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Skriven 2006-12-29 08:06:40 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
   Kommentar till text 8596 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
Ärende: Flash Drive
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Hi Carol,

On (28 Dec 06) Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Stephen Haffly...

SH> Zod (FC6) is not installable from the Live CD version I am sending.  I
SH> will have to enclose an installable version if you want to install it
SH> instead of just using the live CD.

 CS> Zod?  Sorry, new acronym to me.  Sounds like Fedora from the text?
 CS> I'd love an installable version too if you feel so inclined?

Each Fedora version has a name.  Zod is the name for Fedora Core 6,
Bordeaux was Fedora Core 5, FC4 was called Stentz, FC3 was named
Heidelberg, FC2 was named Tettnang, and FC1 was Yarrow.  I don't
choose them. I believe the codenames started with Red Hat.  It is much
like Microsoft which is calling its latest attempt "Vista".

 CS> Only if it's 'legally ok' to do that though.  I'm not asking you to do
 CS> anything you'd feel uncomfortable with.

Nothing prohibits it.  All Fedora releases are completely open source.
If I wanted to, I could have a small charge for distribution media,
shipping, etc, but not for the distribution itself  All this is in  the
Fedora FAQ at:  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ ,

SH> My laptop dual boots with MS Windows XP (home) SP2.  I did the
SH> partitioning with Partition Magic and installed Boot Magic some time
SH> back.  That has simplified the dual booting arrangement as it totally
SH> isolates the XP and the Linux sides.  I installed GRUB to the boot
SH> partition and not the MBR since BM already controls the boot process.

 CS> Ok, works for me.  Then Fedora 'plays well' just like XP does (at
 CS> least with XP).

I know that there are drivers available to let Linux read and write to
NTFS partitions, but I prefer to keep them isolated.  I don't want XP to
muck about in my Linux partition for sure!  If I need to transfer a
documemt from one OS to the other, I prefer to go through a flash drive
and a reboot.

SH> My other machines are all single OS systems.  The primary has FC6,
SH> Ruth's has W95, my alternate has eCS 1.15.  I am debating an upgrade
f SH> Ruth so I can get the embroidery machine software off of the
laptop, b SH> her system is currently too limited to support that.
Alternate is to SH> get me a new laptop and she gets this one to replace
the old system.

 CS> Grin, (whisper, get another toy! Go on!  Do it!  Ya know you wanna!)

I am waiting for the right moment when I have cash on hand to cover it.
Right now, we have the bill for the new furniture coming due as well as
insurance.  I don't want to go into debt for an item that I don't
actually need.

 CS> issue.  Trollz.com issue.  No issues at all with neopets but is pretty
 CS> sure she didnt play anything that required it and avoided she thinks
 CS> the few that she thinks needed it).

 CS> I'll have to see what I added to the main machine.  I'm pretty sure it
 CS> has the stuff.  The Live CD, didnt, but that was a limited boot set.

The live CD I am sending won't have the Flash player.  In the FAQ, it
explains that Fedora is using only open source which isn't patent
encumbered.  That also means that it won't play mp3 files out of the
box, although it isn't too hard to find and add the parts needed to do
so.  It will play ogg, flac, and Speex audio formats and Theora video.
The Multimedia part of the FAQ covers this more thoroughly.

 CS> Hehe.  Imagine, kid's excited about OS software toys.  She's asking if
 CS> a Fedora install has KDE.  I told her I didnt know but the other ones
 CS> work pretty good too.  She's used to KDE, 'Netscape' (Mozilla), and
 CS> WIN's stuff (in Explorer and Netscape).
 CS>                                        xxcarol

Fedora defaults to Gnome, but it also has KDE available to be installed.
I don't use it as I prefer Gnome, so I can't tell you how well it is
integrated nor how well it works.  IIRC, you can choose the packages
during install or after using Pirut, which is the package manager tool.

Taking a quick look, Gnome, KDE, and XFCE are the available desktop
environments.


TTYL,

Stephen
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