Switched to Linux

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » 2003-10-16 01:47am

Yeah, I finally did it. I'm trying linux out. Just installed Mandrake 9.1 and am running it with KDE right now. Never used Linux before so expect to be getting some stupid questions from me till I learn my way round this comp.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-16 02:02am

Well, if the resident Linux geeks here can't answer your questions, you can always head over to http://www.linuxquestions.org

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » 2003-10-17 01:56pm

Thanks, I've bookmarked that site. Like I said I've never used Linux before and I've installed it on an old computer of mine and
I'm switching between my new computer running XP and the old one with Mandrake.

It''s a Clereon 400Mhz with 128MB RAM and 4GB HD. Nothing great but it should do. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on how to optimize it. It's running somewhat slow, which I expected considering how old the computer is, but if there's anyway to speed it up a little I'd be interested.

Once I get the hang of it I'm gonna by a new hard drive and dual boot on the new computer.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-17 03:16pm

Xfree86 is somewhat slow on all machines, unfortunately, and Linux tends to be more resource-intensive. I try and shut off as many daemons as possible.

I was using Gentoo Linux, but tired of compiling all the time. Currently, I'm using Fedora Core 0.95, which is a beta to the successor of RedHat Linux 9.

Mandrake 9.2 is out, by the way

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » 2003-10-17 07:10pm

phongn wrote:Xfree86 is somewhat slow on all machines, unfortunately, and Linux tends to be more resource-intensive. I try and shut off as many daemons as possible.

I was using Gentoo Linux, but tired of compiling all the time. Currently, I'm using Fedora Core 0.95, which is a beta to the successor of RedHat Linux 9.

Mandrake 9.2 is out, by the way

I know 9.2's out. I unfortunately downloaded 9.1 literally the day before 9.2 came out. Since then everytime I try to connect to any of the mirrors I can't get connection, it keeps timing out. Great luck, huh

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-17 08:42pm

Have you tried BitTorrent?

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-17 08:55pm

BitTorrent gets a little complicated. It's not hard to upgrade Mandrake anyway.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-17 09:01pm

Doesn't Mandrake have apt-rpm? If so, the magic "apt-get dist-upgrade" command works wonders - I used to go from RH9 to FC0.95.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-17 09:11pm

Mandrake uses grpmi, but I'm not sure of the syntax. It doesn't have apt-rpm as far as I know.