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Author Topic: Linux with Latitude  (Read 1458 times)

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« on: January 29, 2005, 01:32:58 AM »
I'm a Linux fetus waiting to be born.  I have an old Dell Latitude CPx that currently has Winblows 98 installed.   I'm tempted to just format the hard drive and install Redhat, but since I've never used Linux before (and only had a Unix shell account for about a month) I'm hesitant.  Another option I'm considering is getting Mandrake and putting it on a partition on the hard disk.  Decisions, decisions.  Any thoughts on this?
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2005, 08:49:34 AM »
Find instructions on how to install Red-Hat or Mandrake and do it. They are both pretty straight forward on the install and once you get the hang of running it, you'll never want to go back!
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2005, 09:15:12 AM »
I tried a dual boot on my Compaq Presario 2100.  I found myself switching to Windows when I would get frustrated with Linux.  Eventually, I just stopped booting into Linux at all.

Recently, I wiped Windows from the drive and went with Mandrake (soon to become slackware) and I haven't looked back.

I suggest you go all the way.
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2005, 12:21:25 PM »
Mandrake would be a better choice than Red Hat, in my opinion.

I got rather frustrated with some aspects of Red Hat, when I first started using Linux, and now that I'm more experienced with Linux, I find Red Hat even MORE frustrating.

Mandrake was a far better way (for me, anyway) to become acquainted with Linux's nuances.  

When you get a better grasp on things and feel the need to have a little more control over your system, you might want to move on to something a bit more tweakable, like Slackware or Debian, or even Gentoo, but if you've never used Linux before (or Unix, or any other Unix-like operating system), I really think Mandrake is a great way to start.
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