Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 22:19:13 10/22/99
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On October 22, 1999 at 11:05:50, Steve Coladonato wrote:
>On October 21, 1999 at 18:00:47, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
><SNIP>
>>
>>If only it would
>>* Be easy to install
>>* And run some key Windows programs
>>
>>It could be a great alternative to Windows monopoly.
>
>I have finally decided to bite the bullet and go Linux instead of NT. Red Hat
>and Mandrake seem to be the top suppliers and, from what I have heard, the
>install isn't that bad.
Not bad. Install takes 20 minutes and does a fairly good job.
I remember all the troubles I had installing Windows 95, and I would say Linux
so far does it better. No plug and play shit, but it works.
One trick: if you use KDE and find yourself with a large desktop displayed in a
small screen (having to move the mouse around to see all the desktop surface),
try the [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[+] key combination.
Or open a console, use the "su" command to log as root (administrator), then
start the "Xconfigurator" command. You can also try "XF86Setup" (beware the
lower/uppercases) but on my system it was not installed by default. Then
configure it to have only one screen resolution (800x600 is not bad).
When it works, I recommend warmly playing a little bit with the game "xbill"
(you'll find it in KDE under K/Personal/Mandrake/Games or something like that).
I like this game a lot, I let you figure out why!!! :)
>However, as a prelim, I did download StarOffice 5.1 from Sun and have run it
>under NT and 95. It has all the functionality of Microsoft Office and will save
>files in Word and Excel format. Therefore, for me, the compatibility is there.
>
>I'm glad to see that Shredder is running under wine as I have Shredder 3 and
>Fritz so at least I will have some chess software running on Linux.
Good luck. Learning how to use Linux looks a little bit more difficult than
learning Windows, but I'm sure it's worth it.
Does somebody have a good address where I could find an online manual for Linux?
I could print it and read it while I am in the bathroom, then in several months
this knowledge would be used to build a Tiger for Linux...
Christophe
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