rcnitrous7 Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 i wanna try linux without messin with windows vista so is there such thing as a cd-bootable linux?if so, link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Yes. Check Distrowatch.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Sure, try Slax, it's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Windows and most *nix distros have live CDs for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcnitrous7 Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 firon, wouldnt it be *nux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 No, when people say *NIX, they usually mean the UNIX family of OS (including clones, like Linux). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 thanks guys these look cool as hell. The slax one looks amazing - going to try it out.Do you recommend a specific Distro release? Most of them seem to be Alphas and I was wondering how stable they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 (K)Ubuntu is a decent distro for beginners, though some people swear by Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, and whatever else. It really depends on what fits your taste (do you just want to use Linux, do you want to learn the insides of Linux, etc).Check the Linux Distribution Chooser to help you make your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 wow. are all these cd-bootable, no install?Edit: no, I saw that they aren't. GREAT link though. helps to sort up all the releases...do you recommend a certain live CD release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 As long as it says "Live CD", yes, they're bootable. Don't make the mistake to burn the .ISO as a file though, you need to burn it as an image. Other than that, burn away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 It really depends on what fits your taste (do you just want to use Linux, do you want to learn the insides of Linux, etc).kubuntu seems really nice. I run XP Pro at home, and I've never used Linux. I used Unix for about 5 years, but that was way in the past, in my younger years. I'd like to examine the possibility of switching to Linux at home, and a live CD seems like an easy way to test it.Thank you for the recommendation. Unless a better recommendation comes along, I think I'll try the kubuntu distribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Awesome Link indeed. Seems i qualify for SuSE and Mandriva, sadly. Little ol' *nix noob me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 these are the exact suggestions that I got. Edit: if you don't have to have a graphical installer, then kubuntu will be suggested as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 SuSE, Mandriva, and K/Ubuntu here... played around with Linux every now and then, but not like... hardcore use or whatever. I already prefer the *buntu's, but am still interested in the *BSDs, because of this article =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 interesting. will have to look into FreeBSD as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I tried installing FreeBSD on VMWare, but failed miserably... lucky I didn't try it on the computer itself xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 thanks for the heads up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I've tried Ubuntu, it's relatively painless. Still not my cup of tea, there's nothing on *nix that I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 nothing on *nix that I needI'm a bit nostalgic. It's been a long time since I last used Unix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hm... I think I can say the same about Windows -- there's nothing I really need. I don't have any applications really tying me to Windows, it's just the familiarity factor, and the fact that there's no real reason for me to change over to another operating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 slightly off topic: I've tried to download kubuntu using regular file download (since it's much faster then bittorrent), but somehow the download stopped after about 350MB. If I put this file in the folder where I store my bittorrent downloads, and open the kubuntu torrent - can µtorrent continue where the regular download stopped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 If it wasn't segmented downloading, it should. I used a download manager (not FF) to get ubuntu with like 10 threads, goes max speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 If it wasn't segmented downloadingdo you mean that if it wasn't using a download manager then µtorrent can continue the download? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Technically, Firefox's internal download thing is a download manager, but yeah, download managers like Free Download Manager (ooh surprise ;P), GetRight, FlashGet, etc, which allow you to split files and use multiple connections to speed the download up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofshi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 yeah, I know that download managers do that. What I would like to know please, is if after downloading part of a file, using FF alone, and having the download stop for some reason, I can continue the download using µtorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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