So, What kind of Linux user are you?
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It doesn't Lycoris, which is the only installation of linux I've successfully installed (although it refuses to reboot properly). I've also used knoppix. Knoppix was cool except it didn't detect my network card xD
So yeah, that's me. I remember trying to install gentoo. Man gentoo is a pain. They should make batch files to install gentoo imho. If they do, hook me up!
Gentoo. Yee hawr.
[qq]They should make batch files to install gentoo imho. If they do, hook me up![/qq]
This makes me sad.
I'm a Knoppix. *rawr* :rolleyes2
But I don't understand how the bird got away from the cat?
A cross between SUSE and Mandrake, which is pretty sad really. :( Haha, the Debian description is so true. :D
I use Mandrake and Knoppix personally (other than windows that is). Knoppix I use solely for the purpose of compiling with g++, because the 9.2->10.1c upgrade on Mdk broke it.
I didnt understand 99% of that and I am glad of it.
I like Mandrake, personally, but it's not currently on my system.
I probably won't completely migrate to Linux until my wireless card is supported or until I get a wireless card that's supported. I don't like running my 25' cat5 cable anytime I want to do stuff in it and be online.
The install process has got to be 50 steps or more. My brain hurts and half the time the things don't work. A batch file = teh win 4 meQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr Unne
You stick to installing something like RedHat then, PG :D And hasn't portage virtually already batched installing programs for you, once you have the basic gentoo system up? "Hmm, I need an image editor. emerge gimp. There, I'm done." :p
Although the Gentoo install is pretty long though, I think it's still fairly easy considering that. Maybe it's partially helped by the holding-hands type guide they have on their site :p
Well, they better get the GUI setup done or I'll never be able to install Gentoo. GRUB never found my SATA hard drives. :(
You could always search http://forums.gentoo.org/ for "grub sata" or some other string - I see plenty of threads about it there :D
Well I don't really know if I'm glad or not but I do know that those explanations were a load of crap and didn't teach me anything that I would consider useful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxico
What is redhat installation process like?
Last time I tried was when it was still called RedHat. Generally you stick the CD in and go through some screens and then pick "WORKSTATION" or "SERVER" and then you wait 40 minutes and then it "works" (for lack of a better term). It was all GUI. You could probably do it without having a keyboard plugged in.
RHL, Fedora Core2, and SuSE are the only distros I have used so far. If I had more time, I would set up slackware box as I generally hate the GUI. (I like runlevel 3 and BASH. :D )
I hate slackware :p Debian and Gentoo work nicely for GUI-less systems for me. I've just finished setting up a headless gentoo box with only SSHD and Samba running on it, and I do everything I need to over SSH to it.
The "screen" package is quite handy in this situation too, since it means I only need a single SSH session/window into the box, yet have multiple bash sessions in the one window. Plus I can disconnect screen and close the SSH session, then SSH in from elsewhere and reconnect screen and continue where I left off - anything running in screen continues running instead of dying if my connection to the machine dies :p
SSH is just one of the coolest things since sliced bread... :D