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OK, I've talked about doing this lots before, and now I've gone and done it. I've just installed Suse 9.2 64-bit on my 2nd hard drive.
And damn am I impressed! It was so much more user friendly than I was expecting - it recognised everything! It got graphics card, sound card, tv card, monitor, printer, bluetooth, the whole works!
However, it's inevitable that I'm gonna have a few bugs and questions. Probably really simple ones, but which you can't find the answers to online cos they're so basic.
First one I've come across - I want to install Firefox and Thunderbird. How and where do I install these? I tried it from RPMs and that's fine for Firefox, but the latest RPM I could find for Thunderbird was 0.8 and I want 1.0. How do I go about doing this?
Cheers.
And damn am I impressed! It was so much more user friendly than I was expecting - it recognised everything! It got graphics card, sound card, tv card, monitor, printer, bluetooth, the whole works!
However, it's inevitable that I'm gonna have a few bugs and questions. Probably really simple ones, but which you can't find the answers to online cos they're so basic.
First one I've come across - I want to install Firefox and Thunderbird. How and where do I install these? I tried it from RPMs and that's fine for Firefox, but the latest RPM I could find for Thunderbird was 0.8 and I want 1.0. How do I go about doing this?
Cheers.
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It depends what you're after exactly. All Linux distributions can run Apache/PHP/MysQL, but if I was going to setup a designated web server (either for testing or for commerical use) I would use FreeBSD.
Good good, what I thought.
Also, how would you go about setting up a server with Linux? Is there a special server variant?
Plus, are there any disadvantages to running your own server? (Except for the power bill :D)
Also, how would you go about setting up a server with Linux? Is there a special server variant?
Plus, are there any disadvantages to running your own server? (Except for the power bill :D)
Coin wrote:
> Hmmm...
>
> Is it really worth changing from Windows to SuSE (or any other Linux
> variant for that matter) as a general interface? (I like not to have
> to select on boot, too lazy to press "1" or
> "2"...)
>
> And, how good is Linux for servers?
Linux is perfect for servers.
To put it simply.
I'd stick with Windows for your desktop if you want Counter Strike (or any game for that matter), Microsoft Office etc etc
Linux for servers, Windows for desktop.
> Hmmm...
>
> Is it really worth changing from Windows to SuSE (or any other Linux
> variant for that matter) as a general interface? (I like not to have
> to select on boot, too lazy to press "1" or
> "2"...)
>
> And, how good is Linux for servers?
Linux is perfect for servers.
To put it simply.
I'd stick with Windows for your desktop if you want Counter Strike (or any game for that matter), Microsoft Office etc etc
Linux for servers, Windows for desktop.
Couple of more quickies:
1) If I use PartitionMagic to partition my Linux drive (it's a 160GB drive so plenty of space to play with), will that work OK? I know it works fine with a Windows installation and I won't lose any data, but is this the same for Linux?
2) Does anyone know how I can get Macromedia Studio MX to run in Linux? I've heard it won't work under Wine.
3) Some of my MP3s refused to play in Linux earlier. I'll try again using XMMS (I used AmaroK but I don't like that much) and see if it works, but I'm suspecting not.
4) Any ideas how to persuade Suse to use DVI and not RGB for my monitor? Works fine in Windows but Suse hasn't cottoned on and I don't know where to look. My monitor just reports no DVI input and switches to RGB.
1) If I use PartitionMagic to partition my Linux drive (it's a 160GB drive so plenty of space to play with), will that work OK? I know it works fine with a Windows installation and I won't lose any data, but is this the same for Linux?
2) Does anyone know how I can get Macromedia Studio MX to run in Linux? I've heard it won't work under Wine.
3) Some of my MP3s refused to play in Linux earlier. I'll try again using XMMS (I used AmaroK but I don't like that much) and see if it works, but I'm suspecting not.
4) Any ideas how to persuade Suse to use DVI and not RGB for my monitor? Works fine in Windows but Suse hasn't cottoned on and I don't know where to look. My monitor just reports no DVI input and switches to RGB.
Hmmm...
Is it really worth changing from Windows to SuSE (or any other Linux variant for that matter) as a general interface? (I like not to have to select on boot, too lazy to press "1" or "2"...)
And, how good is Linux for servers? I'm thinking of putting together some bits and bobs to give myself a decent multipurpose (though general use is not one of those) machine, currently just for a server to test out MySQL and PHP, and if BT allow it host my site / CounterStrike, then at some point bunging in a new hard-drive (SATA), TV card and good graphics card to have it double as a Media Center. Is this even possible? It would probably need multiple installs right, one server and one MC?
Edit - too many c's spoil the spelling.
Is it really worth changing from Windows to SuSE (or any other Linux variant for that matter) as a general interface? (I like not to have to select on boot, too lazy to press "1" or "2"...)
And, how good is Linux for servers? I'm thinking of putting together some bits and bobs to give myself a decent multipurpose (though general use is not one of those) machine, currently just for a server to test out MySQL and PHP, and if BT allow it host my site / CounterStrike, then at some point bunging in a new hard-drive (SATA), TV card and good graphics card to have it double as a Media Center. Is this even possible? It would probably need multiple installs right, one server and one MC?
Edit - too many c's spoil the spelling.
Miserableman wrote:
> Also, what be this audioscrobbler jobbins?
Not to worry, found your thread in the Music subforum.
> Also, what be this audioscrobbler jobbins?
Not to worry, found your thread in the Music subforum.
unknown kernel wrote:
> Not tried it myself yet but Amarok is supposed to be quite nice:
> [URL]http://amarok.kde.org/[/URL]
>
> The best thing about is that it has Audioscrobbler support built in,
> so you could install it and join the Special Reserve group:
> [URL]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Special%2BReserve[/URL] Or
> you could just get a plugin for your normal player and join anyway.
> And so ends my poorly disguised plug...
Checking out Amarok, thanks. Also, what be this audioscrobbler jobbins?
> Not tried it myself yet but Amarok is supposed to be quite nice:
> [URL]http://amarok.kde.org/[/URL]
>
> The best thing about is that it has Audioscrobbler support built in,
> so you could install it and join the Special Reserve group:
> [URL]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Special%2BReserve[/URL] Or
> you could just get a plugin for your normal player and join anyway.
> And so ends my poorly disguised plug...
Checking out Amarok, thanks. Also, what be this audioscrobbler jobbins?
beep-media-player
rhythmbox
xmms
etc etc
I don't use Linux anymore, but those are the ones I can think of
rhythmbox
xmms
etc etc
I don't use Linux anymore, but those are the ones I can think of
Not tried it myself yet but Amarok is supposed to be quite nice: [URL]http://amarok.kde.org/[/URL]
The best thing about is that it has Audioscrobbler support built in, so you could install it and join the Special Reserve group: [URL]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Special%2BReserve[/URL] Or you could just get a plugin for your normal player and join anyway. And so ends my poorly disguised plug...
The best thing about is that it has Audioscrobbler support built in, so you could install it and join the Special Reserve group: [URL]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Special%2BReserve[/URL] Or you could just get a plugin for your normal player and join anyway. And so ends my poorly disguised plug...
Xmms is a winamp clone which supports streaming audio. Gamesfreak might have a better suggestion though.
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