Linux N3wb

[SkullFire]

Yo, I'm a computer geek, and I'm looking into purchasing a GP2x someday in the near future. I am also interested in having Linux run on my PC (I have ubuntu coming in the mail right now). If anyone could teach me how to use linux to it's max, I'd greatly appreciate it! I'd like to understand much more of what's going on when I'm running it, like when I run Windows (AKA Satan).

I've used Window/DOS for way to long, and it's engrained into me, so please bear with me... this is a difficult switch!

-THX

SkullFire

 

[Cyclops]

Join a Linux User Group. Otherwise you will miss out.

 

[nickspoon]

OK, first thing is, to be a true Linux geek, you never order CDs. You download and burn.

Linux is much more based around the terminal than Windows, but if you're familiar with the command-line in Windows, moving to Linux is simple. Installing software is as simple as downloading and installing a package (although there may be some software where you have to download the source and run configure, make, make install, but it's as simple as that).

With Linux you'll also have to learn to figure things out yourself. The answer is not always obvious. There is plenty of help on the web, and Google is your friend, but it ultimately comes down to you.

Migrating to Linux is very simple, and a great thing to do if you want to recompile apps for the GP2X (the main reason I use it, I use Winblows most of the time).

I can't say much else without you asking something more specific.

 

[SkullFire]

Well... my burner's f'd up, so burning copies doesn't work... usually. I do have debain haning around somewhere, and xandros... I'm gonna look into Fedora Core or Red Hat. I heard their easy ! So... I'll post questions I have later, when I get linux either downloaded or ordered in.

But I do have one question:
What's A Linux User Group, and how do I join one?

Late-A

-SkullFire

 

[DemonStar55]

I found SuSE extermly easy to use but Ubuntu is pretty easy and is better because SuSE randomly stopped working on my computer for me

 

[SkullFire]

Hmm... I have Linux-Live Suse, it works okay, but it doesn't like my mouse >_<

Anyways, what's a Linux User Group and how can I join one?

-SkullFire h34r: (I hate repeating myself!)

 

[DemonStar55]

Hmm... I have Linux-Live Suse, it works okay, but it doesn't like my mouse >_<

Anyways, what's a Linux User Group and how can I join one?

-SkullFire h34r: (I hate repeating myself!)

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a LUG (Linux User Group) is a group of linux kids that do stuff, I still need to find one in my area. I found out a quite a few kids in my school use linux too

 

[Cyclops]

http://popey.com/cgi-bin/slugwiki.pl?Surrey_LUG_HomePage

Have a look see if its your thing. If you are starting off its nice to someone to talk about things you want to do, go along remember to get a few phone numbers email whatever.

There is a wealth of information on Linux(more than about windows), on chat rooms, newsgroups, web pages, forums, how-to's , man pages, books, magazines etc etc, but none of these replace a real person, its also another aspect to your social life.

 

[nickspoon]

Social life? What's that?

 

[Nova]

Yo, I'm a computer geek, and I'm looking into purchasing a GP2x someday in the near future. I am also interested in having Linux run on my PC (I have ubuntu coming in the mail right now). If anyone could teach me how to use linux to it's max, I'd greatly appreciate it! I'd like to understand much more of what's going on when I'm running it, like when I run Windows (AKA Satan).

I've used Window/DOS for way to long, and it's engrained into me, so please bear with me... this is a difficult switch!

-THX

SkullFire

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Hey man, fellow Ubuntu user here. If you have any questions about setting up and stuff, PM me. I consider myself an expert on ubuntu wifi.

 

[Cyclops]

Social life? What's that?

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OFF-TOPIC:

Its the difference between being part of something, or being on your own. IRC and other Interweb forms of communication, are natural forms of communication for a IT groups like that of Linux or even the GP2X, but its just not as fun like that.

If memory serves me Craigix even used to have some get togethers, which I have to say seems a lot more fun than developing on your own.

People and me included are pretty solitary, but its not a way to live. I talk to one other person about my GP2X and then only about once a week, and it makes owning a GP2X ten times more of an experience, becuase its a shared pleasure.

 

[nickspoon]

OFF-TOPIC:

Its the difference between being part of something, or being on your own. IRC and other Interweb forms of communication, are natural forms of communication for a IT groups like that of Linux or even the GP2X, but its just not as fun like that.

