Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:11 am Post subject: Linux
Anybody know of a good linux for beginner? Ive used it a little before but its just frustrating because i am so use to windows, wondering what others think is a good one to learn with, ive used fedora and mandriva but they seem to be too difficult for me, too many options lol..and too difficult to get them to see my ntfs partitions,. _________________
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wes213 Administrator
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oh sorry i didnt specify, wasnt thinking lol..for the pc
i found this SimplyMepis live cd i downloaded that but i havent tried it yet _________________
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bomernee Xbox-Hq Genius
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:02 am Post subject:
ive tried ubuntuu i know i spell it wrong read it out loud! it was okay, if u wanna try out linux i would reccomend reading a few manuals and as much as u can cos i ran it of a live dvd, then installed and kept getting frustrated, i couldnt ftp to my xbox it wouldnt accept the fact it had two hard drives in and the whole console interface is interesting if confusing and hard to figure out, my generally opinion on linux (until i try another distribution) is they are for geeks with waaaaaay tooo much free time. if u got the time and patients im sure linux has advantages like alll that lovely software u dont need to install but it made my life difficult!!! try ubuntuu i liked it cept for the console and complex things, it made my pc run faster as well, and i think having a linux disc is useful for installs of windows, i was installing windows crasshed so i booted up linux live sorted out what i needed to sort out (web browser runs of live) and then went on to reinstal windows, a very useful thing in the right hands!
crackface47 Xbox-HQ Elite Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject:
actually i have used ubuntu 7.4 & 7.10, also the server version it's some wat complex, but it's worth it
yea it does take alot of patience to learn linux but i think its much much better than windows lol, ill have to give the ubuntu a try and see what i come up with _________________
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madmoyers Xbox-HQ Member Xbox Version: 1.1,1.3 Modded: x2ce lite,x3 xbmc
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject:
ubuntu is by far the best and most user friendly to roll with its what i use on mylaptop,packages are easy to install media is easy to get going(mp3,dvix,soforth)
and install was easy but if you really want to try stuff out get live cds or boot live from a usb thunb drive on any windows based pc one of my fav. is D.S.L.(witch is DAMN SMALL LINUX) and if you dig deep enough you can find a ver. ported to run on the xbox,i have a copy somewhere. could send it to you (iso) burn it to disk and pop in your xbox boot right in to D.S.L. but its hard to use with a game pad, but you can mod a usb keyboard and usb mouse to work with it will load drivers to support both _________________
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject:
madmoyers wrote:
ubuntu is by far the best and most user friendly to roll with its what i use on mylaptop,packages are easy to install media is easy to get going(mp3,dvix,soforth)
and install was easy but if you really want to try stuff out get live cds or boot live from a usb thunb drive on any windows based pc one of my fav. is D.S.L.(witch is DAMN SMALL LINUX) and if you dig deep enough you can find a ver. ported to run on the xbox,i have a copy somewhere. could send it to you (iso) burn it to disk and pop in your xbox boot right in to D.S.L. but its hard to use with a game pad, but you can mod a usb keyboard and usb mouse to work with it will load drivers to support both
yea i already found the D.S.L. i think on the aid disk i installed it and it is kinda difficult with the controller, kinda hard to read the text too _________________
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:45 am Post subject:
digital_slacker wrote:
yea i already found the D.S.L. i think on the aid disk i installed it and it is kinda difficult with the controller, kinda hard to read the text too
Its better to run DSL with a usb keyboard and mouse.
Useing the xbox remote works better with linxbox.
RastaCalavera Xbox-HQ Experienced Xbox Version: V1.6 x2 Modded: UnleashedX/Evolution X
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:18 am Post subject:
wikipedia has a ton of linux comparisons if you just go there and do a little digging. Fedora is really nice for first time users and so is pc linux. Live cds are the way to go until you get use to the operating system and then you can nest it yo your hd. Then best way to get into linux is to get a user friendly version that runs like windows and then join a forum or get a pdf manual to walk you through getting software and writing/modding it. _________________ RastaCalavera
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Joined: Apr 17, 2007 Posts: 5408 Location: Oregon, USA
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:55 am Post subject:
What would be the advantiges of running linux over windows xp? Would i still be able to play all my games that i can on xp? _________________
wes213 Administrator
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:36 am Post subject:
Yeah you can run most anything that xp can run, with way less virus then xp.
Thats about it.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:33 am Post subject:
suse is very user friendly linux base like windows i was useing it for a bit but had trouble running dvix and avi on it kinnda gave up on it _________________
madmoyers Xbox-HQ Member Xbox Version: 1.1,1.3 Modded: x2ce lite,x3 xbmc
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:37 am Post subject:
dartht33bagger wrote:
What would be the advantiges of running linux over windows xp? Would i still be able to play all my games that i can on xp?
yes most of them with a windows emulator and one hell of a beast of a machine _________________
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