Well Done and Welcome to linux. :-)<br><br>Dafydd<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 13/02/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">andrew arthur</b> <<a href="mailto:andrew.arthur@gmail.com">andrew.arthur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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This is coming to you via Debian and Epiphany. I loaded it from the goodbye-microsoft address you gave us and have just finished configuring it. It has been a very easy install for what is reckoned to be the hardest Linux to install, but truly it was a doddle.
<br> It took 2h 40 m to download all the files it needed but after that it set up faultlessly and I have been playing with it ever since.<br><br>I am also dual booting Windows and of course it initialises thropugh Windows so as I hoped, it has picked up all the drivers and it is fully functional. All I had to do was give it the Network information and away it went.
<br><br> Hth<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/02/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fintan Gaughan</b> <<a href="mailto:fgaughan@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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On 12/02/07, Thomas Mulloy <<a href="mailto:eiresorpio@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">eiresorpio@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> Glad to hear some linux types are finally up and running on your systems!
<br>><br> > I have only tried Knoppix, so I'm wondering if any of you have tried several<br>> types of linux and which one is the most user friendly and comes with plenty<br>> of features. Also whether they are a live CD or not?
<br>><br>> Cheers,<br>><br><br>These are my opinions alone and the distros below are the ones I have<br>installed on different pc's over the years<br><br>Newbie friendly<br>Mandriver <a href="http://www.mandriva.com/en" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.mandriva.com/en</a><br>Fedora <a href="http://fedora.redhat.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://fedora.redhat.com/</a><br>Ubunto <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.ubuntu.com/</a> + kbuntu <a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.kubuntu.org/</a><br>BeatrIX <a href="http://www.watsky.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.watsky.net/</a><br> Linspire <a href="http://www.linspire.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.linspire.com/</a><br><br>Few others that I can't think of but I tend to tell people go for
<br>Ubunto as you get loads of help in their forums<br><br><br><br>Not easy to install unless you know what your doing are<br>Debian <a href="http://www.debian.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.debian.org/</a><br>Slackware <a href="http://www.slackware.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.slackware.com/</a><br><br>I have installed these distros below on old Pentium II machines
<br>without any problems<br>Are betrix <a href="http://www.watsky.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.watsky.net/</a> and puppy linux<br><a href="http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1</a><br>As well as Debian <a href="http://www.debian.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.debian.org/</a> Debian installs on any
<br>machine but not easy to do<br><br>How ever installing Debian got so much easier if you follow this route <br>but trouble is they install software that overwhelm newbie's screen<br>shot here <a href="http://goodbye-microsoft.com/screenshots/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://goodbye-microsoft.com/screenshots/</a> installer here<br><a href="http://goodbye-microsoft.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://goodbye-microsoft.com/</a><br><br><br>
I use mainly fedora because of the 6 month release cycle and BSD<br>which is another OS in its self<br><br>Take a look at this site to see so many distro's <a href="http://distrowatch.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://distrowatch.com/</a><br><br>I have not installed a Distro using Live CD although I use Knoppix a<br>few times a month (rescue files from a windows pc) but never installed<br>it<br><br>Regards,<br>Fintan<br><br>_______________________________________________
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