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The Linux Distro Thread (maybe)

ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:06:54 GMT

Thought I'd start this one off, rather than continue on another thread.

As a quick catch up for others:

Have a look at Unetbootin, as a means to try out different versions of Linux, without producing numerous coasters (unwanted CDs).
I haven't tried the method of installing to hard drive, only the USB flash drive method (so far).

Just skimming the surface

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:41:48 GMT

Otherego: Puppy was a pain to setup for wireless. Once the OS was rebooted and I created a small (64Mb) save space, I got on better.
I chose Setup:Network Wizard and selected the wireless network card. From there, clicked on WPA2 (the encryption that I use, choose appropriately), then Scan. Select your network, then Advanced, followed by your network key.
It took a few attempts, but this is written in Puppy, Seamonkey browser on a wireless network - booted from a flash drive, with the previously mentioned software 🙂
Time to put some add-ons onto Seamonkey to stop those flamon' feeBay ads. 😉

EJ

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grumpy-cook — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:53:15 GMT

I used Seamonkey for a while a bit back and found it would take quite a few Firefox addons. Have a try.

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:08:05 GMT

Done and dusted - onto another Distro now :-)

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otherego — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:06:32 GMT

Thanks for the suggestions, ej. I'll have a go a little later.

Great idea, starting the new thread. There seems to be an increasing interest in Linux, and it would be useful to have a common meeting-point for queries.

Even for a computer "newbie" it's a lot of fun, and offers useful practical options for members of an internet-based community like e-bay's.

I managed to add NoScript and Addblock Plus to Seamonkey with no problems, but it wouldn't accept Flashblock. Yet.

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grumpy-cook — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:10:23 GMT

There is a release of Flashblock specifically for Seamonkey.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/433

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:28:50 GMT

I use an RSS feed on my toolbar to http://distrowatch.com/ - loads of info. and I stumbled upon (sic) a distro that specifically mentions EeePC (though can't remember which one :-p)
Not sure about Seamonkey, or any benefits over 'raw' Firefox. If only Opera would catch up on the add-ons :-)

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countess_vlad — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:32:09 GMT

OMG this place is full of geeks.

:-p

Runs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hangman images and links to a few youtubes & games.

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:32:52 GMT

Gentoox (media centre), so I suppose Gentoo must be worth a try ;-)

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:33:23 GMT

C_V: :^O

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:37:15 GMT

For Otherego: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewforum.php?id=15

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otherego — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:37:53 GMT

Wannabe geeks, too!

We really appreciate the help, all of you.

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:48:23 GMT

Getting close to Nirvana now, using the aforementioned utility, I can see how easy it is to make up a multi-boot Linux Distro Flash Drive :-)

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nazmatazz42 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:00:02 GMT

And the odd joker as well:

A woman goes to her doctor's office, to
discuss a strange development.
She has discovered a green spot on the
inside of each thigh. They won't
wash off, they won't scrape off, and
they seem to be getting worse.

The doctor assures her he'll get to the
bottom of the problem, tells her not to worry
until he gets the tests back.

A few days later, the woman's phone
rings.. Much to her relief, it's the doctor.
She immediately begs to know what's
causing the spots. The doctor says, 'You're perfectly
healthy--there' s no problem. But I'm wondering, was
your boyfriend that Harley guy in the waiting room?'

The woman stammers, 'Why, Yes, but how
did you know?'

Tell him his earrings aren't real gold.

See y'all later. 😉

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grumpy-cook — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:14:46 GMT

Well, that's done for our serious, geekish Linux thread. What don't people understand about "On A Lighter Note"

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ej-solutions — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:18:49 GMT

Yep, didn't even read. Damn C,Q&A posters! X-(

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*_munchkin_* — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:24:34 GMT

Puppy Linux worked fine for me, although if I lowered the screen resolution, the bottom bar was off screen, and opened SeaMonkey pages would also be off the screen.

Basically the screen would be cropped and not resized.

I'll give it another try now.

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*_munchkin_* — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:06:02 GMT

Puppy Linux works fine, and the network connection is easy to establish. The only problem so far, is that the screen resolution is stuck at 1600 x 1200, although I chose a lower resolution from the xorg setup menu?

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grumpy-cook — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:45:52 GMT

Last year I was using Mandriva, which I found to be a very good distro with an excellent GUI incorporating Compiz. As I run a server though, I changed over to CentOS (server edition with no GUI) which is more appropriate. Having to run without a GUI has taught me a fair bit about Linux.

In both cases though, Webmin has proved an invaluable tool and I wouldn't want to run Linux without it. For those who don't know Webmin is a browser-accessible administration panel. It allows you to do all sorts of tasks on your Linux installation including disk and partition management, networking, package install, uninstall and update, setting up cron jobs and boot jobs and hardware management. It has a traditional tree based file manager and makes Samba admin quite easy. There's lots more too and you don't need to be sudo-ing this and su-ing that all the time.

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ej-solutions — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:24:35 GMT

For purists, Webmin is a "no-no" due to security concerns but I have to say it's real handy 😉 Generally, there are a few gotchas with it though, so care is needed (for example: mail handling with openSuse, if I recall correctly).