i finally taken the full plunge

[Dr. Doog]

today (or yesterday, it's 4:13) i went to distrowatch.com, randomly picked one of the top 10 distros, and installed Xandros linux. from what i've seen with linux distros, it sucks. i'm going to test out more today.<br><br>for those of you who don't know, i was using my apple laptop with os X 10.3 for2 months while my XP was broken. now it's fixed and i have a new huge HDD (160 gigs)<br><br>any reccomendations for a distro?

[Softpaw]

Windows XP Pro/Corp <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Dr. Doog]

that's not a distro, thats hell in a box.<br><br>right now i'm downloading the iso for the latest mepis linux, it looks pretty good, with an up to date KDE.

[Gizensha]

Nononononono. Windows 2.0 and Windows ME are hells in boxes. XP Pro actually works. XP Home is basically XP Pro without some of the features.<br><br>...I'm yet to see a version of windows more stable than Windows 3.1, however.

[Dr. Doog]

hah, yes. 3.1 is the best windows.<br><br>wait... 2.0? windows weren't even preformance until 3.1 and on, giz. and 95 sucked.

[Gizensha]

Oh, there was a 1.0 and a 2.0. I actually know someone who was a tester for 2.0. Apparantly she was fired for 'not being a team player'. Because she... Um... Commented that without testing everything again the newly implemented and untested gui might destabalise everything. Which it did. Hmmm.<br><br>1.0 came with reversi.<br><br>[Edit - of course, anything lower than 3.1 doesn't technically count as an operating system, they were all essentially GUI's for DOS]

[Tavis]

<!--QuoteBegin-Gizensha+Sep 12 2004, 10:41 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Gizensha @ Sep 12 2004, 10:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> [Edit - of course, anything lower than 3.1 doesn't technically count as an operating system, they were all essentially GUI's for DOS] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Actually, 3.1 and 3.11 were also GUIs for DOS. I would have stuck with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 if it weren't for the desire to add a USB PC camera (which I don't really use anymore anyway) I also enjoyed adding 32-bit extensions so it could run ICQ.

[Gizensha]

<!--QuoteBegin-Tavis+Sep 12 2004, 08:10 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tavis @ Sep 12 2004, 08:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-Gizensha+Sep 12 2004, 10:41 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Gizensha @ Sep 12 2004, 10:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> [Edit - of course, anything lower than 3.1 doesn't technically count as an operating system, they were all essentially GUI's for DOS] <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Actually, 3.1 and 3.11 were also GUIs for DOS. I would have stuck with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 if it weren't for the desire to add a USB PC camera (which I don't really use anymore anyway) I also enjoyed adding 32-bit extensions so it could run ICQ. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Well, I meant 'inclusive'. And I consider 3.11 the equivilent to a patch for 3.1, so when I say 3.1 I really mean 3.1x. But anyway.

[VisibilityMissing]

Wait, wait: If I remember right 3.11 for workgroups was the beginning of the NT line, which makes it fundamentally a different operating system than Win 3.1/DOS (Powers of the archane sometimes don't get this archane!).<br><br>[EDIT]: And it didn't this time, either. Win 3.11/ Workgroups was the networking version of Win 3.1. I do remember that NT had the same GUI way back when it was first introduced.

[Dr. Doog]

no, os/2 1.0 through 2.1 was half MS's. then MS broke off and made "windows nt 3.1" which is different than WWFWG 3.1 & 3.11

[VisibilityMissing]

<!--QuoteBegin-DoppledangeR DooG+Sep 12 2004, 05:50 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (DoppledangeR DooG @ Sep 12 2004, 05:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> no, os/2 1.0 through 2.1 was half MS's. then MS broke off and made "windows nt 3.1" which is different than WWFWG 3.1 & 3.11 <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Why are you bringing OS/2 into this, just to confuse things? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>How about we compare notes on VAX systems while we're at it?<br>

[Archaemic]

I've heard Gentoo and Fedora/RedHat are good. I might be able to hook you up with Lindows/Linspire for free. Not sure if it's legal. I know it's legal for me (I'm a member of DeviantART), but I'm not sure it's legally free for non-DeviantART members...

[Holyman83]

<!--QuoteBegin-Oni Lukos+Sep 12 2004, 06:54 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Oni Lukos @ Sep 12 2004, 06:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I've heard Gentoo and Fedora/RedHat are good. I might be able to hook you up with Lindows/Linspire for free. Not sure if it's legal. I know it's legal for me (I'm a member of DeviantART), but I'm not sure it's legally free for non-DeviantART members... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>It is legal you just need the bandwidth to download it. I have tried RedHat it was ok but I had too many compatibility issues but that was a long time ago. I was going to put Linspire on my laptop but it did not meet the requirements, but it looks good.<br><br><!--QuoteBegin-http://zdnet.com.com/...+--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (http://zdnet.com.com/...)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Free Linspire download<br>Check it out, if you so care.<br>-----------------------------------<br>Lindows Offers Free OS Download<br>Following up on its 'Linspired' name change, the Linux distributor comes up<br>with another inspired idea with no cost.<br><a href='http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s ... ,4sya,da1w' target='_blank'>http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s ... tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><a href='http://zdnet.com.com/5208-1104-0.html?f ... 5&start=25' target='_blank'>Here is the whole link</a><br><br>Edit: aw Shot that is over with now <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Dr. Doog]

ah, yes. gentoo. it's debian based and I want to try something RPM. Linspire...<br><br>I downloaded the free month of that from DA. i couldn't install it on my computers because one was too full and one was too old. I don't want it anymore, i can grasp the concept of linux enough. :twitch: