Jezza Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 AFAIK, the first CD of Gentoo is actually a live CD. Allowing you to install everything from the desktop of the live CD... AFAIK... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 So a binary install then? You could install that, get the system running and then start compiling in the background. You'd have a useable computer atleast? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 trust me when i say MANDRAKE 10.. !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 Trust me when I say FreeBSD?!? Â It's all opinions I guess, maybe he should try them all for a month and see what he likes best. Time consuming mind... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 Yeah, if you do a full customised level 3 installation of Gentoo, it could take you upto two days, depending on your hardware! If you're still a newbie to Linux, I'd not reccommend jumping feet first into Gentoo. You'll prolly wanna go Fedora or Mandrake: Mandrake is great to install and incredible to use. Fedora is even easier to install, but not as great to use IMO acutally, the stage 3 install of Gentoo is the "easiest" one of them all, and is the least customizable. You're thinking of the stage 1 install, which is where u can customize everything under the sun (or case) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 Well, Suse seemed too much like Windows for me, and I hate Winblows. I guess I'll go for Mandrake, and then after reading up on it, Gentoo Level 1 install. I <3 customization . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 mandrake is geat for starting wih linux. i started on madrake 9.? (i think) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 Mandrake it is then! I'll download it via BT after my older brother goes off to boot camp(free to download, YAY!), and then install it. Will it save all my files I had in Windows, or are those overwritten? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Btw, what do you think of this guide? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 Check eBay first... if you're lucky, you'll find someone offering the powerpack CDs for $1 or something. Mandrake 10.1 is out soon, so maybe you could wait for that? The community version is out now, but that's basically an open beta! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
upok Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 i just switched from suse 9.1 to mandrake 10. suse is prettier, but mandrake seems more "powerful", for lack of a better term. suse was very nice and i may go back and try it some more. mandrake does not look as refined as suse, but it sure is more refined in how it operates. so far so good with both, suse and mandrake. the mandrake setup will allow you to do a custom partition on your hard drive, thus allowing a dual boot system(that's what i have, xp pro-mandrake). when you boot your comp, you choose which os to go into. this leaves your win partiontion intact. if you want to dedicate the whole hard drive to linux, you will lose everything windows--linux doesn't use the ntfs or fat32 file system, so it must format the drive to use it(or the partition). i use windows for gaming, linux for everything else. and when i get my 6800gt, i'll even try gaming in linux.(ati linux drivers suck--3D acceleration is a pain to set up, i still haven't managed it). good luck, and enjoy it-- it's kinda cool living in a microsoft free zone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 yeah, hunt round ebay for it on cd. saves bother downloading, and also i got loads of tutorials and stuff with my copy of fedora2 on cd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted October 2, 2004 Posted October 2, 2004 i use windows for gaming, linux for everything else. and when i get my 6800gt, i'll even try gaming in linux.(ati linux drivers suck--3D acceleration is a pain to set up, i still haven't managed it). lol... I had a similar problem... Was only resolved a few days ago. (See my post in the Linux OS Forum) If you have an ATi graphics card and you're using mandrake (and some other distros) you'll need XFree86 4.3 and the ATi driver from ATi's website... Furthermore, once you've installed the ATi driver, and configured everything... You'll need to do a custom kernel build including the new ATi drivers. Once that's done, it should work, but it's an awful lot of work for a newbie, it's also why I only just got round to doing it!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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