Linux — Why?
June 16th, 2006I jumped on the open source bandwagon because of the freedom it offers, but as my blog attests, only three distros have been able to work on my system — Fedora Core 5, MEPIS and Knoppix. Mandriva detected the wrong screen resolution for a while.
I’ve come to realize that my system is both 64-bit [which requires a fair amount of tweaking] and comes with lots of useless hardware — XWindows doesn’t work because I’m too much of a newbie to configure it.
I’ve got a pile of Linux CDs as well as some DVDs — you’d think I’m a Linux hacker, but I don’t really understand much beyond ls, mount, mkdir, and cd [which is the same on Windows].
Hopefully, I should be able to save some money and get a different PC — I’m too scared of Vista as it is. Vista is bulky and, forget the breath-taking effects and annoying prompts, I don’t like the memory hog.
June 27th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
hacking linux is always pleasant … then it gets tiring. you should try ubuntu linux, i used the breezy badger edition throughout the whole of last year, awesome experience.
June 27th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I ordered the Breezy Badger too but I had problems using it - only those three mentioned distros work with 64-Bit systems - something I consider to be a curse of 64-bit systems.
I’m scraping together some money to get a 32-bit one.
June 27th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Azuka, I’ll think that a program written for a 32-bit system should work faster on a 64-bit machine … and if it doesnt, I bet there’s a linux hack for it. I once used a 64-bit Dell w/ a Xeon processor as a PC … waste of resources ehh? LOL .. it was a monster though, I tell you that …