Desktops...

Unidentified Assilant · Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:48 am

My PC specs are...

Windows XP Home Operating System (I hate microsoft though... i wanted linux but my dad said he only knows how to use windows)
3.2mkz processor
1024mb memory
56k CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
NVidia GeForce FX 5000 Series
4 USB Ports
Any thing else good I can think of.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:55 am

Unidentified Assilant wrote:My PC specs are...

Windows XP Home Operating System (I hate microsoft though... i wanted linux but my dad said he only knows how to use windows)
3.2mkz processor
1024mb memory
56k CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
NVidia GeForce FX 5000 Series
4 USB Ports
Any thing else good I can think of.

"mkz"? If you meant 3.2Mhz, you're not running slower than a 4004. ^^* You probably meant GHz...

Unidentified Assilant · Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:00 pm

i did mean Ghz

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:54 pm

Unidentified Assilant wrote:Windows XP Home Operating System (I hate microsoft though... i wanted linux but my dad said he only knows how to use windows)

You may want to try asking him about a dual boot system. Everyone is happy. Some distros set it up automatically (of course, you can change it) and even save what you have. Of course, you may wanna back up just in case.

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:40 pm

that is what the millions of linux live cd's are for! Don't make their makers feel unloved, use them!

Pssssss... Or you could wait and get my hacker turned gamer live cd based off of slax.

sam · Post by **sam** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:26 pm

What are alternitives to microsofts windows?
A list would be helpful(with ease of use in mind

)

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:31 pm

The most popular is Linux, which has many variations. (technically called distributions, or distros) My favorite distro is SuSE.

sam · Post by **sam** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:32 pm

Hmm could you elaborate on Linux because i have no clue what it is :O.

Post by **gannon** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:39 pm

It's a different OS that's more stable than windows. It has heavy use of command prompt, although in certain distros it's almost reduced to no command prompts needed.

sam · Post by **sam** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:46 pm

Is a lot of basic computer langauges needed?, how easy is it to use, and what it dual boot? and what are the different distros, are they just like 95,98,me,nt,xp ?

Post by **gannon** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:50 pm

sam wrote:Is a lot of basic computer langauges needed?, how easy is it to use, and what it dual boot? and what are the different distros, are they just like 95,98,me,nt,xp ?

You don't need to know any computer languages, the command prompt is just like using dos in windows. It's fairly easy to use, and even easier if you're comfortable with dos, Dual booting is having more than one OS on a computer at a time, so you can have both linux and windows

The different distros are like the differences between windows versions to put it simply.

sam · Post by **sam** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:54 pm

Hmm when i turn on my computer what does it boot up to?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:59 pm

a menu that lets you choose your operating system, if you have dual boot. If you don't (you probably will, it tends to assume you want it when installing Linux) have dual boot, it will take you to the one OS you installed.

sam · Post by **sam** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:01 pm

Pros Cons of linux?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:12 pm

Pros:
fun to play with
configurable
free
fast
stable
open source (meaning anyone with the ability can program for it, making it updated often and well-built)

Cons:
hard to install some programs
your monitor basically needs to support 1024x768, more if possible. Everything is kinda big, though that can be changed
I don't care for the fonts
Windows Applications don't run without quite a bit of work (even then, nothing too complex)

I'd say it's worth a shot, especially at its price
http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpro ... index.html