--- In [email protected], "kazman1914" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Well, I finally had time to reformat my desktop and reinstall Windows
> and Linux. I decided to use the Windows disk to create two partitions
> of approximately equal size (=2 x 95 gig). I then installed Windows
> on the first partition, and had quite a time getting things to work.
> For some reason the sound card would not work, even after installing
> the drivers from HP's site. Then I added Real Player, rebooted, and
> the sound card worked.
>
> Next I tried installing PCLinuxOS, but it wouldn't work. I'd get to
> the point where I was installing files, and every time I reached the
> point where about 25% of the fies were copied, the system would
> freeze, and nothing would prod it to move. Fine. I downloaded the 32
> bit version of Ubuntu per the advice I got here, and I was able to
> install. Things went much better this time. I was able to manually
> install, which I couldn't do previously. I took the non-Windows drive
> of about 95 gig and made two drives, one with about 85 gig and one
> with about 10; I chose the / symbol for the larger drive and "swap"
> for the other, and proceeded without trouble. (No, I didn't mean to
> create such a large swap drive, but I didn't select the number of
> megabytes correctly. Anyway, I have 85 gig to devote to Linux on this
> PC, and I think that will suffice for a long time.)
>
> Once again I've set up email, installed drivers that allow me to play
> music CD's, and downloaded software allowing me to watch videos on
> YouTube. I haven't figured out what to do so that I can listen to the
> partial songs that you can preview on some CDs on Amazon's site. I
> tried to install Real Player, but after I downloaded the Linux version
> of the program I couldn't do anything with it. I double clicked and
> got an error message.
>
> I can't get a DVD to play, but from what I'm reading online I'm not
> alone. I'm thinking about trying either Freespire or the pay version
> known as Linspire. The latter is about $50.00, which will defeat my
> dream of totally-free software, but what good is totally-free software
> that I can't use fully? I'll start with Freespire, though, and hope
> for the best. Hopefully I won't run into any problems installing it
> on my laptop.
>
> I went into the Synaptic Package Manager and, without a clue what I
> was doing, managed to find and supposedly install Wine, but I can't
> figure out how to make it work, or to get it to download any windows
> programs. Is there a "Wine for Dummies" or some other book that tells
> you what to do step by step in such a way that those new to Linux can
> follow it? The program is not at all intuitive, at least not as far
> as I'm concerned.
>
> Well, that's it for now. It looks like Freespire is about done
> downloading, so it's time to create another disk.
>
> ~Sean
>
Inspire is a bit clunky, I suggest you try Suse 10.3. Just be aware
that as part of the installation process it may want to install
updates. These can take a long time even on broadband, so you may want
to delay this until after the install is complete.
I feel Suse 10.3 is the equal if not better than Ubuntu once you have
gotten used to they slab. Personally, I prefer Kubuntu, it's a
personal preference.
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