Topic: Can Linux hack it against Windoze

[Tony]

Well after what I considered to be a successful thread on ?Web Browser THE BEST ??.. 1000 hits, with 159 contributions. I thought it was a good idea to consider a thread on non Microsoft operating systems. Considering the merits and drawbacks of non MS OS?s, so those with experience of same could maybe post on this thread.

For example, you can get ? Mandrake Linux 9.1 Power Pack on 7 CD?s ?  for £6.95 inclusive of postage on Ebay  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3631523364&category=4619

I've seen 9.1 offered on 3 CD's, I'm I right in thinking with the 7 CD version you get masses of software with it?

I also believe Version 9.2 is due out the end of October

Is the only differance between the Mandrake Linux offerings......Discovery, Power Pack, Prosuite editions, the inclusive software ??

http://www.mandrakestore.com/mdksa/index.php?storereferer=&LANG=en_US&UID=&CUSTID=&origin_=


Why Red Hot or Mandrake or others? can your computing experience be non conflictual {OK not a proper word, but you know what I mean ] in a real sense when using Linux instead of Bill's flawed security leaky offerings? come on spill the BEANZ

[WhiteDevil]

Well done on an excellent topic Tony, lets hope this one equals and betters it

Ive got the Mandrake 9.1 ISOs on my system at the moment, but being 666MB, 665MB & 665MB probably the diggest disadvantage is that they take a long time to download, and you need 700MB CDs to burn them onto, also, like me, if you dont have the CDs yet they take 1.90GB of your hard drive space...

However, bearing in mind the latest severe security craters (i still insist they are too huge to be holes) in WinXP Linux security has to be some of the best available.

Mandrake Linux 9.1 Power Pack on 7 CD?s for £6.95, sounds like a great offer, i found a set of CDs for £7, but there were only 3... Im guessing yes, you get a tonne of software with it...

I believe October 15th was the release date for 9.2 for Mandrake Club members...

The only difference between Linux Distro's that i can see are that each one has its own little touch added to it. RedHat and Mandrake are very GUI based, whereas Debian is not so much GUI but Command Line (Command Prompt, Shell)

RedHat and Mandrake are the popular distro's at this time, they are the easiest to install, and their GUIs make it easier for Windows geered people to get used to them. They still run on Command Line though, so as the user gains experience they can advance their knowledge.

I think most people that have used Win95, Win98 and WinXP will stay with them, only people that are interested, worried about security, or just want an alternative will look into Linux. In that way i think your computing experience influences what you do.

However, for most people Dual Booting is still the prefered root, rather than totally abandoning the OS they have used forever. This way they can run their beloved Windows while still getting used to Linux...

As you can see ive looked into this, i would like to see what others opinions are.

[Simon]

Well done Tony, this could be a very interesting thread.  Having said that, I don't think I'll be dabbling just yet.  It's as much as I can manage to get Windows to work!  

[Tony]

It's as much as I can manage to get Windows to work!  

Know what you mean mate but I reckon White Devils already on the case, and like he says, with dual booting you can suit yourself as and when. I just tempted to have a dabble at those prices,I mean, until I tried Mozilla, I was ignorant as to its finer points. I mean I spent more on fags in two days than it would cost to try a full blown Linux.

What I want to know is, can you read and alter and store your data between the two platforms, might be a dumb question... but you all know me  

[ketamininja]

Just a little note:

Knoppix (I think thats how you spell it) is a Linux OS that boots from CD!

You don't have to install it at all, just burn it to CD and it works. Have a look for it, I believe it is free to download (as always). Worth a try.

[Tony]

Just a little note:

Knoppix (I think thats how you spell it) is a Linux OS that boots from CD!

You don't have to install it at all, just burn it to CD and it works. Have a look for it, I believe it is free to download (as always). Worth a try.

I found it being offered free on Ebay if you bought the 7 CD Power Pack set up for £6.50 inclusive of postage.


FREE GIFT


KNOPPIX 3.2

KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of

GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3631525212&category=4619

[WhiteDevil]

What I want to know is, can you read and alter and store your data between the two platforms, might be a dumb question... but you all know me  

Linux can read and write to FAT32... So, yes, you can share files between the two OS's...

[Tony]

Cheers Adam,

I'm on W2K and have formated my drives in NTFS, no way was I ever going back to Win98   But I beleive you can install Linux on drives formatted in NTSF anyway

I think there could be driver issues with my printer, but I know there are drivers for my graphics cards. But the other day there was some service or other [ cannot remember what exactly ] that was not supported by Linux, so I probubaly wont lash out the princely sum of £6.50 for it

See I need IE:6 for my work anyway, one bloody site...but there you are, mind you it would have been nice just to lake about with it though.

There don't seem to be much interest in it, on the boards, like you say folks with an up and running Windoze PC will stick with Windoze.

[lobo]

Knoppix
This is where I got my copy from (ages ago) but its still there

http://www.bouissou.net/knoppix-mib/doc-html/Knoppix-Mib.html

Brian

[Tony]

Cheers Brian,

That will be my first big download when I get my ADSL installed in 43 day's....not that I'm counting   >