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wow, installing linux is easy
I downloaded a cdrom image of Ubuntu Linux, burned it to cd, booted off of it, and was literally immediately running a fully functional linux box (booted off of the cd) with a little "install" icon on the desktop. While installing I checked my email, chatted, and browsed the web with firefox.
I basically just hit go, told it to have its way with my new hard drive, and it was all magic. Even included Windows XP entry in my new boot menu which works. When I did this the first time it was hard to get Linux to talk to your sound card, video card, and the internet. Now it does all that in the freaking installer just because it can.
If you would like me to burn you a cd so you can see it for yourself let me know. You may even be able to talk me into holding your hand through it. For my first install I had two friends come over with a cdrom drive and cdrom drive controller.
Ubuntu is based on Debian, which I've been very fond of for years, but their release cycle is quite unacceptable. Plus Ubuntu has all this superfluous usability that really I don't mind these days. I did my time as a "must compile everything from source (manually, since you can even get that automated these days) console jockey. I highly recommend Ubuntu for the desktop for any non-geek or veteran (unless you have specific windows programs you need to run). The install took half an hour, mostly waiting for files to copy (while checking my email and playing minesweeper).
Ack, I just clicked system / preferences / screen resolution / 1600x1200 85hz / apply... and it.. switched... without restarting anything. This could take some getting used to.
root@dancer:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 453G 1.9G 428G 1% /
I basically just hit go, told it to have its way with my new hard drive, and it was all magic. Even included Windows XP entry in my new boot menu which works. When I did this the first time it was hard to get Linux to talk to your sound card, video card, and the internet. Now it does all that in the freaking installer just because it can.
If you would like me to burn you a cd so you can see it for yourself let me know. You may even be able to talk me into holding your hand through it. For my first install I had two friends come over with a cdrom drive and cdrom drive controller.
Ubuntu is based on Debian, which I've been very fond of for years, but their release cycle is quite unacceptable. Plus Ubuntu has all this superfluous usability that really I don't mind these days. I did my time as a "must compile everything from source (manually, since you can even get that automated these days) console jockey. I highly recommend Ubuntu for the desktop for any non-geek or veteran (unless you have specific windows programs you need to run). The install took half an hour, mostly waiting for files to copy (while checking my email and playing minesweeper).
Ack, I just clicked system / preferences / screen resolution / 1600x1200 85hz / apply... and it.. switched... without restarting anything. This could take some getting used to.
root@dancer:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 453G 1.9G 428G 1% /
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Thanks.