i'm diving into linux head first...**UPDATE**

[zayened]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: zayened

Originally posted by: narzy
man I can't wait for the "whiplash" post!

no "whiplash", only a "how do i....?" or two 😉

55 mins left 😀

It's been two days and you haven't even started the install yet, I'm expecting whiplash 😛

d00d...i gotta job you know 😉

 

[Dragnov]

I installed Mandrake. I setup samba and ftp. Then it sat there because it was too annoying/difficult to use for anything else. I formatted eventually, and put back on WinXP. 😛

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: zayened

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: zayened

Originally posted by: narzy
man I can't wait for the "whiplash" post!

no "whiplash", only a "how do i....?" or two 😉

55 mins left 😀

It's been two days and you haven't even started the install yet, I'm expecting whiplash 😛

d00d...i gotta job you know 😉

So you're gonna want to come home after 8 hours and try to figure out what "find / -name *.conf 2>/dev/null" does? 😛

 

[zayened]

aint that a b1tch, as soon as i come to start burning all the iso's, no cd-r's 🙁 i'mina head out to best buy and grab a couple hundred packs...

 

[zayened]

********NOW INSTALLING*******

 

[Excelsior]

Tried this before, but went back to Windows every time.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: zayened
********NOW INSTALLING*******

So, how's that going?

 

[zayened]

i just rebooted after the install...it said "debian is installed but not yet configured"....now it is on the configuration screen...something tells me i'll be asking a couple questions in a minute 😉

 

[zayened]

what area do you live in?

Africa
America
US
Canada
Asia
Atlantic Ocean
Australia
etc...



which do i live in, america or us?

 

[Maleficus]

i tried this with mandrake & redhat, Win2k is your friend 🙂

<--n00b

 

[Spencer278]

Go with FRANCE.

 

[zayened]

oh well, just chose us...now i'm using dselect...by the way, what is the update cd for?

 

[Keego]

if this turns into a linux help thread... ask here not in OT.

 

[notfred]

You live in the US, unless you're in brazil or something.

 

[zayened]

notfred, you wanna help me out a bit? do you have aim?

 

[agnitrate]

Here's a friend who loves to help out : link

Also, try posting in Operating Systems. There are lots of helpful people there.

-silver

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: zayened
notfred, you wanna help me out a bit? do you have aim?

YGPM