alternative os

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:07 pm

The SuSE installer has a partition creator which will list all your HDDs, so just pick the one you want, and install to it. If you have anything on the second HDD, either move it, or just shrink the existing partition and make a new partition. When you start installing SuSE, you will see how simple it really is. SuSE also has a muti-messenger client which can connect to services like MSN, ICQ, AIM, and Yahoo Messnger. If you want to run the real MSN Messenger, you can run an older Windows or a miniature version of XP or 2000 in DOSbox(within Linux).

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:54 pm

MSN Messenger no. But there are messenger programs that work with MSN, Yahoo, and AIM screen names, like an all-in-one of sorts.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:07 pm

soundwave wrote:MSN Messenger no. But there are messenger programs that work with MSN, Yahoo, and AIM screen names, like an all-in-one of sorts.

Are you by chance talking about naim?

nos_slived wrote:Unanimus? I think you forgot a couple letters, LOL.

You understood what I ment, and thats whats important.

Oh and about the installers. SuSE and RedHat both of which I've used have great user friendly installers. The only thing that you may worry about is a text based installer, like what DSL (Damn Small Linux) and Slax use. However you can find help all over the internet about how to use (c)fdisk and how to properly install it so you dont fudge anything.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:12 pm

I dont know what I'm talking about, I just know they have those all-in-one messenger apps for every OS.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:16 pm

Like I said, SuSE already has an all-in-one messenger.

watermelon · Post by **watermelon** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:44 pm

does anyone know a decent place to get suse from? LinuxISO is running incrediably slow.

if im running two os's (xp and suse) how do i select which one i use?

is there an option on boot to select?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:46 pm

watermelon wrote:is there an option on boot to select?

yes

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:48 pm

how about real alternative os's? like skyos, and centos, and sll those cool ones?

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:54 pm

A page of mirrors(including 1 torrent)
Direct mirror from a Swiss site with a 96% satisfaction rate(I got approx 4h vs. 9h from LinuxISO)

Don't forget that it is a 700MB download, so it will take a while, even with broadband. Do you have NERO or another ISO burning program yet?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:10 am

watermelon wrote:does anyone know a decent place to get suse from? LinuxISO is running incrediably slow.

Linuxiso.org, iso.linuxquestions.org, isohunt.com (need torrent program)

if im running two os's (xp and suse) how do i select which one i use?

Yes the SuSE installer will do that. Most newer distros will use Grub, some still use Lilo.

is there an option on boot to select?

If you mean select which OS, then yes. Both Grub and Lilo have a list of the OS on you system with a timer (you can set) that will loud which ever one after the timer runs out if one is not selected before hand.

watermelon · Post by **watermelon** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:15 am

ok, some noob advice needed.

i have the winrar iso of suse, how on earth do i burn it so it will run?

i burnt it with alchohol, the data is on the disk, but it wont run.

i have nero and alchohol 120%

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:23 am

First un-rar it. Then open Nero and select the "burn nero project or image". This is all you really need to know.

watermelon · Post by **watermelon** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:54 am

do i need to burn it as a "bootable disk". becuase at the moment im burning it as a "data disk" and it doesnt do anything.

F · Post by F » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:37 pm

Bah. Linux is overrated. I'm fairly sure that people use Linux just because it's cool to hate Microsoft. I used to be a huge fan of Linux, but Windows XP is just so much better.

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:58 pm

No offense to anyone, I am not a big fan of Windows XP. (I believe Windows 2000 was better.) Actually, I would rather use a Macintosh Quadra with Mac OS 7.6.1!

But everyone has their opinions.

This seems like the appropriate place for a couple song parodies... (don't read if you can't handle an anti-Microsoft joke. Just fair warning.

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[sings to the tune of "jingle Bells"]
Man, this program's big
biggest ever seen
God this file's big
MS Word 15
comes on 10 CDs
It requires--DAMN!
100 gigs of disk space
and a terabyte of RAM

OH Microsoft, Microsoft. Bloatware all the way
I've been here installing it
since midnight yesterday, oh
Microsoft, Microsoft cut the bloatware, please.
in case you haven't noticed
Hard drives don't grow on trees!

[/singing]

I may edit this again (depending on weather or not I come up with another one.

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DISCLAIMER: This is a joke. I am not trying to offend anyone or anything like that. (: