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My ignominious defeat.
Posted: 2003-06-04 01:18am
by Yogi
That's it. I give up. After three straight days trying to get Linux from Scratch to work, I've had it. I'm switching to an esablished distribution of Linux that will let my tinker with things, that does not involve me spitting up blood in frustration.
Is Slackware good?
Posted: 2003-06-04 01:20am
by Shinova
All I know is that Mandrake is widely accepted as the easiest distribution to work with for the non-techie.
Assuming you're a layperson when it comes to Linux.
Posted: 2003-06-04 01:38am
by Yogi
The problem is, that I AM sort of techie. I want somethng I can tinker with. I swithed to Linux to get AWAY from layers of GUI and pre-packaged binaries.
Unfortunatly, Linux from Scratch was more than I could handle.
Posted: 2003-06-04 01:44am
by Shinova
Ever tried Debian?
Posted: 2003-06-04 01:49am
by Crayz9000
If you're completely new at Linux, you can download KNOPPIX and run it. It runs off your CD-ROM, so there's no danger of screwing up and having to reinstall Windows.
And even if you prefer a regular distro, Knoppix is great for running on school boxes with bootable CD-ROMs.
Posted: 2003-06-04 09:22am
by phongn
Mandrake is decent, though I prefer RedHat. A lot of people like SuSE, but that distro is somewhat harder to use.
Slackware is not something that's easy, neither is Debian.
Posted: 2003-06-04 09:19pm
by Pu-239
Run automated LFS. I used LFS until I stopped using that 10 year old box. Now using Debian, though have'n't fully configurued it yet.