Topic awaiting preservation: Small but perfectly formed linux distro (Page 1 of 1) |
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: London |
posted 01-10-2006 17:09
Hi chaps and chappettes, I've a linux question. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 01-10-2006 23:29
You could always just install another window manager or desktop environment on DSL. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: London |
posted 01-11-2006 10:51
Well I ended up going with Ubuntu, I bit the bullet and tried installing it myself, and was delightfully suprised that it worked almost perfectly. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 01-11-2006 11:08
The typical methods vary by distro. I think the preferred method in Ubuntu is to use Synaptic to use apt-get. |
Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian From: Glieberlermany |
posted 01-11-2006 14:26
Blaise, there's an "unofficial starter guide" here: |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 01-11-2006 19:36
If you run into to trouble and need quick help, just connect to irc.freenode.net and /join #ubuntu or ##linux. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: London |
posted 01-12-2006 09:29
Thanks guys, appreciate the help |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence |
posted 01-12-2006 19:11
Well another laptop is running linux right now, way to go Blaise. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: London |
posted 01-13-2006 11:53
If Gentoo is taking so much to instlal on your laptop, why not try something a little less resource hungry, does Gentoo come with some functionality that you particularly need?? |