[AuckLUG] Installing Linux

[Patrick Gildea]

I noticed the fact I didn't need to install the entire KDE to install a KDE 
app. Setting up codecs are straight forward as well. My only complaint with 
Ubuntu is that it is not easy to set up a Duel boot with windows with Ubuntu 
on Fedora that is some thing that is straight foward and simple.


>From: "Ravi Chemudugunta" <chemuduguntar at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz>
>To: "Auckland Linux User Group mailing list" <aucklug at linux.net.nz>
>Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] Installing Linux
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:54:16 +1200
>
>just as a note,
>
>ubuntu has now a tool which automatically downloads any formats you need
>when you open a media file; alternatively you can install the
>gstreamer_plugins or xine_plugins packages manually. gstreamer for 
>rhythmbox
>(gnome) and xine for amarok (kde) ... as an aside with ubuntu you can mix
>and match packages from different window manager frameworks without having
>the whole thing installed...lets see *ware or *rpm do that...=)
>
>there is also a driver manager included that allows you to enable 
>restricted
>drivers, doing this automatically downloads and install necessary drivers
>from the restricted repository.  you only need to do this if you want
>accelerated x windows if you want eye candy with compiz/beryl ... (beryl is
>great too btw).
>
>
>On 4/26/07, Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>On 4/26/07, Martin Bähr <mbaehr at email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 03:37:12PM +0200, Martin Bähr wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:48:58AM +1200, Nevyn wrote:
>> > > > Back when I was using dial up, Redhat was my preference. It just
>> > > > seemed to work for me - no modem specific tools. The modem was just
>> > > > seen as a network interface and things like dialing were the
>> > > > equivalent of obtaining an IP address.
>> > > debian and ubuntu do the same, however you still need a modem 
>>specific
>> > > tool to configure the conection.
>> >
>> > rereading the original mail i just noticed that the configuration was
>> > not the issue but calling up the dialer was. maybe that is the problem
>> > here. possibly richard went about the wrong way to 'call' the dialer?
>> >
>> > greetings, martin.
>> >
>>
>>Which to me just smells of progress - rather than a distro war flaunting
>>this distro over that, should we not talk about common tools to use for
>>configuring and using the modem? Thus we can let Richard make up his own
>>mind as to the distro he wants to use.
>>
>>Personally I think it's a bit of an organic process - my favourite distro
>>is
>>likely to be disliked by at least half this list. Still.... I like it and
>>that's the important bit for me. I had to try twenty odd suggestions for
>>distro's and came across stuff which I thought was just plain dumb with
>>all
>>of them (My latest gripe is with Ubuntu's installer - why would I want the
>>memory footprint of a livecd when I'm just wanting to install an operating
>>system?!?). It comes down to what you prefer. However, it probably helps
>>to
>>get some idea of what differentiates the different distributions.
>>I.e.
>>Debian - rock solid and well tested BUT older packages as a result.
>>Ubuntu - Debian without being quite so solid (look at the number of
>>outstanding bug reports) but more packages to install without jumping
>>through hoops.
>>Gentoo - Compiles everything on your machine for use.
>>Slackware - one of the oldest distributions out there. I don't really know
>>much about this distribution except that it appears to be slow and steady.
>>The installer wasn't terribly robust the last time I tried it (no back
>>button on most screens).
>>Fedora - Not one of my favourites anymore - appears to be a testing ground
>>for Redhat. (and I HATE yum)
>>Redhat - Enterprise level. Expensive for the home user (you buy a support
>>contract with the software). Try CentOS if you want Redhat (they take
>>Redhat's sources released under the GPL and rebrand it as not to infringe
>>on
>>the copyrights placed on certain images and themes).
>>OpenSuse - Novell's testing ground. Great admin tools.
>>
>>You are always going to have to do something special to get DVD's and most
>>video formats to play and if you need drivers for a nVidia video card,
>>that's yet another 'lil hoop. All of which are due to legalities.
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