aximbigfan

Originally Posted by arcticmaniac

Assuming your notebook has a PCMCIA slot. You can get one with CF card reader and place it on the CF card. You might want to try DSL (Damn Small Linux) it only takes up 50MB. I tried Ubuntu and it took forever to load up

yeah it does... but its 16 bit..


chris

ericcumbee

if the network connection fails all you have to do is restart the installation.

aximbigfan

ok well... i downloaded the perminet installation and now and loading the files to the lappy via my network.. i can already see that i might have problems because i dont see an exe anywhere.. i think that you are suppose to put this on a cd and insert it a boot up.. the thing is that this lappy only has a floppy drive and a hard drive. so what should i do?


chris

Howard2k

I had a quick look at the Ubuntu Wiki and it looks like it needs a CD.

You might have to look for another distro.

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aximbigfan

yeah ok il go with damn small linux...

chris

Frenchy

I work with Xandros for about a year and when I couldn't sync anymore, the WiFi was still on/off at time and installing new gear and software took so long that I returned to Windows 2000. I was fun but it never fully took over everything as I was expecting. Too bad it had great potential.

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aximbigfan

is it free?

chris

0gopogo

I really, really like Linux (and if you must know, Suse == good, RedHat == bad ;-) for various reasons but I use WXP at home for various other good reasons. And that concludes what I have to say about Linux vs Windows in this thread about Ubuntu.

I have yet to try Ubuntu myself but what intrigues me is that according to some articles I recently read Ubuntu makes it easy to set up and configure a mobile computing environment on a bootable memory stick; ideally a failsafe OS-on-a-stick to help rescue data or repair Windows when it fails...

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arcticmaniac

Originally Posted by aximbigfan

is it free? chris

The whole idea of linux is that its all suppose to be free in terms of its distribution. Redhat, etc makes money I believe from support.

Frenchy

Xandros wasn't free. I pay 60$ for it. Cheap for a OS

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arcticmaniac

Chris, try this, it fits on a floppy.
Pocket Linux

http://www.pocket-lnx.org/

Also with IBLS, you can pick what parts you need and it will build your own ISO package.

http://www.ibls.org/iso.php

Frenchy

Can I suggest that if your laptop can boot from USB device to copy the install CD to a memory card.

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Lonecrow

If your bios support USB booting, boot from a USB key.
http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en..._USB_key_HOWTO

For the Free not free versions of Linux, well you have 2 choices when willing to try a linux distro. A packaged version, with manuals and support, or the free version, which has to be downloaded from their website (which costs you bandwidth)

So basically, linux IS free, not matter which distro you use (and that includes Xandros, Red Hat, Mandriva and the likes)

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reese

Originally Posted by mikeyp

Ubuntu Sucks compared to SuSE10

I would have to disagree...

A) No root account on Ubuntu
B) Kubuntu is just awesome
C) Apt pwns the RPM system
D) Ubuntu is 100% free unlike suse (not all versions are free)

aximbigfan

the lappy dosent have a usb port... that floppy booting linux.. will try that! can it be perminetly installed like ubuntu?


chris