PCMech Forums - View Single Post

OOPS! · 12-06-2002, 07:56 AM

Hi,

Well, first of all you will need to pick a distro. Every distro has an installer that is a little different than the next. So any help for installing will have to be geared to that distro. If you have ever only used Windows, then I recommend Red Hat, Mandrake, or SuSe. Any of which have very nice graphical installers (ala Windows). Plus, they are probably the best distros at automagicaly detecting hardware.

On the brightside, any distro you pick will be very easy to setup to dual boot with WinMe. Linux will detect its' presence and automatically setup a bootloader for you. The only thing to remember is always install Windows first. The 9x versions assume they are the only OS in the world, and will cause your Linux install grief.

Getting a book is a very good thing. Check out some book stores and find one you are comfortable with, and read it.

Linux is fun and easy to use. So find a distro and then you can get started!

OOPS!

12-06-2002, 07:56 AM	#2
OOPS! Member (9 bit) Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Atwater Mn. USA Posts: 429	Hi, Well, first of all you will need to pick a distro. Every distro has an installer that is a little different than the next. So any help for installing will have to be geared to that distro. If you have ever only used Windows, then I recommend Red Hat, Mandrake, or SuSe. Any of which have very nice graphical installers (ala Windows). Plus, they are probably the best distros at automagicaly detecting hardware. On the brightside, any distro you pick will be very easy to setup to dual boot with WinMe. Linux will detect its' presence and automatically setup a bootloader for you. The only thing to remember is always install Windows first. The 9x versions assume they are the only OS in the world, and will cause your Linux install grief. Getting a book is a very good thing. Check out some book stores and find one you are comfortable with, and read it. Linux is fun and easy to use. So find a distro and then you can get started! OOPS! __________________ If you think you understand what's going on. Then you haven't been paying attention.