seismologist
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I'm building a new PC and trying to decide the OS. I have a XP PC so I was thinking of gtrying Suse Linux for the new one. What do you guys think bad idea...?
Ingenu said:Does it have to be linux ?
Cause if you're just after a free alternative OS, I would rather recommend PC-BSD (www.pcbsd.org) or DesktopBSD (www.desktopbsd.org), which have been far more user friendly to me.
Also on the non free side you can look for an updated BeOS called Zeta made by a german firm yellowtab (www.yellowtab.com)
seismologist said:I should have mentioned that I'm already familiar with Linux because I use it all the time at work.
But I'm wondering about it's usefulness on home PC. I'm thinking about using it as a web server. I think adminitsration would be easier on Linux than Windows. I think I'll give it a shot since I already have a Windows machine.
So I guess slackware is the free Linux that I should be using?
seismologist said:I should have mentioned that I'm already familiar with Linux because I use it all the time at work.
But I'm wondering about it's usefulness on home PC. I'm thinking about using it as a web server. I think adminitsration would be easier on Linux than Windows. I think I'll give it a shot since I already have a Windows machine.
So I guess slackware is the free Linux that I should be using?
arjan de lumens said:the 3rd partition should be using FAT32; format it from Linux if you can.
Windows won't let you format a FAT32 partition of more than 32GB. Or something silly like that. An acquaintance here called me one night, needing to reformat his USB hard drive into a format that he could move between a Windows machine and a Mac. I think, "FAT32, duh." I go over there, bringing my Ubuntu laptop with me just in case, and after trying to force command line formats and Disk Management and even formatting from a Mac, NOTHING was working. Finally, I attached it to my laptop, created a VFAT partition, and happily formatted it. Connect to Windows, dandy. Connect to Mac, dandy.Humus said:What is the benefit of formatting it from Linux versus doing it in Windows?
seismologist said:I might have to try centros. The system we use at work I think is Redhat version 9.
I think I'll make a Knoppix boot disk first just to get into my ssystem. Seems like the easiest method to get up and running.