artcarney
August 7th, 2009, 06:17 PM
You know Linux has become mostly easy to install and config these days. Some people still have this hardware problem or that but they are often eventually resolved. Google is your friend! Check out this (http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134479) and this (http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861) page for help on using Google. The second link contains instructions in site specific searches that I find work better than the search engines on many forums.
My first version of Linux was Red Hat Linux/Intel 4.1 Vanderbilt. I had found a book in a discount store that had four CD's with linux on them, this was one of them.
I don't remember what hardware I installed it on back in 1997 or 1998 but I do remember the CD-ROM disc actually came flying out of the computer a couple of times during the install. I just shoved it back in and kept on going!
After I got Linux installed it took me a whole week to get the X server and any kind of graphical desktop up and running. Glad I had a Windows machine up and online (did I really say that??) so I could search for answers. Glad I had the Linux geeks at my dial-up ISP to help!
My first graphical desktop was FVWM (http://www.fvwm.org/), check out the link. It's come a loooong way since then!
I would have to really dig through all my CD's to tell of all the Mandrakes, Red Hats, Fedroas, Debians and Ubuntus and Kubuntus that I've used (plus many more!).
I remember with one early distro how I could get the dial-up to connect but I couldn't get web pages to load unless I moved my mouse around really rapidly! Do I miss THOSE days? NOT!!
So keep trying, keep searching! You'll either find a solution to your problem(s) or your chosen distro will mature a bit more and come out with a new version that will solve your problem.
Linux today is mostly easy compared to 10 years ago. Heck, just last night I got bluetooth printing to work on my laptop. I used (loosely) instructions I found online from a poster using Fedora.
DON'T GIVE UP! You can make it work with help from others! That's what Linux is all about!
Best wishes!
David
My first version of Linux was Red Hat Linux/Intel 4.1 Vanderbilt. I had found a book in a discount store that had four CD's with linux on them, this was one of them.
I don't remember what hardware I installed it on back in 1997 or 1998 but I do remember the CD-ROM disc actually came flying out of the computer a couple of times during the install. I just shoved it back in and kept on going!
After I got Linux installed it took me a whole week to get the X server and any kind of graphical desktop up and running. Glad I had a Windows machine up and online (did I really say that??) so I could search for answers. Glad I had the Linux geeks at my dial-up ISP to help!
My first graphical desktop was FVWM (http://www.fvwm.org/), check out the link. It's come a loooong way since then!
I would have to really dig through all my CD's to tell of all the Mandrakes, Red Hats, Fedroas, Debians and Ubuntus and Kubuntus that I've used (plus many more!).
I remember with one early distro how I could get the dial-up to connect but I couldn't get web pages to load unless I moved my mouse around really rapidly! Do I miss THOSE days? NOT!!
So keep trying, keep searching! You'll either find a solution to your problem(s) or your chosen distro will mature a bit more and come out with a new version that will solve your problem.
Linux today is mostly easy compared to 10 years ago. Heck, just last night I got bluetooth printing to work on my laptop. I used (loosely) instructions I found online from a poster using Fedora.
DON'T GIVE UP! You can make it work with help from others! That's what Linux is all about!
Best wishes!
David