SuSE is quite good for the newbie. It got a great manual shipped with it, not to talk about the cds full of programs. YaST is a great tool when you want to install Linux to a computer with no cd-rom attached. The hype about SuSE only running with SuSE-Kernels is all LIES! I installed a SuSE 6.0 and upgraded to 2.0.37 from kernel.org. It booted without any flaws.
AFAIK the only difference in the SuSE-Kernel is the added support for ISDN but I'm no expert.
The downside with SuSE is, that the scripts are very stuffed and almost unreadable to a newbie. With this, you could say, a Slackware is better for the newbie... =:-)
I for myself would apreciate ANYTHING included in the Linux-Kernel. Since I can configurate my own kernel to be compiled, I do not have to use all of them. But hey, I rather have Linux being able to do something I don't need, than to not being able to do something I need! Any feature is great, when it's implemented right and works properly.
The Subject already says it all. I think, THAT is what cloning can be good for. What do we want to clone humans? Even if the DNA is all the same, there never will be two absolutely same humans! Growing up, learning things, experiencing things etc. is what builds the personality. You simply can't clone that!
On the other hand: Why clone extinct animals? Maybe evolution wanted this race to disappear? No-one really knows. Mankind already dug too deep in the business of nature. I hope, we all won't regret it one day.
There are more Projects out there, where you can spend your spare CPU-Cycles. The Search for big prime numbers, the gazillionth digit of PI, some obscure Optimum Gollomb Ranger (don't know, what this is about...) and more. I even heard of distributed computing for movies! Just think: You're in cinema watching "Toy Story 2" and every 5 minutes or so someone shouts: "Hey, that picture was rendered by my home-PC!" =:-)
Did anyone ever said, that computer need to be easy to handle? Okee, maybe there was someone. But then nobody ever said, that you can turn off your brain while using a computer.
That's why I use Linux. When Linux goes wrong, it's always YOUR fault. I have not learned as much in two years using Win95 as in half a year using Linux!
Even if it's hard to chew, it tastes great when you get to it!
Hacker != Crackers! Both work with computers, but that's it!
Or qould you say a veterinary and a butcher are the same because they both work with animals?
Where to buy the CD-ROM?
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At the moment I run a SuSE-Linux at home. Since you can never learn enough, I'd like to try out one of the BSD-Clones on some DOS-infected Hardware.
Where can I buy a CD-ROM with all I need to setup a *BSD-System? I only have a 33'600 Baud dialup-connection to the internet and therefore do not want to download the whole stuff. Probably there would be two newer versions of each, before I finished downloading. =:-)
Does anyone know if there is some shop selling a distribution here in switzerland/europe?
I don't see the spot in battling for KDE Gnome anyway. I use WindowMaker as my Windowmanager because I like the look of it. But besides I like those KDE-Programs also, so I use them with WindowMaker.
Hell, anyone can use in his desktop, what he/she likes. If someone likes Windows, well, let him die stupid and do your own thing.
I say: Use the best of both worlds! Use KDE AND Gnome! Both of them do a great job in coding useful programs.
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SuSE is quite good for the newbie. It got a great manual shipped with it, not to talk about the cds full of programs. YaST is a great tool when you want to install Linux to a computer with no cd-rom attached.
The hype about SuSE only running with SuSE-Kernels is all LIES! I installed a SuSE 6.0 and upgraded to 2.0.37 from kernel.org. It booted without any flaws.
AFAIK the only difference in the SuSE-Kernel is the added support for ISDN but I'm no expert.
The downside with SuSE is, that the scripts are very stuffed and almost unreadable to a newbie. With this, you could say, a Slackware is better for the newbie... =:-)
CU, Ventilator
Television: 4'955'100
Internet: 70'036'746
So you can't get in with only the root-password. You have to login as a normal user first.
But what, if there aren't any normal accounts? Is there any other way to get in then?
The correct three questions are:
1. Who are you?
2. What do you want?
3. Got something to eat with you?
This is the standard, when someone rings at my door and I do not expect anyone to come by.
I for myself would apreciate ANYTHING included in the Linux-Kernel. Since I can configurate my own kernel to be compiled, I do not have to use all of them. But hey, I rather have Linux being able to do something I don't need, than to not being able to do something I need!
Any feature is great, when it's implemented right and works properly.
The Subject already says it all. I think, THAT is what cloning can be good for. What do we want to clone humans? Even if the DNA is all the same, there never will be two absolutely same humans! Growing up, learning things, experiencing things etc. is what builds the personality. You simply can't clone that!
On the other hand: Why clone extinct animals? Maybe evolution wanted this race to disappear? No-one really knows. Mankind already dug too deep in the business of nature. I hope, we all won't regret it one day.
CU, Ventilator
There are more Projects out there, where you can spend your spare CPU-Cycles. The Search for big prime numbers, the gazillionth digit of PI, some obscure Optimum Gollomb Ranger (don't know, what this is about...) and more.
I even heard of distributed computing for movies! Just think: You're in cinema watching "Toy Story 2" and every 5 minutes or so someone shouts: "Hey, that picture was rendered by my home-PC!" =:-)
CU, Ventilator
Did anyone ever said, that computer need to be easy to handle? Okee, maybe there was someone. But then nobody ever said, that you can turn off your brain while using a computer.
That's why I use Linux. When Linux goes wrong, it's always YOUR fault.
I have not learned as much in two years using Win95 as in half a year using Linux!
Even if it's hard to chew, it tastes great when you get to it!
Hacker != Crackers!
Both work with computers, but that's it!
Or qould you say a veterinary and a butcher are the same because they both work with animals?
At the moment I run a SuSE-Linux at home. Since you can never learn enough, I'd like to try out one of the BSD-Clones on some DOS-infected Hardware.
Where can I buy a CD-ROM with all I need to setup a *BSD-System? I only have a 33'600 Baud dialup-connection to the internet and therefore do not want to download the whole stuff. Probably there would be two newer versions of each, before I finished downloading. =:-)
Does anyone know if there is some shop selling a distribution here in switzerland/europe?
I don't see the spot in battling for KDE Gnome anyway.
I use WindowMaker as my Windowmanager because I like the look of it. But besides I like those KDE-Programs also, so I use them with WindowMaker.
Hell, anyone can use in his desktop, what he/she likes. If someone likes Windows, well, let him die stupid and do your own thing.
I say: Use the best of both worlds! Use KDE AND Gnome! Both of them do a great job in coding useful programs.
At least, the site has been slashdotted by now, so nobody can read those fake news.
Although I'd like to, just to have a good laugh.
CU, Ventilator