Wish me luck: I am going to start my transfer from windows 98 to Linux soon. Fourtanetaly, I woln't need to re-partition my Hard Drive, and I can (possibly) run some windows programs on it with wine, but I can still run windows.
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Good luck: I tried a couple of times with Red Had and one other version but could never get it figured out enough to get on line or to get my printer working. Just did not understand their lingo/syntax. I got very frustrated and I am one who used to wright programs in Basic back when DOS 2.11 was around. I love to try and learn new things but that system got to me. May try it again some time. Have keep us posted.
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Mandrake Community Linux 10.1 is probably one of the most user-friendliest versions out there. Detects printers/print-servers on an NT domain very easily...
Knoppix is another good one.. If you are into the most configurable, you may want to check out Gentoo. I have a dual booted Mandrake 10.1/NTServer2000 and even that combo works flawlessly... And with OpenOffice on Linux, you can work with MSOffice docs too...
But backup cruicial data - without fail first....
Best,
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Well, so far, no dice. I have it installed, and it will boot, but then it will become un-responsive. It might be a commpatability issue, because I am running windows 98, and it need windows 200 or XP for Co linux to work, and the instructions say to install those programs, and configure the linux throught colinux to get it to work, but the site says It can work on all windows.
BTW, I am using Topologilinux. Maybe I will try Knoppix.AlexComment
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Hands down, the easiest Linux distribution I have ever installed is Ubuntu.
Check it out: http://www.ubuntu.com/Sam Conder
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas A. EdisonComment
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Good Luck! BUT . . .
The coLinux FAQ says no amount of luck will help you, because you're running Win 98: http://wiki.colinux.org/cgi-bin/coLinuxFAQ#A11Originally posted by Wood_workur
I think you'll have much more luck abandoning coLinux and going to a dual boot setup.
What's your hardware?JerryComment
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What are your pc specs?
There are versions, like Knoppix and Pclinuxos that boot and run from the cd/dvd drive. Pclinuxos now even lets you save settings to a usb key (brother wants me to download it for him this weekend)`
For ease of use, while each person normally says use this or that distro, I personally recommend, finding your local Linux user group, and contacting them about an install fest. My opinion, is your best distro, is one you have someone local, to help you with a bit.
There are several good books (although the books almost never keep up, as a new version is around about every six months), so at least keep it dual boot, for the read me's, and other things that aren't in Linux yet, like cutlist plus, or any woodworking software.
If it's a older pc, you could look at ****smalllinux, or puppy linux, or peanut linux. Use Distrowatch.com to examine your options.
It is a steep learning curve, and I am still unlearning things (bad habits or Windows traits that don't follow a standard).She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.Comment
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I'd toss a +1 on the Mandrake distro for ease of use. Though almost all of them are much better now than they were in the late 90's.
I personally have a couple linux boxes for dedicated functions (and 2 DTivo's running linux of course...). I'm also all for people learning new things for the fun of it, but linux is still not something I'd recommend for a primary workstation for most non-techie type folks. I think it may get there in a couple more years, but not quite yet.
Honestly if you want to play around and you're new to unix/linux it's tremendously helpful to have internet access so you can look up information when you run into a problem. Depending how far you can get in your setup you may be able to use the system you're working on, but otherwise you might look for an older PC that's just sitting around (or that someone is going to toss) and use that for experimenting. The added bonus there is that after you've spent some time setting things up and learning the system you can happily wipe it out and do it right the second (or third or fourth) time
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I fell like I fell asleep and woke up in the middle of a Geek Squad kegger!!
...eight, nine, TEN! Yep! Still got all my fingers!Comment
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My computer runs both Linux and Windows 2000 (not my doing, my son is a linux nurd ). The way he has it set up it defaults to Linux when booting but I get a chance to choose Windows if I want to use it. We have both because I had some old software that wouldn't run on Linux. I like Linux alright and my son claims it's much safer against viruses. Good luck on your switch.
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Mandrake Linux now Mandriva
First, last year Mandrake bought and combine with Conectiva Linux, then changed it's name and web address, now it's Mandriva.
Secondly for those of you that like it (I used to, long story), the major contributer to it, started his own, based on it, called Pclinuxos. And that one, runs off cd/dvd like Mandrake move, but with more stuff. You might check it out sometime.She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.Comment
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Okay, I will try to get the specs here, tell me if I miss anything:
Processcer: Intel Pentium II
Ram: 96 mb RAM, to be upgraded to 608 MB soon (have 3 slots)
OS: Windows 98
Harddrive: 12.7GB, FAT32 file system. I have about 60% of that used, and I don't want to creat a partition for linux.
One Cd drive, non-burner. I can burn my cd's (.iso) on another comp I have.
Also, for cd boot, do you have to have the cd in while linux is running, or just for the boot?
Update: checking the cd (I created a .iso, and checked the md5 of that iso), it appears that the cd has some errors on it, as the md5 dosen't match what it should be (The l's are 1's) I will burn a new cd, and try again.Last edited by Wood_workur; 03-16-2006, 03:56 PM.AlexComment
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Well, no I ran the md5 check sum, and they wewre all proper. I think it is messed up on the linux's site (not colinux, but the other one) for saying it is compatitable with all windows. I will try Knoppix.Originally posted by Wood_workurAlexComment
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