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A Taste of Linux (Linux Live CD reviews)
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| January 23, 2004
| Jim Lynch
Posted on 01/25/2004 5:56:35 AM PST by B Knotts
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I thought this might be interesting to people who are kinda interested in trying Linux, but don't want to hassle with installing it.
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posted on
01/25/2004 5:56:35 AM PST
by
B Knotts
To: rdb3
FYI PING
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:03:54 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: B Knotts
thanks
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:03:57 AM PST
by
TomSmedley
((technical writer looking for work!))
To: B Knotts
Thanks, I've been using FreeBSD but need to bang the doors on Linux and I'm out of machines.
To: B Knotts
You can download a verion of Knoppix on your computer for free, burn it on CD and have a full fledged OS boot up directly from your CD drive. Features include a browser, office type applications etc.
To: B Knotts
I have downloaded and used knoppix (you can download it from knoppix.org) Copy the downloaded ISO image to a CD-ROM and boot up setting the CD-rom bootable. Works great.
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:18:49 AM PST
by
erinjohn
(IN FERRO, VERITAS.)
To: Mean Daddy
I was a day late and dolloar short on the post. Knoopix does work great though.
JTG
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:20:06 AM PST
by
erinjohn
(IN FERRO, VERITAS.)
To: B Knotts
I'll try this on the new 'puter I just put together...All the parts from Fry's: an ECS motherboard, 1.6 Duron combo for $49 ~ LOL we're smoking here...
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:24:27 AM PST
by
Drango
(Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.)
To: Mean Daddy; erinjohn
I use Knoppix from time to time. Recently, my 1-1/2 year old son managed to freeze up my machine (I think by clobbering it), and I had a horked xfs partition, that mount(8) could not deal with.
I grabbed my Knoppix CD out of the trunk and fixed the problem within a few minutes after remembering that I had it.
Great for laptops, too!
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:24:33 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: Drango
Hey...I have a 700 MHz Duron working as a small mail/web server. It's been quite dependable.
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:25:41 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: B Knotts
bttt
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:26:44 AM PST
by
dennisw
(“We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.” - Toby Keith)
To: B Knotts
I tried to install on an old AsusP2B board, no luck. Can't figure out how to force it to boot from CD. Looks like it's cheapo kit time.
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:28:25 AM PST
by
steve50
("There is Tranquility in Ignorance, but Servitude is its Partner.")
To: All
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:30:51 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: steve50
I did some Googling, and it looks like a number of people are having that same problem with that motherboard.
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:38:19 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: Drango
ECS motherboard?
ewwwwww? *shudder*
dats scarwy
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:40:24 AM PST
by
PokeyJoe
(Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com"> / in your tag 2)
To: PokeyJoe
I've never used ECS; I used to buy ABIT, but lately, I've been using MSI with good results for cheapie machines. I had to replace a number of ABIT boards that had bad capacitors. I used Tyan for those.
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:44:12 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: B Knotts
I did some Googling, and it looks like a number of people are having that same problem with that motherboard.They don't seem to make much of anything for the old slot 1 boxes anymore. Pretty outdated anyway. Probably better off canabalizing it.
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:47:44 AM PST
by
steve50
("There is Tranquility in Ignorance, but Servitude is its Partner.")
To: PokeyJoe
ECS sucks... but the price was right! The K7VTA3 v8 is Fry's hot seller. They have stacks and stacks of 'em. They combo 'em up with a Duron and splatter the ad into the local paper at a cost so low I couldn't say no. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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posted on
01/25/2004 6:51:38 AM PST
by
Drango
(Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.)
To: B Knotts
I used Tyan .... I've never had a Tyan board I didn't like.
To: Agnes Heep
Yep. They're decent, if a bit pricey for the budget-minded.
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posted on
01/25/2004 7:09:26 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
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