Posted: 10/12/2005 7:51:39 PM EDT
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I'm just getting into Linux myself. Been playing around with only live distros like Knoppix and Whax. What's your favorite distribution? Also, how hard is it to partition a part of my drive and set up a boot of Linux? If I don't like the results, could I just add that back to my original partition? |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gtop-www.jpg I want to run Solaris 10, but it doesn't want to co-operate with my SATA card :/ |
Are you a developer? I like Mandrake. |
Redhat, Fedora, Mandrake (RPM based distros) are generally considered to be more "user friendly"...while that may be true, I've also found that they are alot better at being out-of-the-box compatible with my odd computer hardware selections. Namely my laptops. Distros like gentoo and slackware are the more indepth not so user friendly distros, but still great to work with once you get the hang of it. |
If you are new to *nix, I would recommend a "user friendly" distribution... Many mentioned above. Debian, freeBSD, although at different "divergence" from the original System V / BSD Tree are more of a "Server Based" distro, where you need a clue on unix commands and admin to run. The others: Corel Linux (based on Debian), RedHat, SuSe, etc. are made for the "transitional" user, which seems you are the type. |
I have a real RS6k and a real HP 9k (albeit old) in my garage. Irix is in between, but I do love the window manager! Too bad they price their hardware so high after buying Cray. Silicon Graphics reminds me of Colt. 
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You can always buy used SGI machines on Ebay for cheap. Thats how I got my O2 and Indy. I'll get an Octane2 one of these days. |
Who do you know to get you the OS? I am AIX, HP-UX, and DG-UX Certified, so I can get those, but a legal method of Irix isn't in my grasp. 
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No security patches.  Non Transferable license unless you know somebody or talk good. |
For important patches, get a SupportFolio contract. As far as legality, SGI isn't Microsoft. They couldn't care less about hobbyists. I have SGI machines as a hobby and I didn't get the OS transferred with the machines. As if SGI doesn't have better things to do than go after me. You are safe unless you use the OS on a couple of thousand SGI boxes. But then I suppose you would have the bread to pay for it all if you do run that many. ETA: This is the AR15.com of SGI hobbyists. They have forums there. and lots of cool pics. Nekochan.net |
I am just used to the special number to call and give them my number and they send out a set. I run too many flavors already to try to fit another machine in this room, but thanks for the hint! I may just get an Indy 2! 
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I've got an R12k-400 O2, a dual R12k-400 Octane2 w/V8 gfx, a NeXT turbo color slab, and a4xhyperSPARC SPARC20. IRIX is my favorite UNIX, followed by OS X... -k |
I hate you. j/k
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Fedora Core 4. I have 3 on my laptop. Easy to install, intuitive, and lots of support. I'm pretty much a Linux n00b, but with little studying, I could probably go get my LPI 1. I have found that using VLC in Linux displays better video playback than Windows using Media Player or WinDVD. hmm. That's on my laptop. I have not tested on my desktop. Got a new drive, and a fresh install of XP, but I left some unpartitioned space for a possible install of FC4. I'm gonna try to see if I can get MythTV working better with my USB PVR. It's quite unreliable in XP so far. |
I forgot to mention that I have two other O2's - my first - an R5k-180, and my second, and R10k-250, both in storage with the NeXTstation and the SPARC20.   hinv -vm: CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.5 FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0 1 400 MHZ IP32 Processor Main memory size: 1024 Mbytes Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes on Processor 0 Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes Data cache size: 32 Kbytes FLASH PROM version 4.18 Integral SCSI controller 0: Version ADAPTEC 7880 CDROM: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2) Integral SCSI controller 1: Version ADAPTEC 7880 CDROM: unit 5 on SCSI controller 1 On-board serial ports: tty1 On-board serial ports: tty2 On-board EPP/ECP parallel port CRM graphics installed Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1 Iris Audio Processor: version A3 revision 0 PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 1 PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x9004, device 0x8078) PCI slot 2 Video: MVP unit 0 version 1.4 AV: AV1 Card version 1, O2Cam type 1 version 0 connected. Vice: TRE  hinv -vm: Location: /hw/node PM20400MHZ Board: barcode MEG763 part 030-1476-002 rev B Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15 IP30 Board: barcode LJR572 part 030-1467-001 rev D Location: /hw/node/xtalk/15/pci/2 FP1 Board: barcode MCJ561 part 030-0891-003 rev H PWR.SPPLY.ER Board: barcode AAE1110459 part 060-0035-002 rev A Location: /hw/node/xtalk/11 ODY128 Board: barcode BVA795 part 030-1404-003 rev A 2 400 MHZ IP30 Processors Heart ASIC: Revision F CPU: MIPS R12000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.5 FPU: MIPS R12010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0 Main memory size: 4096 Mbytes Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.4 Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes Data cache size: 32 Kbytes Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 2 Mbytes Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1) Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2) Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 3) Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended CDROM: unit 7 on SCSI controller 1 IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1 IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2 IOC3 parallel port: plp1 Graphics board: V8 Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2 Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1 PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0003) PCI slot 2 PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 0 PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 1 PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 3  -k |
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It's a commie plot!! I read the Ubuntu website, including how it got its name: "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". Ubuntu also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world. I'll have to see what those russian economists had to say about this.........  |
Pay it forward. Just like here. I liked it better 2 years ago where you actually had to be a programmer to get everything on your system to work. That made it so only people that contributed used it. If you are gonna write code for fun or odd things in your spare time that you couldn't sell, or wouldn't want to go through the hassle of selling, what is wrong with giving it away? I don't believe in the "linux is commie" bit, it is just a bunch of bored geeks giving away what they don't feel is worth selling. What happens after that is kinda cool, GIMP version 0.1ß was little more than an image displayer with basic editing tools. Other guys here and there added to it, now it is pretty close to photoshop, all because of many hands making light work, and a clever thought here and there by somebody else. Look at it like "Geek Competition"... Anything to knock Microsoft down a notch.
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