Patrick Linux in itself cannot damage your hardware, however, linux does give you more control over your hardware than some other OSes. By manually configuring some of the hardware specs, you can damage your hardware. I fried a monitor because I cranked up the frequency too high. Pretty kewl smoke show I must admit. lol However most devices now have safeguards to prevent this type of issue.
hope that helps answer your question. bogi wrote: >Hi Patrick. > > First, you are welcome, i was following the thread, but did not post to > it >:-) a lot :-) > > Likely you can not damage hardware using software. Some hardware may > not be >supported under linux, so it will not work, but i guess that will not count >as damage. There was an issue, about 1-2 years back with a mandrake >destroying a specific cdrom drive, both mandrake and the cdrom drive where >patched since. It was a well known incident. I don't think you can damage >your hardware simply using Linux, you need something else for that :-) > > As for distro, well, i see you like to play multimedia files, along > with lots >of eyecandy and gui. > > Mandrake, 10.1 / 10.2/ Mandriva 2005 are the newest versions, this is a > very >user friendly distro, but you have to set your repositories by hand using >easyurpmi (search for easyurpmi on google ). after that you would be able to >make good use of the distro. It also comes in 3 disks (cd). > > Suse 9.2 / 9.3 . Very powerful distro, Yast really covers the system, > and the >repository selection is semi automatic, you are presented with an up to date >list. If it works properly on your hardware, it is like a dream. If it >misconfigures itself, you have got a problem :-) > Yes this on is 5 disks. > > Fedora core 3 / 4. A fast growing distro, last time i checked it came > on 4 >disks. yum and apt-get are but 2 very flexible package managers. Lots of gui, >lots of server stuff also. You may need to set some stuff manually, but once >you get it running , it is rock solid. > > Actually, any of the 3 distros would make a very good beginners distro, >specially suse (1) and mandrake/mandriva (2) and fedora (3) in this order. > Now, any of these 3 distros would nicely compare to a redhat 8.0 as a > rocket >ship to the oxcart > >http://k9.dv8.org/~dlinsley/16renford/01/rocket.jpg >http://www.greenwaterreport.com/images/september_2003/DSCN4927ParHillOxcart_i.jpg > > see the links to get an idea :-) > >Cheers >Szemir > > > >On May 13, 2005 00:31, Patrick Shannon wrote: > > >>hey, >> >>Thanks for the help everyone, I am shopping around for >>a newer Distro, this one was given to me by my >>computer admin.(redhat 8.0)Can anyone suggest a good, >>fairly user friendly distro( I would use it mostly for >>web surfing, mp3 downloads and the like).I am thinking >>mandrake,Suse or Fedora. >> >>Also, I was speaking with an aquaintance who mentioned >>the possibility of hardware damage as a result of >>Linux use, is this something I should worry about? >> >>Thanks again for the help, so far I've been running >>Linux without too many problems, In fact my computer >>seems to responding to the change rather favorably ^-^ >> >>Best wishes, >> >>Patrick >> >>______________________________________________________________________ >>Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca >> >> > This message, including any attachments, is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you received it in error, please let us know and delete the message from your system. This message may be confidential and may fall under the duty of non-disclosure. Any use by others than the intended addressee is prohibited. Trema shall not be liable for any damage related to the electronic transmission of this message, such as failure or delay of its delivery, interception or manipulation by third parties, or transmission of viruses or other malicious code. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
