On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 09:48:07PM -0800, Jay Schaffer wrote: > Gentoo Linux was recommended, but I could never seem to find a download
Gentoo is certainly not for newbies. Redhat 8 or Mandrake are best for newbies. > 1.) I have no idea how to get it to recognize my Windows NT file > server, though I have had no trouble at all getting it to use my > ethernet to connect to the internet through my router and DSL modem. I > also have no idea how to get it to share files with my other > computers--both Windows and Macintosh platforms which share among > themselves. I have no idea how to get Mac stuff to work with Linux, but with Windows, it shouldn't be that bad. It all depends on what you need to do. Is your Windows NT machine running as a domain server? Are you trying to mount Windows NT drive shares? Have you fully investgated samba, which allows you to mount and create WinNT shares? Using the command line for samba is optimal in my opinion. I'm yet to figure out the graphical interface for mounting drive shares. > 2.) I have three network printers, one Apple LaserWriter Select 360, > an Epson 900N, and an Epson 1520N. I doubt if there is any chance of I've never used CUPS, I've always used LPR. I do know that Epson printers will work with Linux. Anyone here with solid CUPS knowledge? > 3.) I have installed two different packages. The first, Yahoo! > Messenger, took a search to find the executable file following Yahoo! Provides a version of their messenger client for Linux that I haven't had any problems with. Is that the one you downloaded? GAIM, which ships with Redhat 8, also has support for Yahoo! Messenger. You'll have to load a plug-in for it, and it is of questionable use, at least for me. > The second installation was StarOffice. I never could find an > executable following this installation. Is there a reason you need StarOffice? The free version of StarOffice is OpenOffice, which ships with Redhat 8. I haven't had any problems running this, as the icon to launch Openoffice is on the desktop toolbar. You'd have to purchase StarOffice anyway, as it is no longer free software. > screwed up. An installation of "EVERYTHING" takes a few hours. I've > been fighting this for two weeks and am just about to write off Linux > as a lost cause. I am aware of your frustration. I have done the same thing over and over before, but with little result. I suppose this is part of the learning process. If you want to write off Linux, awesome, because you should try freebsd next :) ANyone on the list want to throw in some help? Mark -- | Mark C. Ballew | Graduate Student, University of Nevada, Reno | Homepage: http://sublinear.net | RAWUG President: http://rawug.org | UNR GS-ACM Treasurer: http://www.cs.unr.edu/~gsacm _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
