Why? a linux question

well i just want to say. fc8 stinks. it does not install on my comp (it does on others just not THIS one!!!!! :mad:) ugh.
 
Fedora Core 4 stunk for installing a few years back. It's not the hardware just the installer. You have to fight to get all of the files to go on at times. You might even hae to redownload the isos all over again. It isn't called the "geek's OS" for nothing. :P
 
Ooooo I had plenty of "fun" and help on one Linux forum with Core 4 on one old build just trying to get the distro to run. I had one person who was what you would call an expert on Linux coaching and it still took a few complete sets and several attempts to get the one or more needed to go on and run! Many hate Fedora for this reason. Mandirva, SUSe, Knoppix, Zenwalk, and some others simply go right on.
 
ok i like linux but some of its distro sucks bad, one i didn't like was mepis, by the way i like fedora but i dont see me making it as a desktop
 
If you have a cd or dvd burner you can try out several ilve distros by running them from a cd rather then spending the time installing each one to the drive and then removing it for another. Many of the newer live versions also allow installation while live if you find one you are comfortable with.

Having one or more live for cd distros can help in others ways like accessing a drive/partition for data retrieval or even manually removing a virus by simply using the file by file method while being isolated.
 
Look at the Free Software Foundation if you want to know why people create and maintain free software. Linux (which is based on Unix) was originally NOT FREE. Somehow, (feel free to help me out) Unix source code became open source and was released under the GNU/GPL through Bearkley Unisversity (I think). The simple thing with free software is that unless you have the finances to cover the overheads of setting up a software development business, selling software for anything is almost impossible. I develop quite simple C++ programs released under the GNU/GPL as a learning tool. As an individual, it is all but impossible to develop and market a piece of software without the support of a full organisation. I develop my own progress and distribute them free to learn and to earn bragging rights. If I think of something that could be useful and I could mange, then I'll make it.

This brings me to my next topic: if anyone needs a really simple program, ask me and I'll see what I can do. I can work with ISO C/C++ and some Windows API. I'm always looking for opportunities to apply my knowledge and build up a portfolio.
 
The savvy "Linux tester" will have a virtual machine dedicated to trying them.

...Well if you've got the computer power to put together a decent virtual machine then you should.

I have about 90 different distro's "archived" but only about 20 on discs.

PS. Not to mention that virtualization is just a cool thing to mess around with. And Microsoft makes a nice free program for it!
 
imsati said:
Wow. I had about 9, but went through the other day and got rid of sold old or Alt-CD types, so now I'm down to 5.
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Well now that I think about it my pile probably consists of a few versions of only a few distros. I know there are four Ubuntu's, one or two SUSE's, three Fedora's, atleast two Arch's, and atleast two Gentoo's, and then probably a bunch of random distros.
 
Woo! I just finished my Software Development exam, which is basically a "Using Unix" exam. Lot's of questions about RCS, GDB and the like. Very useful tools.
 
It's that feeling of creation. Everything has already been done, at least, in the outside of the computer. Creating something that people will use, something useful, is just a great feeling.
 
Linux has a big place in the Server Market, but in the consumer Desktop environment will never get much penetration because of the high learning curve.

Linux is free to install, but expensive to learn if you consider the man hours. It has to be free, because no one would buy it. I think it will never become very popular beyond a Computer Hobbyist, and the Server Market.
 
I love the necro users. Linux may someday make it to the main desktop, there are few companies around the world that offer Ubuntu and has a current user base of 20 million users due to how easy it is to use.

I figure this, if Apple can rise from the dead in a decade then there is a hope for distro's like Ubuntu.
 
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