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THG Linux Migration, Part Two
LqqkOut writes "Tom's Hardware Guide has posted part 2 of their Windows->Linux migration article. This time around, we're presented with some nifty divx screen caps that make life look oh, so easy. The Tom's crew packed a lot into this article, but did they sacrifice some essentials like 'RTFM' and other sage advice? This follows up their first article where users were shown how to choose and download a distro, back up some important data, and check for HW compatibility."
I love how they demonstrate video players by showing Steve Ballmer's sweaty-pitted Developers video on Xine.
Dance, monkey boy ("Woohoo! I love this company!") (3MB)
and last but not least...
The 3-minute Developers music video (9.5MB)
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http://www.google.com/linux :)
Their insall guide is not distro specific, probably to prevent fan biys from complaining that "oh its red hat, where's gentoo?"
In reality, they should have focused on one distro, I don't care which one. This is supposed to be a beginner's guide and a through walk through would have been a lot more useful to a newbie than a brief overview of the steps to cover all major distros.
Linux installed is easy to use, its the initial install and setup that scares away the newbies.
And of course tons more run with Wine[X] including those Direct3D only ones.
Lets not forget the GREAT Linux games too...
NO reason not to use linux for games!
How about http://www.linuxquestions.org/
Accelerated 3D drivers for newer cards are available from your card vendor - presuming that's ATI or Nvidia. They're on their respsective vendor's websites, and the installation should be fairly painless if you follow the doco.
I reckon it's about time the distros and vendors got overthemselves and included these drivers by default. The users want them, and not having them "built in" is just a PITA for new users.
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
well there is Google Linux and tons of Linux Faq's
Let me say I know the frustration, this weekend I finally got a linux distro to like our PC's hardware and actually work. While a massive centralized faq would be nice I know it will never happen and so I use what is available to me. This is one of the downsides to a discentralized system, there is no one place to look and lots of reinventing the wheel is done.
Did anyone notice the statement that xmms was a great program for playing mp3s? On RedHat? Without mentioning that you have to download and install mp3 libraries, due to the proprietary nature of the mp3 codec...
Oops!
Haven't looked at the video, but the first (and only) RPM I have to find after installing Red Hat, is:
APT!
Just go to rpmfind.net, look up apt, and select the correct version matching the version of Red Hat you have installed. Download it, and install it:
rpm -Uvh apt...
Congratulations, that's probably the last time you'll have to search for an RPM! After that, keeping Red Hat up-to-date, and finding and installing most programs, is:
apt-get update
apt-get -u upgrade
(and occasionally "apt-get -u dist-upgrade", for when a bunch of stuff changes)
or, to find and install some package:
apt-cache search program
(review available versions)
apt-get -u install program-version
Done! All except for blowing away Red Hat, and installing Debian instead. Then, you can access the rest of APT's powerful features, and really pick and chose between what Debian release you want to run (stable, testing, unstable, experimental).
-- -pjk Perry Kundert perry@kundert.ca http://kundert.2y.net
I have said it once, and I will keep repeating it. Linux will not get any more popular until the Apps are as easy to load and setup as in Windows. RPM's are a nice step forward, but Linux is not there yet.
I have just one App that is keeping me in XP, it is Autocad 2004, soon to be 2005. Sure, I could run it under wine, but I need it to work 100% of the time, with all of its functions. I don't have time to deal with Wine in it current form.