Author: Hristo
Date: 09:46:27 03/15/01
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On March 15, 2001 at 09:58:44, Peter Berger wrote: >On March 15, 2001 at 02:15:31, Hristo wrote: > >Hi Hristo, > >>Peter, >>most people would have trouble setting up windows from scratch. > >I disagree here - I really think that nearly everybody with a common PC can >install Windows98 so that all the basic things work very well . > yes, you are probably correct because of the years of training. ;-) I think that installing windows, ctrl-alt-del, and reset-button is knowledge that is now embedded in our DNA. The kids are ready to use it 5 minutes after birth. ;-)))) >>However if you can do that then installing SuSE linux 7.1 (personal) >>should be just as easy and it will cost you about $20. ;-)) >>www.suse.com >>I bet some other distros are also very easy to setup. > >I think Redhat is even a little easier but I agree installation support has >improved . Although , well ... > >Computer with less than 128 MB RAM - no nice graphical installation with SUSE . I never had a problem with that. Guess I've been lucky. > >Sound :-) ? Easy ? Depends .. ( in fact this question is quite funny ; every >time I talk to a Linux fanatic this question cools them down a lot :-) ) > >Graphic card ? Easy ? Yes , unless you have a ... I'm not sure if there are video cards that don't work. hmm ... Probably one of those things that are pluged directly into the motherboard and call themselves graphics card are laying. ;-) > > >> >>For all new-to-linux, please do your self a favor and buy a distribution! >>SuSE, RedHat, Debian, Slackware, anything ... you'll save lots of time >>and efforts. Latter you-new-to-linux will learn how to download and install >>software packages from the internet and also (if you want) how to >>compile the kernel with optimizations for your own CPU, how to compile >>software packages optimaized ... etc. > >Here I definitely agree ! > > >>Meanwhile, just have fun. ;-) >> >>cheers. >>hristo > >Don't get me wrong ; half of the day I sit at a Linux PC , I mainly work on Unix >systems anyway . At home I currently sit in front of my Windows 98 PC and am >very happy with it :-) . Cool. When I started using linux for the first time (3 years ago) I was a bit on the edge of where fanatics exist. People should use whatever they feel like ... > >I was under the impression that the original poster thought Linux would be a >superior platform for running chessprograms which is definitely untrue . Yeah .. this is probably a bit off-topic ... cheers, pete. (with a big galss'o'beer) hristo > >Cheers. > >pete
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