NOFX September 8, 2004 Share NOFX Member September 8, 2004 Ok, So I wanted to jumped back into the linux world. Im going to be doing alot on linux this school year so I went ahead and installed on my system. I downloaded SUSE, formally redhat I think. Its awesome. Its so much easier to setup than any other version of linux I have tried. I booted off the CD and it autodetects everything. It even repartitioned my NTFS system(what windows runs on) and I didnt have to wipe out my old system at all. It goes ahead and sets up dual booting for you with no headache. so if you want to put linux on your system and windows also, I suggest you try this. Its even easier to install the Windows XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linch September 8, 2004 Share linch Member September 8, 2004 Yeah, I've had it installed for a few months. Nice shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar September 8, 2004 Share Crowbar Member September 8, 2004 yep, I've got SUSE 9.1 Professional and I loved it for the week or so I used it. The ONLY reason I'm back on WinXP now is that there are no ATI drivers for anything newer than a Radeon 9200 that work fully with Linux. My 9800 Pro was seen as a 16MB card with no 3D Acceleration. If ATI will step up and release a good driver for their cards, I'm going back to SUSE for good! Besides installing nicer then Windows, KDE looks a whole lot better than Windows too. And check out the games that came with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX September 8, 2004 Author Share NOFX Member September 8, 2004 yep, I've got SUSE 9.1 Professional and I loved it for the week or so I used it. The ONLY reason I'm back on WinXP now is that there are no ATI drivers for anything newer than a Radeon 9200 that work fully with Linux. My 9800 Pro was seen as a 16MB card with no 3D Acceleration. If ATI will step up and release a good driver for their cards, I'm going back to SUSE for good! Besides installing nicer then Windows, KDE looks a whole lot better than Windows too. And check out the games that came with it! I have a 9500 pro. I flashed the bios so it is recognized as a 9700 pro. Suse 9.1 recognizes it the same as XP a 9700 pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX September 8, 2004 Author Share NOFX Member September 8, 2004 my only problem is when I connect using the trillian wannabe program, it disconnects me from aim immediately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar September 9, 2004 Share Crowbar Member September 9, 2004 yeah, there are beta drivers for some cards better than a 9200, but not all cards, and not all drivers work with all brands of a specific model. the 9800 Pro doesn't really have any drivers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL September 9, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member September 9, 2004 For the record, SUSE is not formerly Red Hat. SUSE is a german linux distro that has been around as long as if not longer than Red Hat. The new desktop version of Red Hat is called Fedora. From what I remember of SUSE, it is a really nice distro with a bunch of feature-rich third party apps. Good luck with it NOFX. I'm sticking with Fedora for the time being as that is the distro I am most familiar with (although that isn't saying much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation September 9, 2004 Share ConGregation Member September 9, 2004 I was thinking about wasting some time installing linux on my comp alongside windows. What would be a good 'distribution' for me. Has to be free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL September 10, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member September 10, 2004 Hehe, all "distros" are free (for the core components anyway). As for which is easier to use? That is a matter of preference. The only one I am really familiar with is RedHat/Fedora but I probably wouldn't say it is the easiest for new users. I have heard that Mandrake is fairly user friendly but when I went to their site I didn't see a "download" area for it (although I have downloaded it before). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrX September 10, 2004 Share mrX GC Alumni September 10, 2004 yeah, there are beta drivers for some cards better than a 9200, but not all cards, and not all drivers work with all brands of a specific model. the 9800 Pro doesn't really have any drivers though. http://blahserver.greatnow.com/atihowto.html That's showing it working. Although I can't get the ATI drivers to load myself. Having a real bear of a time figuring out the kernel source and compiling a kernel cause I'm a noob at this. But 9800 pros do work. That's what I have and it's loading and showing like the pic in that link, except with a "MESA driver". At this juncture I'm blaming a HL2 virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrX September 10, 2004 Share mrX GC Alumni September 10, 2004 These are the links to dl SUSE (pronounced soo'za btw) and Mandrake: http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/suse_linux/ http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3 Mandrake just has this screen where you click that you plan on becoming a club member before you can download. Just click the bottom "NOW" button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL September 10, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member September 10, 2004 I have always heard it was pronounced Susie. Of course there is still the mystery of whether it is Lin-ux or Lie-nux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrX September 10, 2004 Share mrX GC Alumni September 10, 2004 Doing a bit more digging, I found that that is the German pronunciation. So I guess any way you wanna say it is fine (at least all different kinds come up when searching on this topic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation September 10, 2004 Share ConGregation Member September 10, 2004 These are the links to dl SUSE (pronounced soo'za btw) and Mandrake: http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/suse_linux/ http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3 Mandrake just has this screen where you click that you plan on becoming a club member before you can download. Just click the bottom "NOW" button. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman September 10, 2004 Share Birdman Member September 10, 2004 the 9800 Pro doesn't really have any drivers though. http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQ2 Lil' more info can be found there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation September 11, 2004 Share ConGregation Member September 11, 2004 Posting in Linux Using the 'live CD' option just now. If I were to properly install this on my system it sounds like I would have to make a partition based in FAT32? Is that even doable or would I have to re-install Windows to do that? Have to say this looks impressive. I mean for running an OS from the CD its amazing. Might just have to use Windows for the 'games' if I can get this configured right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar September 12, 2004 Share Crowbar Member September 12, 2004 hmm...I'll keep looking for an answer about these drivers. thanks for posting those links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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