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Skriven 2006-06-24 05:35:29 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Alan Hess
Ärende: installing Linux with eCS
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:52:37 +0000
"Alan Hess -> Stephen Haffly" <1:261/1000> wrote:

 AH> Whilst masticating on <Jun 22 06>, Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
 AH> wrote to Alan Hess:

 SH>> Ubuntu is a pretty nice version.  Personally, I have Fedora Core
 SH>> 5 installed, but have also loaded up Ubuntu upon occasion.

 AH> How much difference is there between versions?  Will they all run
 AH> Linux apps, or will I have to look for, say, the Ubuntu version of
 AH> app X when I download said app?

The only difference is the packaging. Fedora (Red Hat) uses .rpm
packages. Some other distros also use the .rpm package.

Ubuntu, being based on Debian uses .deb packages.

They all use .tar.gz (tarballs), but those can be messy. :-)

Most major distros have software repositories and package managers to
access them to d/l and install software from.

Some of the proprietary distros Linspire, Xandros, etc. have limited
packages available and charge for otherwise free software.

Ubuntu has about 16,000 packages available from several repositories.

 AH>>> The rest of the drive (40 Gig) is unformatted at present.  Could
 AH>>> I install the Linux to that free space?  If so, how would I go
 AH>>> about it, and can I do it without messing up my eCS and Windows?
 AH>>> Will Airboot find it?  Will booting the Linux CD write anything
 AH>>> to my primary (eCS 1.2) partition, and, if so, can that affect
 AH>>> eCS 1.2?

 SH>> Absolutely!  What you will want to do is install it to that
 SH>> unformatted space.  When the version you install asks where you
 SH>> want to install Lilo or Grub (the boot manager), do not choose the
 SH>> MBR, but install the boot partition for Linux.  Usually, you will
 SH>> have to look in something like "advanced options" to see this
 SH>> choice.  Then, just add Linux to your Airboot choices and you
 SH>> should be good.  Alternately, you could install Grub to your MBR
 SH>> and use it as your boot manager and add eCS and Windows to its
 SH>> boot menu.  On my laptop, I dual boot Fedora Core 5 and Windows XP
 SH>> with Boot Magic by using the first method.

 AH> This sounds good.

 SH>> Ubuntu or Knoppix, which runs off of the CD and doesn't touch your
 SH>> HDD.  Linux can also consume quite a few gigabytes of space if you
 SH>> want to install every possible option and program.  The choices
 SH>> are yours as to what to install. Again, you may want to do a bit
 SH>> of research before you start so you have an idea of how to
 SH>> proceed.  You could start here:
 SH>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

 AH> I'll take a look there.

 AH>>> Thanks very much for any help.  *adh*

 SH>> You're welcome.  Be prepared for a rather steep learning curve
 SH>> and for some shifts in the ways you are used to doing things.  One
 SH>> thing I have found though.  Gnome is more similar to eCS's
 SH>> Workplace Shell and KDE is more similar to the look and feel of
 SH>> Windows.  I personaly like Gnome better than KDE, but you will
 SH>> have to try both and decide which one works better for you.

 AH> Will both Gnome and KDE be installed to my drive, or will I be asked
 AH> by the CD to choose one?  *adh*

Ubuntu comes standard with Gnome while Kubuntu comes with KDE, but you
can install both on the same system and switch from one to the other.

I used to like KDE, but have found myself preferring Gnome lately.

Ed

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