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    Mandrake, another distro plagued by a "customised" kernel. Yes, it's easy to use. Well, not for me. It's too point-and-click, and I personally can't stand KDE or GNOME. But, you're looking for a beginner's distro...the best "beginner" one I've used would have to be SuSE, although, if you can find a friendly distro that uses the vanilla kernel, I'd go with that. But, I'm not a linux user anymore, as I have moved onto OpenBSD, which is a very good choice for someone with the technical know-how. (and actually, I've found it a lot friendlier than linux, although many here will probably disagree.)

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    Okay, the setup is as follows,I am running two OpenBSD boxes in my room, "Skeletor" (master) and "Beastman" (the goon)And I'm wondering how to mount, say, my media directory on Skeletor (/mda) on Beastman via NFS. How do I go about this, as I have never used NFS before?

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    Windows. Nothing will ever be better then Windows. It is better, faster, and had better stuff for it.

    <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


    HA!!!!!

     

    Obviously you know nothing about computers, guy. Windows always has been the WORST since day one. Notice how someone else always has the better technologies, and then you see them show up in Windows...and in a very bad conversion in most cases. Man, just face it, you're just jealous that we actually KNOW how to use our computers.

     

    ,I,,

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    SuSE Linux version 6.4 is SO OLD THAT IT IS NOT SUPPORTED. Plus the KDE version on that is very old. I recommend you to at least use SuSE Linux 9.0 and up.
    Fedora Core has had some problems with its experimental kernels.

    Also, your machine are too old to support any new versions of any OS. I recommend you get new machines.

    Linux has gotten easier thru the years because Linux is now better aimed at the desktop users than before.


    Actually, a Celeron 550 is not too old. Most of the computers I convert to linux have less than a 233MHz processor, and I always use the most current Slackware distro. And no, it does not run horribly slow. hardly slow at all, I must say. So you don't need to buy new hardware.

    SuSE 9 will run fine on a Celeron 550. I've gotten it to run fine on much less, although, distros like Fedora and SuSE, because of their odd kernels, tend to not be quite as bulletproof as say, Slackware or Debian.

    IMHO, GNOME might be a better environment to use than KDE, although if you REALLY want performance, just ditch both and go with a Window Manager like WindowMaker or fvwm2. AmiWM is nice, but configuration is only accessible through hand-editing the config files.

    -xboxsux

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    Well, depending on what you call the "best" Linux distros. I assume you mean Slackware. :(Actually, my experiences with Solaris on x86 hardware (as a personal operating system) were quite good, I found it to do everything I ever wanted to do, except when it came to compiling source code, I always ran into quite a few errors, and as a result, no compiling VICE on Solaris, and that was enough to make me go back to Slack. Now I'm on OpenBSD, I still haven't gotten my sound to work, but that's okay. I built another computer completely dedicated to Commodore emulation. It's nice to see more posting in here lately, i must say.

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    Oddly enough, here's an interesting little story.I assemble computers for some people. And for some people, I take their old computer and breathe new life into it. When I ask which OS they want to use, they don't normally know what it is, or what the differences are. Most of these computers that I "refurbish" actually have a running copy of Windows on them already, and are quite old. So, I sit down with the person, and I ask them what every single thing they want to do with their computer is. 9 times out of 10, the result is very simple stuff, like word processing, web browsing, blah blah, and I end up throwing on a copy of Slackware, using WindowMaker, (although soon I may try AmiWM on a few people soon) write down a quick users-guide with simple instructions on how to log on, start X, and what each cube does for them in WindowMaker, and I leave my number on there (which they already know to begin with) and tell them to call any time something goes wrong or assistance is needed. Well, the only people that call are the 1 out of 10 who just have to have Windows, but still do the same tasks most everyone else does, so I don't understand why Windows. All these people are quite computer illiterate, but Linux/Unix has so far been the most friendly to the computer-illiterate as far as I've seen. One person had always wondered how "these mp3 things work", and loved how much easier it was to open a console, and type "cd ~/media" and then "madplay *", after their failed attempts in windows to try and set up a playlist. It does depend a lot on what your first computing experience was, really, and it proves to work nicely starting a near-complete newbie off with some UNIX variant. (My first exerience was Apple DOS 3.3, at the age of 3) Oh yes, and games. I do know that native UNIX/Linux games are not abundant, So I also provide everyone with a copy of the VICE Commodore emulator, (or a NES emulator if preferred) and put up a bookmark in their mozilla to find them any game for that platform they wish, and send them on their merry way. So, from that experience, UNIX is the best, and although I love it, I still am waiting to get a hold of MorphOS/AmigaOS4 and that Pegasos board.

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    Talented rip-off artists to be more precise. Me? I'm a former Slackware user (and I still love slackware) who has gone over to OpenBSD. (I just felt like playing with something other than something based on System V) Of those three choices, I'd pick Unix, but there are so much more OS'es out there. Personally, I'm waiting till I have enough money put together to buy a Pegasos motherboard, and I'll be trying out MorphOS, possibly AmigaOS4 (depending on which I prefer), and still be using BSD on this computer alongside it. Either way, Windows and (now) Macintosh....eeh.....wish I had four thumbs, I'd put them all down!

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    BeOS takes very little time in many ways. It's fast, a small download, and is really quick to get a handle on. Very nice OS, but with an unfortunate end (although Haiku is going to remedy that), and I like it, but it's just not for me. I'll be taking the plunge and buying a PPC motherboard and either MorphOS or AmigaOS. Probably MorphOS, because it resembles the old AmigaOS much better than the new one.

