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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: Phychotron]
    #4251819 - 06/03/05 10:17 AM (18 years, 9 months ago)

OH NO !!!! DISTRO WARS !!! AARRRRGGGHHH!!!

No really, if you're used to windows, SuSE is probably one of the best distros for making a transition. Besides, when you hear people saying "Readhat is better than Mandrake, distro x is better than distro y", don't listen to them :grin:. It all depends for what you'll be using your OS, for a simple workstation, like you intend to do, RedHat, Fedora, Mandrake, Debian, SuSE are all good. You just have to choose one and learn the specifics. i.e.: SuSE has yast, but the others distro don't, gentoo as something similar called emerge but others don't, debian has aptget but other don't.
I would stick to SuSE has it is a very user friendly distro.
Regarding your specific questions about Firefox. You are probably not logged as root, that's why you can't write to some directories. Just install it to "/home/phychotron/firefox" and link the file "firefox" inside that directory, to a icon on your desktop.
Linux has many ways to install software, if you can find  it in "rpm" format then that's great for a beginner because it's just click and install. You'll also find software in source code format which you'll have to compile.

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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: Phychotron]
    #4251838 - 06/03/05 10:23 AM (18 years, 9 months ago)


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: Phychotron]
    #4252495 - 06/03/05 02:25 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

so far so good on my hardware, everything appears to be working... when i installed it on my older machine a few months ago (but never used it) my usb mouse didnt work, so i had to use some crappy ps2 mouse (probably the reason i didnt use the thing)


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: MAIA]
    #4252638 - 06/03/05 03:06 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

yea, i figure i'll stick with suse... i never put much stock into the distro x is better than distro y, cause linux distro's are like assholes... everyone's got one and they all serve the same main purpose


if i were to just install it in /home/user/firefox would other users be able to use it?


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: Phychotron]
    #4252676 - 06/03/05 03:22 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

I'm so tired of that asshole analogy.


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: afoaf]
    #4252770 - 06/03/05 03:49 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

intersting opinion :lol:

but seriously, you can compare just about anything to an asshole... example: that mexican food we jsut ate was like an asshole... tasted like shit...


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: Phychotron]
    #4252782 - 06/03/05 03:53 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

im too lazy to learn how to use it. out of boredom a couple weeks back i downloaded debian and made this machine a dual boot using LILO. I wasn't even able to figure out how to get X to start so I just gave up (it couldnt find a display).

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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: Krishna]
    #4252783 - 06/03/05 03:53 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

If you use PREFIX for every install then you have to constantly update your PATH variable right? And the other path, for /lib..I dont remember what that one is called (it's been a while)


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: freddurgan]
    #4252785 - 06/03/05 03:54 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

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freddurgan said:
that's one of the things I hate about Linux AND windows.

Linux just installs shit EVERYWHERE, and has no centralized way of knowing what is installed. It'll put files in like /etc/clownshoes/lickdick and /usr/bin/fuckmehard and /bin and /lib/mod/goatse



You're an idiot for never using a real distrobution like Debian and then saying linux as a whole does such and such.  Debian has POLICY which requires things go where they are supposed to go.  Installing, configuring, and uninstalling software on Debian is a breeze - IMMENSELY EASIER THAN IN WINDOWS.  If you want to be trendy, you can even go gentoo, which is, at least, not RPM based shit :smile:

Note: this is not to say it isn't possible for you to break policy by being an idiot in root.
Note: I realize Debian is just as virtual as any other distrobution


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: afoaf]
    #4252986 - 06/03/05 04:52 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

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Krishna said:
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egghead1 said:
BAH! Ubuntu is far more superior for anybody than anything. Its just soooo easy to use. Ubuntu rulez!









:wink:

Psychotron: :thumbup: -Well done! I'm sure you won't regret making the switch. BTW, there are many linux threads in S&T that you may find helpful, check them out.


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: delta9]
    #4254505 - 06/03/05 11:54 PM (18 years, 9 months ago)

Why is gentoo, "trendy"?

I'm a loyal slackware user but I've been pretty interested in gentoo recently.


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Re: the Phychotrons Officaly Gonna start using Linux Thread [Re: Phychotron]
    #4262679 - 06/06/05 05:47 AM (18 years, 9 months ago)

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Phychotron said:
if i were to just install it in /home/user/firefox would other users be able to use it?




"/home/user/firefox" will only have write permission to "user", but you can configure the kind of access you want using the konqueror explorer. Just right click the folder and reconfigure the permissions.

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