. For those who aren't aware of what BeOS is, the best way to describe the operating system would be to call it one of Linux's cousins. At one point, BeOS was positioned to attack both Windows and Linux, but this was all brought down by what could only be called a jackassed maneuver on the part of Be, Inc. To make a long story short, Be went under and was bought by Palm in 2001, at which point Palm took one of the best operating systems ever created and pitched it into the trash can. The stories of BeOS' death, however, are greatly exaggerated. BeOS is being resurrected on a number of fronts, both commercially (such as the Zeta operating system) and via Open Source, such as OpenBeOS (http:// www.openbeos.org). Yes, BeOS is at the moment in critical condition, but very slowly, it is getting better. I think that in no more than five years, the-operating-system-formerly-known-as-BeOS will be ready to stand on its own and compete with the big boys (Windows and Linux) once again. How is this on topic? Well, seeing as how BeOS is on its way back, I would once again like to suggest a Euphoria port to BeOS. The internals of BeOS are quite similar to Linux, so a port from the Linux or BSD versions of Euphoria should not be all that difficult. Unfortunately, I frankly do not have the knowledge necessary to do it. And because the BeAPI is C++, it would be difficult to wrap, but not impossible. I suppose that if no one takes an interest in a BeOS port of Euphoria, I could buy the source code and give it a try myself, but it would take quite a while, as I would have to build up the knowledge of C necessary just to understand Mr. Craig's code, to say nothing of porting it. Thanks for putting up with the BeOS plug. Travis W. Beaty Osage, Iowa.
4. Re: [OT] - Guess I'd better download the Linux version of EU!
- Posted by rml at rubis.trix.net Jul 26, 2003
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For who want to start with linux, there is a good solution with the distros that runs entirely in one CD only . I was impressed with the versatility of then. They detect all my hardware in the boot, and I was surfing in the net after 2 minutes, no configuration necessary. Just burn the iso in a CD and boot from the CD ROM. The Knoppix - www.knoppix.org - based in a debian distro - 700MB And Kurumin - <http://www.linorg.usp.br/ISO/debian/kurumim/kurumin-2.0.iso>http://www.linorg.usp.br/ISO/debian/kurumim/kurumin-2.0.iso - in portuguese, based on the knoppix version, but only 200MB You can also install them in the hd. May be Robert could talk with Klaus (from Knoppix) and ask to him to include Euphoria in the next version of Knoppix. :>) Rubens At 08:31 26/7/2003, you wrote: > > >Hello everyone! > > >Well, I had to tell somebody (I'll tell my wife but she'll look at me > >and say "that's nice dear"). I just got RedHat Linux 9 up and running > >on my machine! > >Congrats! rh9 wasn't the *best* distro to install, imho, but >nevertheless you've officially begun your exodus out of the Evil Empire >of His Hindness Emporer Bill. I'm sure that soon, you'll be kicking >yourself for not making the move to *nix sooner. Let's not start a war >here, but, again, in MY opinion, as soon as you learn the ropes in Red >Hat, you should consider a better distribution, like my favorite, >Mandrake. If you want to hear more about my problems with Red Hat, >please feel free to email me privately (you'll find that many *nix >devotees are not only dedicated to *nix in general, but to a particular >distribution) in order to avoid a distro war in a Euphoria list. But, >I found this interesting reading ... http://techupdate.zdnet.com/ >techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2871663,00.html. > > >Network card is working, monitor is working (with some minor >tweaking), > >printer is working, CD Rom is working, mouse is > >working...wait....DANG-IT! forgot about the CD burner. Oh well, back >to > > www.linux.org! > >Super! My experience with Red Hat has been that I've gotten everything >to work except my printer, and sound card. (I've only recently gotten >a CD burner, so I can't say much about that one way or the other.) >Mandrake has gotten all of that plus the sound card, but I've never >gotten my printer -- Lexmark Z23 -- to work under Linux, even though I >bought it specifically because it said "Linux compatible" on the box. >They provide a Linux driver from their website, but it's an absolute >train wreck. Moral: all that has penguin on box isn't gold. > >Okay, now to begin a swerve back on topic. lol I've managed to >install BeOS on my system, and I have it working quite well, including >an ability to use my Lucent winmodem. For those who aren't aware of >what BeOS is, the best way to describe the operating system would be to >call it one of Linux's cousins. At one point, BeOS was positioned to >attack both Windows and Linux, but this was all brought down by what >could only be called a jackassed maneuver on the part of Be, Inc. To >make a long story short, Be went under and was bought by Palm in 2001, >at which point Palm took one of the best operating systems ever created >and pitched it into the trash can. > >The stories of BeOS' death, however, are greatly exaggerated. BeOS is >being resurrected on a number of fronts, both commercially (such as the >Zeta operating system) and via Open Source, such as OpenBeOS (http:// >www.openbeos.org). Yes, BeOS is at the moment in critical condition, >but very slowly, it is getting better. I think that in no more than >five years, the-operating-system-formerly-known-as-BeOS will be ready >to stand on its own and compete with the big boys (Windows and Linux) >once again. > >How is this on topic? Well, seeing as how BeOS is on its way back, I >would once again like to suggest a Euphoria port to BeOS. The >internals of BeOS are quite similar to Linux, so a port from the Linux >or BSD versions of Euphoria should not be all that difficult. >Unfortunately, I frankly do not have the knowledge necessary to do it. >And because the BeAPI is C++, it would be difficult to wrap, but not >impossible. I suppose that if no one takes an interest in a BeOS port >of Euphoria, I could buy the source code and give it a try myself, but >it would take quite a while, as I would have to build up the knowledge >of C necessary just to understand Mr. Craig's code, to say nothing of >porting it. > >Thanks for putting up with the BeOS plug. > >Travis W. Beaty >Osage, Iowa. > >--^---------------------------------------------------------------- >This email was sent to: rml at rubis.trix.net > > >TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!