Farchord Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 It rocks! So different than Windows, I like it! I got kinda bored of Windows, ya know, always the same crap.... Gets boring :crazy: But hey, this thing kicks! I installed the ntfs thingy (That I found on neowin, by the way ;)), installed a newer version of xmms (Could you understand that it said that mpeg3 support was dropped in Red hat??? :blink: ), works fine now :D Just wanted to say my experience :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar559 Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 can you please post a screenie?? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercuryx013 Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Welcome to Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farchord Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Well ok I was in fedora but now it doesn't want to boot anymore :pinch: When I enter my username and password, it just freezes :pinch: I'll reinstall it later on and post a screenie :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 29, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2004 Well ok I was in fedora but now it doesn't want to boot anymore :pinch: When I enter my username and password, it just freezes :pinch: I'll reinstall it later on and post a screenie :s You shouldn't have to reinstall. (this isn't Windows) ;) If you have GRUB as a bootloader, then you should be able to force it to runlevel 3 (text mode) by using the command interface. kerenl / vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda1 (if hda1 is where your / is mounted) Then you can try to startx and see what is causing the problem. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimshady89 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I had to choose between Fedora and Mandrake 10.0 and I chose Mandrake ... and it rocks too but I will definitely try Fedora next hearing alot of good thigns about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHaKi- Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Nice, I'm thinking about trying the new version of Fedora. Right now I have mandrake 9.2 but I really haven't took the time to do anything with it that much :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Could you understand that it said that mpeg3 support was dropped in Red hat??? *sarcasm*no, really? sorry, had to say that...you can blame Fraunhauffer (the inventor of the MP3) for that one...EVERY distro can't bundle it anymore...there's reasons, but I won't get into it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farchord Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 Well, I fixed it with the help of a friend. I put the wrong driver for the X server, so the vid card driver was failing >.< Fixed now..... Here's the screenshot :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrStaticVoid Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 You should consider installing the Microsoft Core Fonts so that your web pages will look just like they do in Windows. http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ (Don't worry, the installation is foolproof). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGVL Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 You should really get Firebird/Firefox on there ;) (Or a nice Mozilla theme of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 You should consider installing the Microsoft Core Fonts so that your web pages will look just like they do in Windows.http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ (Don't worry, the installation is foolproof). really? One of the reasons I love browsing in linux is to get away from those crappy ms fonts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongit Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 oh they aren't crappy in linux. I have no idea why they look so much better in linux than in windows if you can get truetype to work right in linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitjel Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Here's a link to a Bluecurve Mozilla theme...I think it should be the default mozilla theme for Fedora in my opinion. And the M$ fonts in Linux really help the looks too...not too many other fonts look better on webpages and menus than Verdana or Tahoma or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farchord Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 Well the thing is that I did try to install Firefox on there.... but it comes in .gz form, so I have to use the extractor (It's called file something?), when I do, it extracts half-way then it 'Windows'es (Crashes) and it says that the application did an error and blah blah blah.... :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadworthy Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 File roller? Maybe you should try to download it (Firefox) again, sounds like it got corrupted in transit Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ucw]prophet Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Well the thing is that I did try to install Firefox on there.... but it comes in .gz form, so I have to use the extractor (It's called file something?) This is a little long, but it'll help you learn a few things.... You can also extract it via terminal using tar: tar -zxvf file.tar.gz (use the zxvf if it's a gz extention, and jxvf if it's a bz2 extention) Also, since you're using Gnome, make sure you get the xft version (for smooth fonts): http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/fir...gtk2+xft.tar.gz Now since this is a binary file (aka you don't have to compile it), you can either leave it in your home directory or if you have other users, you can put it in the /usr/share directory for others to use. You'll have to log into terminal as root to do so by typing "su" (without the "") and the administrator password. Here's a good example of how to do this in terminal: su (followed by password) mv ~/firefox /usr/share/ ln -s /usr/share/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox The above does the following: su - gets you into root so you can move the file to the /usr/share directory mv - the move command, where you tell the firefox directory to move from your home directory to the /usr/share directory. The ~ symbol in terminal is a generic way to point to your home directory, instead of typing /home/username. ln - creates a link. the -s means to create a symbolic link. You put the symbolic link in the /usr/bin directory so that anyone can run firefox by typing "firefox" (without the "") in terminal. Now, if you want to create a launcher to start firefox without having to use terminal all the time, you can create a launcher, type in firefox in the command line, and choose an icon. It'll load firefox without having to tell it where it's specifically located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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