Hopping onboard the Linux bandwagon

[X-Calibur]

Well had a conversation with the girlfriend last night on the pillow (... don't drool , no crispy details here...) about building a new machine for Linux purposes, because:
[open BS port]
I wanna try something new
Will allow me to do more.
Etc...blalblablalballalblalalval, you know the rig...

Then she says I can install it on one of the 2 home machines....
Errr.
no honey, cuz if I have a problem I can fix it with the other machine, And your putter would not be in the same room, it would be complicated..... blabla bla here I go again...

Finally got permission to do it (the dark side of not living alone anymore, you have to get decisions approoved... :) )

So it will be a T-Bird solely for Linux purposes and to get rid of the Windoze addiction....

Is there any hardware issues I should know of? Regarding video cards and the like...?

This will not be a gaming machine: crunchin' surfing' newsgroupin' and crunchin'

Will need a couple of links to get me started ASAP and walkthrought for networking since the 40 gig drive will go in the Linux box and serve as the network shared drive...

Thanks for all the input I can get...

post some dream specs also to turn me on.....

Cheers

[dnar]

Network (http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/networking.html)



Finished reading that already!



Ok, hardware, no real issues anymore. Don;t buy a video card that was released tommorrow and u should be right!



I use Matrox G450 dual head 32M DDR card, cheap, Matrox drivers & GUI config panel made setting up 2 easy......



NIC - Heck, I bought a D-Link 100 the other day, came with a Linux driver. I would be surprised if whatever you bought was a problem m8.



What mojo ? I use an EPoX 8KTA3. Good for me. The Soltek KAV75 is real good too, and cheap!



When I first joined Team CHAOS, not too many Linux users, whats the story guys??? All this talk of 24x7 systems running for weeks/months/years getting to you????



X, check my thread on Power Network tools, you'll just love these!
:cool:
I can feel a Windows / Linux poll comming on.....:cool:

[Nofinger]

I put linux Peanut on one of my computer this week.(solo os)
had a few boot problems but have them covered now (lilo).
I still need to setup some drivers but i hope thats not going to be a problem.
Can't wait to realy start messing around with it :D :D but I think you're going to hear from me again.
Its great to have a Forum to fall back on when you have troubles:cool:

[dnar]

Originally posted by siggy



What is the purpose of the different versions of Linux?







Its not what you think....







Linux is actually just the "engine room". The bit you don't get to see. All the rest, your desktop, all the cool tools, command line programs, servers engines etc are not actually Linux..........







So, all this stuff is free and generally referred to as "Linux", but like I said its just the engine room, or "kernel" to be precise that is Linux.







So, in the very beginning, what you had to do was get the kernel, cobble together all the file managment stuff, command line programs, an X-Windows server, a Windows manager, a desktop manager and the programs to run on this "Linux" operating system. A lot of hard work.







Enter the Linux "Distribution". There a tons of businesses, individuals and Organisations that get all these parts together, test and make sure they run Ok together, they also develop and provide there own setup and installation tools. So, whack all this on a CD, some also shove it in a box with a manual or ten, and hey presto - "The Linux Distribution".







Once you install one of these distributions, you can download or from a magazine CD, upgrade, change and install anything you want. What you end up with sometimes becomes your own "Distribution".







I have now got my own little "Addon Distribution". Its all the "other" stuff that I run, that did not come with RedHat 7.







siggy, thats as simple as I know how to explain this. Next: You are now charged with the task of installing Linux. You have 1 week to comply. Failure to do so will result in immediate expulsion from this Forum :D





Have a nice day. :D
(C) 2001 dnar