[cad-linux] Re: Was RE: Re: 2D versus 3D thoughts: list of candidates; now 'preferred Distribution'
- From: "Jeffrey McGrew" <JMcGrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:58:40 -0800
> -----Original Message-----
> From: marrandy [mailto:marrandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >I tried Debain first, and didn't even get X11 to run.
> > >So, I really didn't learn to much, for
> > >I couldn't 'play' with the system;
> > >just couldn't get it to work.
>=20
> That's a hardware problem. ie. there are so many variants=20
> of motherboard,=20
> graphics card, sound card, ethernet, mouse, scanner, printer,=20
> camera, usb, =20
> etc.
Exactly. I was trying to install Linux on a P-233 IBM
Thinkpad that my brother-in-law gave us for free. It
is my 'play' computer, for at the time my main computer
was being used by both my wife and I and I wouldn't want
to break it by playing around with it.
Deibain was harder to install, and I didn't know
enough to be able to get X11 running. Also the first
time I shut the computer down, I didn't know how.
Totally new to Linux. So I just turned it off after I
logged out, hoping for the best. Because Debain didn't
use EXT3FS but instead EXT2 everything quickly got
corrupted by my power-off & nothing worked next
time I tried to use the laptop. :)
But now that I've got Mandrake, and have been able
to play and learn about Linux, I understand why EXT3
is better than EXT2 and why the little laptop croaked
when I power-offed debain in a rude way.
Mandrake found all the weird laptop hardware and *simply
worked*. Red hat might have done the same, whatever, it
doesn't matter. Just agreeing with ya! You have to find
something that's accessible to your level, otherwise you
won't get anywhere. Now I'm thinking of switching the
home server to Debain or BSD... so it all comes around. :)
Jeffrey McGrew
Designer
Huntsman Architectural Group
50 California Street, Seventh Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: 415.394.1212
Facsimile: 415.394.1222=20
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