hi all, i would like to switch to linux from windows. but i feel nervous as i have never installed linux for regular usage like playing games, surfing the internet, etc. a constant fear lurks in the mind what if it does not detect my hardware, how do i configure it for cable internet considering that my cable internet provider may not know how to install internet on any other os other than windows. please can someone clear some of my doubts and give me guidance. thanks and regards, kevin
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, kevin rodrigues wrote:
hi all, i would like to switch to linux from windows. but i feel nervous as i have never installed linux for regular usage like playing games, surfing the internet, etc. a constant fear lurks in the mind what if it does not detect my hardware, how do i configure it for cable internet considering that my cable internet provider may not know how to install internet on any other os other than windows. please can someone clear some of my doubts and give me guidance. thanks and regards, kevin
Probably you can start with Knoppix. Its a live CD. you don't have to install it. Try that out and once you are comfortable with that, you can install any GNU/Linux distribution on your machine.
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i would like to switch to linux from windows. but i feel nervous as i have never installed linux for regular usage like playing games,
try first, worry if you have unsolvable problems. didn't you have the same worries when you switched from no computer to a computer with windows?
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, kr cobbled together some glyphs to say:
i would like to switch to linux from windows. but i feel nervous as i have never installed linux for regular usage like playing games,
try first, worry if you have unsolvable problems. didn't you have the same worries when you switched from no computer to a computer with windows?
A person directly starting with GNU/Linux don't have to worry but he is already _used_ Windows, thats the problem. Windows confused/spoon-feeded him so much that, now he has to worry about using a new/challenging interface.
And there is a point in his worry, is it possible for GNU/Linux to support the hardware he is using? And if it is possible, is that support available?
Thanks & Regards, -- Rajendra Prasad Murakonda, ETU division, C-DAC Mumbai (erstWhile NCST). Off Phone : 91 22 27565303 extn : 302 Mobile(WLL) : 0 93235 83185
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And there is a point in his worry, is it possible for GNU/Linux to support the hardware he is using? And if it is possible, is that
I think this applies to all of life. Worry _after_ you have problems, not before. Preemptive worrying causes premature aging.
kevin rodrigues wrote:
hi all, i would like to switch to linux from windows. but i feel nervous as i have never installed linux for regular usage like playing games, surfing the internet, etc
Install it in a seperate partition, preferably the last logical drive space if you got good HDD space. Linux distos have dual booting so you can boot into lin or win. That way you keep your windows and practice on linux till you don't get steady.
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Rony.
Install it in a seperate partition, preferably the last logical drive space if you got good HDD space. Linux distos have dual booting so you can boot into lin or win. That way you keep your windows and practice on
HI , But take care if u r a newbie and are installing Fedora core 2/3 It will make ur windows unbootable.I had faced these problems. Installing in the last logical drive can also create problem with buggy bioses.As in my computer i got to have a /boot partition in the first 6-7 gb otherwise my linux doesn't boot. SO take care of these issues .Google on the net.Read the docs before doing that..
Pankaj
Hi Kevin,
kevin rodrigues wrote:
i would like to switch to linux from windows. but i feel nervous as i have never installed linux for regular usage like playing games, surfing the internet, etc
Read the "Seven Steps To Software Samadhi" written by the inimitable Niyam Bhushan. The document is available at:
http://www.niyam.com/gnulinux/whitepapers/whitepaper.php?sevensteps
Sorry for following-up to this mail, I lost the OP's mail.
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