Discussion about the various UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems and their variants. http://www.wuug.org/list.php?12 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:41:40 -0400 Phorum 5.2.7 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,188,188#msg-188 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,188,188#msg-188 www.polarhome.com]

They have many unixes (unices? ) and offer a shell account for $10.]]> bradbobak Operating Systems Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:18:52 -0400 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,155,155#msg-155 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,155,155#msg-155
I'm a web developer in Windsor and up until recently, I thought that Windows would always be my OS of choice. But, after seeing other people struggle, I'm now determined that I'll never go to Vista for my home computers. I have XP right now which is nice, but I want to start learning some flavour of *nix to move to once XP is no longer supported by MS.

Anyway, I've used linux briefly at past jobs and in school, but I might as well be a total newbie. I want to install maybe Ubuntu on my laptop so it can boot into either XP or Ubuntu, so I can start learning about it, and finding software to replace the few Windows-only apps I've been using.

Anyway, I have a couple questions for you guys, if you don't mind helping someone get their feet wet.

- First off, is Ubuntu my best choice? I want something as Windows-User friendly as possible. I'm not very comfortable with doing things at the command-line though I can make due if necessary. Do you have better recommendations? I figured Ubuntu b/c I've heard good things about it... and I think that's what I used at a past job, which was pretty nice.

- Second, will installing it wipe out or interfere with my XP installation? Do I need a separate drive or partition?

- Lastly, how do I go about installing it? I read that I need to burn the install to a CD then boot from the CD to do so. Where do I get it from? Are there places where I can pick up free copies of it locally?

Thanks for any help! You guys might be gaining a new local convert. :)

~S]]> Sherriw Operating Systems Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:28:41 -0400 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,122,122#msg-122 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,122,122#msg-122 The install / config options are part of the gentoo handbook. I now have a gentoo install that compiles emerged packages paralleled on 3 different computers (and one is a 64bit box).
Seeing on how my gentoo box is a low-mhz box, this configuration emerges my packages really fast!]]> bradbobak Operating Systems Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:05:02 -0400 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,96,96#msg-96 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,96,96#msg-96 Thanks in advance, Brad.]]> bradbobak Operating Systems Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:47:45 -0500 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,67,67#msg-67 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,67,67#msg-67 Ontario Linux Fest. From their talk at the conference, I gather their big thing here is Xen virtualization. If anyone wants these I'll bring them to the November meeting.]]> ezod Operating Systems Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:13:25 -0400 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,58,58#msg-58 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,58,58#msg-58
AIX
Arch Linux
ClarkConnect
Coyote Linux
Debian GNU/Linux
DragonFlyBSD
Fedora
FreeBSD
Gentoo Linux
HP-UX
IRIX
Knoppix
Linspire
MacOS X
Mandriva Linux
MEPIS
MINIX 3
MkLinux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
openSUSE
PCLinuxOS
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
QNX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rock Linux
Slackware Linux
Solaris
SuSE Linux
Tru64 UNIX
Ubuntu Linux
uClinux
Vector Linux
Yellow Dog Linux
z/OS]]> ezod Operating Systems Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:52:35 -0500 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,44,44#msg-44 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,44,44#msg-44
What distro is recommended for such an old system?

I tried Ubuntu server (headless), but the installer required too much RAM.

I tried Debian Etch - floppy install, but installer hangs when fetching large packages over network.

Am I stuck with older distros? Or is there a modern distro, targeting headless installs on old hardware for single purpose applications (like serial port capture)?

Gentoo would take way too long... :(

Thanks,

BJ.]]> BJ Operating Systems Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:38:41 -0400 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,31,31#msg-31 http://www.wuug.org/read.php?12,31,31#msg-31 ]]> ezod Operating Systems Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:28:42 -0400