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Posted on 04/19/2007 2:58:57 PM PDT by N3WBI3
OSS PING
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Beryl Rocks!
I use 6.10 Christian Edition and so far so good. Just some learning curves. I still trying to get a Virtual OS going. I tried QEMU since that is kind of the default, but that has problems. So I am trying to get VMware to work.
I have a new 80Gb drive ready to go that will be a WinXP/Linux dual boot drive.
I had decided on SimplyMepis but after reading this review I am now going to use Ubuntu FF. No doubt.
By end of next week I should be Freeping via Ubuntu.
Evidently you haven’t heard (but I am sure you will soon): linux is the Debil......;-)
Ubuntu was just okay in my book....nothing spectacular, but by far the easiest Linux install I’ve ever done. I’m hooked on Knoppix, but Sabayon with the Beryl desktop will knock your socks off, and therefore is really starting to grab my attention.
Very cool!
Ive been fooling around with edgy eft and knoppix.
I cant wait to load up beryl on fiesty fawn!
Bookmarking to see if I can figure out how to download & install on my computer.
With this release I finally decide I’ll take a look at desktop Linux again. I go to the site to download, really slow.
Then I search for a BitTorrent version, 4,655 seeders and 4,799 leechers! I’ve never seen that much. I’m currently downloading from over 120 users at up to 600 KB per second so I’ll be checking it out in a VM soon.
Great write up! I may have to take that for a spin!
Thanks for the ping. I’m downloading Kubuntu as I type. :-)
Downloading 7.04 now
Down load a free prog called “Active ISO burner”
Then download Fiesty Fawn and use ISO Burner to burn the ISO image of fiesty fawn to a cd.
Then just pop FF cd into you computer and set it to boot off the cdrom in your BIOS.
Restart the conputer and voila!
Ok I’m on feisty fawn now..
Good news. It booted in less than 2 min, the sound controls work and the screen resolution default is much improved.
Bad news. the screen isn’t sized correctly and My internet feed to Rush Limbaugh didn’t launch.
There is spell check running as I post this too. thats nice.
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Took me about an hour to get downloaded
Thanks. That sounds like the kind of instructions that I’ve been needing.
So far my mileage with this linux stuff hasnt been so good, but I like the fact that it does allow you to “function” without paying out the big bucks.
The Linux “Live Cds” boot right off the cdrom and dont need to be installed to get your system up and running. This is great! it allows easy recovery from harddrive crashes.
Its fun to fool around with.
I havent gotten Beyrl up and running yet, but Im just putzing around.
Good luck
I love the newest Ubuntu, too. My laptop’s DVD burner hasn’t been burning DVDs well lately on Windows or Xandros, but DVDs burn perfectly on Ubuntu for some reason, especially when I use Ubuntu’s built-in DVD burner (the one integrated into the Nautilus file browser). Plus, Linuxant has excellent support on Ubuntu for the Conexant HSF/HCF chipsets for dial-up modems. I just hope I can get my AVerTV PCI FM/TV tuner card to work on my desktop once I install Feisty on there.
The reason your El Rushbo feed didn’t launch is because you still need to use the Synaptics Package Manager in order to download and install the proper codec...but in Feisty, those codecs are readily available. Once you install the proper codec (something like gstreamer-plugins), you’ll be able to hear the “King of the Golden EIB Microphone”. If I ever listen to Rush on the internet (he comes on the local radio station WCHS in Charleston), I listen to KSYL (Alexandria, Louisiana) or KLBJ (Austin, Texas).
Oh, and there’s also Automatix.
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