For The Love Of Linux

[jayanth]

Check this new distribution of LINUX.. They are offering free Linux Cds all over the world.. Please order what you NEED and not what you WANT..

http://www.ubuntulinux.org

[raven]

Hey, thats pretty neat, thanx for the info...checking....

[jayanth]

No Problems.. Just doing my part.. WHY ??

Read the thread title..

[computer-guy]

Will they pay for transportation or do we have to shell out for that and its just the cd that is free?

[jayanth]

You Pay absolutely nothing.. Here is a faster link

http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org

[Black Death]

Sounds interesting. I really don't want Linux on a CD though when I can download it much faster.

[mani_rawalpindi]

Hey Jayanth i am assuming that u r user of Linux tell me is it better then windows in respect of GUI and then is it stable enough and do u recommend it for regular use

[jayanth]

What do you think?? Am i using Linux or Not?? If yo uhave doubts read the Thread Title.. :)

[rizaaj]

so you are definately using linux.... any ways i got to use Lindows once... oh God it was [censored] ...

it was censored keeping in mind the title of ur thread

[mani_rawalpindi]

hey what about your experience with linux Jayanth?
but pls do tell me how it is specially the stability issue

[jayanth]

Its deadly.. Is all ican say.. Its stable.. Good.. Betetr features than Propertiry OSs..

[mani_rawalpindi]

hmm i am definately going for it now i think i can use multiple os i will keep xp just in case i have problems with it

[Black Death]

If you want to just try it out, get VMWare Workstation and run the linux distro as a simulation in the VMware environment, so if you don't like it or encounter problems you won't have to go through the hassle of reinstalling Windows again.

A trial version of Workstation is available at www.vmware.com

[mani_rawalpindi]

Hey thanks Black Death i should now consider it using

[jayanth]

You can use the Live CD which Ubuntu gives you.. It boots from teh CD to give you agood preview of the OS.//

[virus]

Another famous Live On CD distro is Knoppix!
http://www.knoppix.org/

This is one of the best live on boot Linux distribution!

Regarding the stability of Linux, one thing is for sure.... you must know various commands to handle it.. Cos, its GUI is very heavy! Needs atleast 256MB of RAM if you are installating any latest distro!

And when Linux hangs... which is very rare... you are fixed!
So you need to do lots of ups and down to get it back n up!

I would post a detailed tutorial regarding it!

Rest, LINUX rocks... My only hindrance for not using it is the problem of Internet Connection! My broadband provider doesnt give me a Linux Login Client!
So have to get stucked with Windows...

[mani_rawalpindi]

surely i have ordered the IF the cd's arrive will install it for sure

[jayanth]

Cds will be dispatched on Jan 8th..

[abhay_s]

Linux sure rocks as jayanth and virux says. ... i use Suse 9.1 and Redhat . .. both of them rock. .. linux sure is more stable than any other OS that u might use. .. but as virus said u need to know many shell commands like those in DOS . .. but its fun if u know them . .. not knowing them does'nt mean that u can't use linux . .only thing it might take time for u to learn how to do things in linux that u generally do on the other OS u use .. but be assured that what u can do on ur present OS that can also be done on linux . .anything at all ...

[jayanth]

@ abhay :- Very much true.. Terminal commands are great to know.. And even if you dont know, the man will help you..

@ Virus :- As you said when Linux Hangs........ Its Rare.. Its only hardware problems which cause Linux to Hang as per the research by RH... It can hang because of User Mistakes also.. Unlike other OS it doesnt Hang by itself..

[abhay_s]

yeah as far as ive been using linux it was only once that linux hung and that too cuz i did a stupid error something with the cdrom .. .
@jayanth : yeah shell commands are cool to know. .. its fun and faster to do jobs through the shell .. . but yeah mans do help out. . but i find them a little too confusing. . . the web helps a lot for shell commands . ..

[mani_rawalpindi]

maybe Jayanth could post complete commands with some details based on his own experience

[jayanth]

There are far too many commands in Linux to remember and post the Syntax.. So its better to use man.. Else you post a query i will answer..

Also @ Abhay :- Linux does hang.. I've had no expericence with those but they do hang when the processor gets heated right up to the core.. Also when there are too many scratches on the cd.. When you try to access stuff from windows which have bad sectors and are badly fragmented..

As we can see all these are ONLY hardware problems.. I dont remmeber getting Kernal problems at all.. No problem with the OS as well..