"mixed nuts" <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in message news:fp1utv$qlp$1@aioe.org... > Tim Weaver wrote: > > mixed nuts wrote: > > > >>mimus wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >>> > >>>>mimus wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>When was that? > >>>> > >>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html > >>> > >>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a > >>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I > > > > can't > > > >>>even load Firefox directly. > >>> > >>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. > >>> > >>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your > >>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! > >> > >>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall > >>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed > >>and then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your > >>package of surveillors. > >> > >>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose > >>the correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try > >>different plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until > >>firefox restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't > >>even have to log out or become the superuser! > >> > >>LOL. > > > > I was thinking of trying a Linux system. But, two questions: > > > > 1) Which package is the best for a first time installer? > > 2) I assume I can boot it with Vista, yes? > > 1) a. I use Fedora partly because the IT geeks here support a lot of > Redhat enterprise machines and Fedora is the same thing. The installer > generally figures out the hardware perfectly with only a couple of > exceptions - one time an on-board 100BaseT interface wouldn't > initialize so I disabled it and plugged in a board, another time a > fancy high-end graphics card was too gamey and wasn't supported well > (funny rendering) so I sent it back and plugged in a Fire-GL. > > b. Open Suse seems to be similarly painless but I have only a little > direct experience. > > c. Ubuntu is well loved by many - it smells a lot like windows which > makes a lot of people happy. A few months ago I had to kick 2 machines > off the network and cram a Fedora distrib. down the offender's throats > because normal login was with root privilege - we have a shared server > which (because we trust 'intelligent' people not to piss in their own > boots) allows anyone logged into root to make maintenance-level > changes. All you need is klutz with root permission to make a dumn > mistake... > > d. I know happy slackware people. And Mandrake people. And BSD > people. And happy other distrib. people - it's just that the center of > mass for easy to install-debugged-tested stuff seems to favor a, b and > c. > > 2) GRUB (GRand Unified Boot thinger or the equivalent) will handle > however many O/S you care to install. You can edit the config file > after install to set defaults and preferences as you wish. > It is wise, if you are not an experienced user of partition editing > software and don't want to bruise your windows installation, to invest > in something like 'Partition Magic' to make space on the disk for the > Linux. Or you could add a separate drive and not have to touch windows > space at all. Gee, I'm glad you cleared all that up for me. *bangs head with rock* Smee > > -- > nuts
pscissons@sbcglobal.net wrote: > "mixed nuts" <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote in message > news:fp1utv$qlp$1@aioe.org... > >>Tim Weaver wrote: >> >>>mixed nuts wrote: >>> >>>>mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:13 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>When was that? >>>>>> >>>>>>http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/adobeandmacromedia.html >>>>> >>>>>I'd look at that except I just tried to reinstall that POS Flash in a >>>>>moment of aberration and now not only do active links not work but I >>> >>>can't >>> >>>>>even load Firefox directly. >>>>> >>>>>Adobe and Macromedia were made for each other. >>>>> >>>>That happens all the time. You picked the wrong version to make your >>>>symbolic link to. HAHAHAHA!!! >>>> >>>>If this were windows you would have to reformat your disk and reinstall >>>>windows and wait 3 days while all the security patches got installed >>>>and then reboot 3 or 2 times whilst macromedia added itself to your >>>>package of surveillors. >>>> >>>>With Linux, you have two options: Read the instructions and choose >>>>the correct plug-in for the version of firefox you have, OR try >>>>different plug-ins (systematically or randomly as you prefer) until >>>>firefox restarts properly. No need to start from scratch. You don't >>>>even have to log out or become the superuser! >>>> >>>>LOL. >>> >>>I was thinking of trying a Linux system. But, two questions: >>> >>>1) Which package is the best for a first time installer? >>>2) I assume I can boot it with Vista, yes? >> >>1) a. I use Fedora partly because the IT geeks here support a lot of >>Redhat enterprise machines and Fedora is the same thing. The installer >>generally figures out the hardware perfectly with only a couple of >>exceptions - one time an on-board 100BaseT interface wouldn't >>initialize so I disabled it and plugged in a board, another time a >>fancy high-end graphics card was too gamey and wasn't supported well >>(funny rendering) so I sent it back and plugged in a Fire-GL. >> >> b. Open Suse seems to be similarly painless but I have only a little >>direct experience. >> >> c. Ubuntu is well loved by many - it smells a lot like windows which >>makes a lot of people happy. A few months ago I had to kick 2 machines >>off the network and cram a Fedora distrib. down the offender's throats >>because normal login was with root privilege - we have a shared server >>which (because we trust 'intelligent' people not to piss in their own >>boots) allows anyone logged into root to make maintenance-level >>changes. All you need is klutz with root permission to make a dumn >>mistake... >> >> d. I know happy slackware people. And Mandrake people. And BSD >>people. And happy other distrib. people - it's just that the center of >>mass for easy to install-debugged-tested stuff seems to favor a, b and >>c. >> >>2) GRUB (GRand Unified Boot thinger or the equivalent) will handle >>however many O/S you care to install. You can edit the config file >>after install to set defaults and preferences as you wish. >>It is wise, if you are not an experienced user of partition editing >>software and don't want to bruise your windows installation, to invest >>in something like 'Partition Magic' to make space on the disk for the >>Linux. Or you could add a separate drive and not have to touch windows >>space at all. > > Gee, I'm glad you cleared all that up for me. > > *bangs head with rock* > Would you like a bite of this garlic bagel (toasted, with cream cheese) and a sip of this here fresh-made coffee (I chopped the beans with my V8 coffee bean chopper just minutes ago). -- nuts