If memory serves me Craigix even used to have some get togethers, which I have to say seems a lot more fun than developing on your own.

People and me included are pretty solitary, but its not a way to live. I talk to one other person about my GP2X and then only about once a week, and it makes owning a GP2X ten times more of an experience, becuase its a shared pleasure.

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Ooh, that sounds nice. Where do I apply to get this "social life"?

Anyway, I also use Ubuntu, great distro. Feel free to PM me for help.

Damn it, I'd love to be part of a Linux usergroup, but a) there isn't one in my area (well, there was, but its last meeting was in 1996), and b ) I can't find one that I'd be able to join, i.e. a junior group of some sort. Heh, maybe I should start one at school.

 

[SkullFire]

Wow, thanks for all the help guys, I'll make sure to contact nickspoon and nova if I have any problems!

-SkullFire

(Currently Looking up "LUG")

 

[Javacat]

Many years ago, when I decided to have a fiddle with penguins I joined a forum called LinuxNewbie (now known as JustLinux). I found the people on there were extremely helpful and I was soon on my way. Later on I started using LinuxQuestions, which is a much bigger linux forum and I found they were just as helpful.
It's probably worth checking one of those forums if you have any problems.


On a side note, you'll find that the easiest way of learning linux is by diving in head first, and if you bugger it up just do a format and you're sorted or ask someone for help and fix the problem.
Once you have become somewhat competant you should give LFS a go.

 

[SkullFire]

Thanks! I'm running around on there right now! My Ubuntu died abruptly after trying to install Wine... so I'm gonna try Knoppix or somethin' else with Linux-Live for a while before I install another system. It's a pain to install something and have it screw up and then reinstall it every other day... esp. when I wanted to just run Wine!

-SkullFire h34r:

 

[DemonStar55]

Thanks! I'm running around on there right now! My Ubuntu died abruptly after trying to install Wine... so I'm gonna try Knoppix or somethin' else with Linux-Live for a while before I install another system. It's a pain to install something and have it screw up and then reinstall it every other day... esp. when I wanted to just run Wine!

-SkullFire h34r:

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what does it do when you try to boot it? do you just get command line or nothing?

 

[trooper]

Thanks! I'm running around on there right now! My Ubuntu died abruptly after trying to install Wine... so I'm gonna try Knoppix or somethin' else with Linux-Live for a while before I install another system. It's a pain to install something and have it screw up and then reinstall it every other day... esp. when I wanted to just run Wine!

-SkullFire h34r:

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Far from me to have a pop, But i see no point in installing linux ________ (enter chosen distro here) to get away from windows, To then go ahead and install wine :blink: . Why don`t you just dual boot your system with windows/linux until you find a more stable distro and are more comfortable with linux. Least then you can still boot to windows if things should go tits up.

Trooper

 

[DemonStar55]

Thanks! I'm running around on there right now! My Ubuntu died abruptly after trying to install Wine... so I'm gonna try Knoppix or somethin' else with Linux-Live for a while before I install another system. It's a pain to install something and have it screw up and then reinstall it every other day... esp. when I wanted to just run Wine!

-SkullFire  h34r:

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Far from me to have a pop, But i see no point in installing linux ________ (enter chosen distro here) to get away from windows, To then go ahead and install wine :blink: . Why don`t you just dual boot your system with windows/linux until you find a more stable distro and are more comfortable with linux. Least then you can still boot to windows if things should go tits up.

Trooper

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I dual boot, but I'd prefer to run wine because it doesn't require me to reboot. but I'm playing doom 3 right and it's native so I'm set

 

[Claym99]

Hey, I just installed Ubuntu about two weeks ago (I am also new to Linux).

 

[SkullFire]

what does it do when you try to boot it? do you just get command line or nothing?

I get command line, but even the HALT and TERM commands (or whatever, I tried to many different things to remember, but you get my point!) and that won't work... much. It's starts to terminate, but then the TERM program crashes >_<

I'd like to know what happened, but I'm not gonna fix it. I didn't do much with it, and I'll be glad to re-install it.

Oh, and I don't understand how to install programs... could someone teach me? I downloaded the Debian version of Gens and a couple other programs and emulators, but I just couldn't get them to run for the life of me! Even SNES9x, which I had running when I used Red Hat a year ago!

-SkullFire

PS: I used WINE because I likes my GoldWave! I will not separate with it!