funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I need to know which Linux Distro to go with. I'm running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1GHz dual-core. My mother board is an ECS EliteGroup GeFORCE6100SM-M. So.. which distro should I go with? I'm really looking forward to Linux, but, my last attempt a few months ago at Ubuntu didn't work :( Help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1232 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I need to know which Linux Distro to go with.I'm running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1GHz dual-core. My mother board is an ECS EliteGroup GeFORCE6100SM-M. So.. which distro should I go with? I'm really looking forward to Linux, but, my last attempt a few months ago at Ubuntu didn't work :( Help please? Ubuntu. . . or Fedora are pretty easy . . Ubuntu is sweet . . . most everything supported and a great forum site when you need help. . http://www.ubuntuforums.org Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 yup. try fedora , if you can, try to download Fedora respins which are stable releases (fedora 8) but also have latest updated packages in them, so you dont have to download mega updates. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 There's only one itsy bitsy problem... I don't have any blank DVDs :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Ok... I d/led Ubuntu 7.10, but don't know what I need to put on the disc... help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Sorry to bump, but I really need to know! Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph_tran Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 you could use nero to burn the iso to disk. When using nero, make sure you select "create cd from image". When you're done burning, check the disk in windows explorer to make sure there are mulitple files inside, not just one .iso file. An alternative is to get a trial copy of VMWare to boot off the iso... that'll save you from using up a DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2008 Use whatever burn app you have, and select "burn iso as image". That should do the trick. Do not burn it as a big .iso file on the CD. That doesn't work so well. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 I meant which ones do I put onto the disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hard to tell. Which ones did you download? i386 or x64 should both work. Adobe doesn't have a 64-bit flash plugin, so you will have to do a little finesse with the x64 for stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Ok.. I downloaded the x64 with only the text file, but, Alcohol 120% only wants me to open file... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2008 Isn't alcohol an app for mounting CD .iso images as virtual drives in Windows? :unsure: If it can burn CDs, just use it to burn the .iso image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Ok.. I feel so nooby. Which one is the .iso? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2008 Got torrent? http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ubuntu-7.1...386.iso.torrent EDIT: That's the standard 32-bit version AMD64 is http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ubuntu-7.1...d64.iso.torrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Thanks :) I'll download uTorrent and then hop in the shower ;) I'll PM you if I need anything further :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkz Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 give ubuntu another shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 give ubuntu another shot That's what I'm doing ;) About 37% downloaded ATM :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Ok.... I still don't which file(s) to burn onto the disc. Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Ok.... I still don't which file(s) to burn onto the disc. Help! The one with the extension ".iso" But don't just burn it, make sure you use the option "burn iso to disc" or similar depending on what burning software you use. On a side note, I just d/l alcohol 120 to see what option it gave, and it asked me to reboot before installing. Stuff that. not getting installed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 The one with the extension ".iso"But don't just burn it, make sure you use the option "burn iso to disc" or similar depending on what burning software you use. On a side note, I just d/l alcohol 120 to see what option it gave, and it asked me to reboot before installing. Stuff that. not getting installed here. In my WinRAR, I have one that says isolinux. Would I burn just that? Because it has things like start.exe and cdboot.exe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2008 Noooo! Don't open it with winrar or anything! You will get files, but loose the boot information. Burn as image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Burn what? When I downloaded the torrent, it didn't save anywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 You could try Ubuntu without installing onto separate partition and without the need for cd/dvd. http://lifehacker.com/software/ubuntu/inst...dows-228956.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 So, it doesn't actually install it? If so, that ruins the whole point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjunky Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Please help! I want to be running Linux, but, I don't know what to burn! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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