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    Are you nuts? This is a step backwards! They would have had done better if they had decided to bring back the 68000. Apple's hardware always has been better, and their hardware alone is why I own three macs, specifically because they use PowerPC technology. Now, I will not buy any apple products. Not even an iPod. So what to do for hardware now? When Jobs announced the intel switch, I decided right then that the next computer I build will use a Pegasos motherboard and a G4 processor. And actually, this switch might be good...Well, if my hopes for a new PowerPC computer from IBM ever become anything more than a wish. Soon, the time will be good for IBM to release a new personal computer..if they decide to. The PowerPC market is open to whoever decides to step up to the plate and who would be better off to be the new main supplier of PowerPC-equipped machines than IBM? I feel strongly that IBM is not to be messed with. Microsoft used IBM to push MS-DOS and later Windows, and then they burnt IBM for it. Then IBM teamed up with Apple to offer it's POWER line of RISC processors to the common user, only now, to be burnt by Apple. So what's left? IBM, it's superior technology, and people out there who want a better computer. I'm going to write a letter to IBM with my suggestion. Besides....I would rather have a computer that says "IBM" on it than Apple any day. Just not anything with Intel hardware....disgusting.

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    Heh, I remember when I started out with Linux. RedHat 7.0. Bought it in a box on a school band trip. I saw it on a shelf while browsing a Babbage's, and I just had to have it. I had been waiting years upon years to come in contact with something to put on ym computer other than Windows, which I have despised since the first day I used it (back when Windows 3.0 was just released. I was a dedicated Apple II user before the introduction of the 486.) Everyone looked at me like "We go on a band trip, everyone is loaded with spending cash, and you bought....SOFTWARE???" (Not to mention no one knew what it was).Luckily for me, I had slightly old hardware, and all of it was supported. Problem was, it was slow. Damn slow. Not even a month later, I caught myself installing Slackware. Then later on down the road came lots more slackware, along with trying a few others just for the hell of it, SuSE, Mandrake, Lycoris (the worst distro ever), Debian, but always came back to Slack. Why? I learned more every day with Slack. Then I started floating away from Linux, but not towards Windows..No way. That's never happening. I floated towards Solaris, and played with that for a while, but then decided Solaris was nice, but it just dodn't do it for me. The only linux that did it for me was Slackware. Am I using slackware now? No... I drifted away from unices based on System V, and ran a net-install of OpenBSD, and here I am today, loving it, although I do miss my Slack from time to time.Basically, a long story short, unix (linux included) is just something you keep learning once you get on it...you get hooked. You will learn a large wealth of knowledge just in the next month, and it will rapidly grow. Soon, you may have your drive partitioned to be dedicated to unix/linux-only. Also, it may take a few diffrent distros to find your "home". Mine is still Slack, but there's something about OpenBSD that just pulls me in...so if Mandrake just doesn't do it for you, give another a try (I recommend Slack if that's the case) anyways, welcome to (in your case) Linux. You will be very happy here, and your bottles of aspirin will last longer. :D

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    I have been utilising the twin hard drive setup since the introduction of Windows 98 (And I was bummed because I asked for OS/2). Now, even after the switch to UNIX, the tradition still continues. Only, the only thing I keep in there is movies, documents, and music, as I like to perform clean installs whenever I feeling switching to a different UNIX or Linux distro.Most of my more important (as in harder to replace, not critical data), yet smaller files, like pictures, stay online in more places than one, as well as on other people's computers.Of course, difference being my "media" drive is ext2, rather than Fat32 or NTFS.Oh, and also a good additional tip: When purchasing a hard drive, only purchase reputable ones. This doesn't neccessarily mean the most expensive. From my experience, I've had bad luck with Maxtor drives and a few Western Digital drives, but I've always had good expereinces with IBM and Seagate drives. I still have my 20M Seagate 5.25" hard drive from my XT. It still works too!Oh yes, I was also a boy scout too. :DSo many valuable lessons were learned...

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    Oh, I do value my security, don't get me wrong, but it's not the reason I decided to go with OpenBSD. But two days later, I think it's safe to say that I'll be using OpenBSD for quite a while :D Also, OpenBSD has gtten me quite used to this window manager that I've never used before, fvwm. If I remember correctly, I used fvwm2 (I think it was) once, and absolutely hated it, due to its resemblance to Windows 95. Damn...10 years ago already...I remember seeing people go crazy over it on the news...talking about 5-hour installs and such...crowds waiting outside of software stores at 5am, bugh...all this over a mediocre 32-bit aware OS that came years after others were introduced. I'm getting old.

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    Well, the other day, I grabbed the OpenBSD Net-Install image after debian had a little too much fun with my drive, so I decided to start all over, with a OS I've never used before, so I chose OpenBSD. Why OpenBSD? I have no idea, honestly, I just felt like getting OpenBSD. So, after a sucessful net-install, I managed to get WindowMaker, and Mozilla going, along with grabbing a few other things and attempting to make them work, but I really dig the very basic system you get, and then add all your own stuff alongside. Now, I know, I could have done this with debian or LFS or something else, but I wanted to step away from linux, with something new, and force myself to learn it, (yes, every *NIX is similar, but each has it's quirks). And I'm finding it more enjoyable to use each and every minute. I have a feeling that I will grow a fond relationship with BSD.

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