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From: kazman1914 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:26:52 PM
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: The fun continues....
> Inspire is a bit clunky, I suggest you try Suse 10.3. Just be
aware
> that as part of the installation process it may want to install
> updates. These can take a long time even on broadband, so you may
want
> to delay this until after the install is complete.
Thanks for the suggestion. Everyone definitely seems to have their
favorite distro, and once I'm more comfortable with Linux I'll
certainly give Suse a try. The problem that I'm having right now is
that I have to stick with a distro that runs on my computers.
Freespire looked promising, but it didn't recognize my sound card,
and I haven't a clue what to do about it. On my desktop, PCLinuxOS
kept freezing about 25% thru the file instillation process, and on my
laptop I couldn't get it to recognize my internet connection (this is
the same probelm I'm having with an older version of Windows XP
[OS1]). I couldn't get much of anything working the way I wanted to
in MEPIS (sorry if I've misspelled it).
> I feel Suse 10.3 is the equal if not better than Ubuntu once you
have
> gotten used to they slab. Personally, I prefer Kubuntu, it's a
> personal preference.
Suse has some advantages. It has many great tools and comes as a complete
system. Your multimedia will works without much tinkering.
Well, I like the look of Kubuntu, but the default browser "Konqueror"
seems idiosyncratic, and doesn't let me download the plug ins I need
to view video on Youtube, or anywhere else for that matter. The easy
answer would be to install Firefox, but I haven't been able to figure
out how to do that yet, either.
Konqueror comes with KDE. It is their browser. It has nothing to do with
Kubuntu. Firefox also comes with Kubuntu, but it is not set as the default
browser. You can change this from the KDE control center.
I don't mind struggling with limited functionality as I progress
along the learning curve, but I want SOME functionality! So far the
sole distro that I've had success with is Ubuntu with the Gnome
desktop, and so that's where I'm going to stay, for now.
~Sean
This makes a lot of sense. You can branch out as your expertise improves.
Everything can and will eventually work in Ubuntu. It just takes some
understanding of how it is set up and patience to learn your way around the
repositories.
Once the hardware is working properly, you need to find out what you want to do
and ask the right questions to the right people. You should consider joining
Ubuntu Forums and asking questions there.
There is so many Linux programs and it is hard to know which one is best for
the job. This is the downside of having so much choice.
Everyone has his own favorites. What works for one is inadequate for another.
Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to
Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com
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