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    #32
    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    There should be an uninstaller for Winlinux in Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs
    - [IAR]Munch
    - iarclan.cjb.net


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    #33
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    ere! You're jokin'!
    Mags are using DVD's to replace the cover-mounted CD's?
    Oh, Fuçk!
    I'm gonna' have to buy me one 'o dem DVD drives....

    What was the space usage like on the DVD?
    How many gigs of s/w was on it? smile.gif


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    #34
    Karla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 202 ✭✭Karla


    Yeah, it didn't say it, but I think it's one of the first mags to put a DVD on the cover.

    AFAIK there's about 18 Gigs available.

    Not that they used all of that on the cover disc. There's **** all on it really. You might be better off getting PC Answers, that's a pretty good mag and it has Mandrake 6.1 and WordPerfect 8. Mandrake's based on Red Hat and it's a newbie favourite.

    Look out for something like FLD too. Flourescent somethingorother Disc, apparently it holds 140 Gigs and it's the same size as a CD.

    Do DVD's just use different compression algorithms to CD's or are they physically different?


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    #35
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Think they're thicker aren't they? (I dunno)
    I think they use multiple layers or something...



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    #36
    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    And I think the grooves and pits 'n stuff on DVDs are packed much closer together than on CDs... So, Mandrake 6.1 on PCAnswers, eh? Is that on a CD or DVD? (Haven't got a DVD...)
    I'll have to go and have a look at that tomorrow - since my 600mb RedHat download appears to be FU(KED sad.gif
    - [IAR]Munch
    - iarclan.cjb.net


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    #37
    quozl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    Guys, you're really scareing me now.
    Leave winlinux the **** alone, its got win in the name hasnt it?
    Get rh 6.1 or suse or mandrake, 3 easy to install, easy to use systems. And they all will install x-windows with a nice window manager, gnome which i'm useing at the mo, is prettier, handier, stabler, and less damn annoying than windows. I've got programs to do everything I could want, and they're even gonna release Q3 for linux (although a month later thanks to the publishers).
    If you're considering trying linux, please pay 2 pounds to get a cd from www.cheapbytes.com 's uk distributor. Dont try some cheasy windows booting hack, or base your judgements on how user unfriendly it was even a year ago. Things have come along in leaps and bounds...
    I only use windows ever because i play everquest and no linux binary, but within a year, that wont be an issue with any games, anymore.
    Quozl


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    #38
    Canaboid
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Canaboid


    Steady on there Quozl lad. The problem with Linux is that it totally alien to your avg. MS fed comp. user (i.e. everyone.) Winlinux is exactly whats needed to get ppl interested. I installed redhat 5.2 as a dual boot a while back and it was fine but if I didn't know about fdisk /mbr I would have been left with a non-working PC and there was no way an avg user would have got their Matrox G200 working with xwindows. It is not suitable for new users.
    Winlinux is. Run setup and it installs itself (a full blooded version of linux) and off u go.


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    #39
    kayos
    Registered Users Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭kayos


    ok I started this treed so sorry if the letters WIN in the linux board scare you smile.gif
    Anyway I got *&^linux2000 yester day and yes it is a snap to install but I can't get x working (I have a TNT2Ultra) I've tried standerd vga and the TNT servers but no joy. Also it keeps complaing about my RAM then just tries to continue. Any help?

    KaYoS


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    #40
    quozl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    Like I said,
    dont judge linux by how it was a year ago. Rh has become hugely easier to use since 5.2
    5.2 was not a version a total newbie could use, 6.1 is. It's got an install program thats as easy to use as win98s,easily.
    Quozl


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