On Monday 09 April 2007, Douglas Hinds wrote: > So what you really meant was: "Your computer clock is set > wrong."
You are correct. > I downloaded 3 distros of Linux recently: Gentoo, Knoppix > and Open SUSE. In the first two cases the OS runs off a > CD. In the latter, it might be designed to run off a DVD > (I don't recall). That way, I can try them out easily > enough. > > Any recommendations? I have two versions of Knoppix 3.3 and 3.6 there are probably 3 or 4 newer versions than those. I have never messed with Gentoo or Suse. I have played around with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, CentOS, Puppy, Helix, Berry and the new Mandirva. These are all Live CD and install versions. I used to use Mandrake for 3 versions before it became Mandirva. I switched to Fedora Core 2 about 4 years ago and I am now on Fedora Core 6 about to go to Fedora 7 when it comes out. I created virtual machines and installed all the above Live CD install versions on the virtual machines and tested them on my Fedora box using VMware Workstation for my hardware emulator. Fedora is coming out with a Live CD version. My next really big project is to learn how to build the entire OS and all the packages from scratch. There is a group and a site called Linux From Scratch. They have documentation that teaches you how to do it. I had a look at it and can tell you it isn't for the squeewmish. Non geek winblows users would not want anything to do with it. I have a copy of their Live CD and their documentation. I know that after I am successful with the project I will know plenty about the under workings of Linux. -- If the word following begins with a vowel, the word you want is... to read the rest of this, go here http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/a.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
