[Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian

[Tom Sellers]

8.04 was current when I downloaded it.  I haven't looked for an update.


--- On Wed, 1/28/09, David Champion <dave at dchamp.net> wrote:

> From: David Champion <dave at dchamp.net>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 3:33 PM
> Why not Ubuntu 8.10?
> 
> -dc
> 
> Dave Crouse wrote:
> > I would agree wholeheartedly with Nathan,
> >
> >
> http://ubuntu.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/ubuntu/releases/8.04/ubuntu-8.04.2-alternate-i386.iso
> >
> > or if you have a 64-bit machine
> >
> >
> http://ubuntu.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/ubuntu/releases/8.04/ubuntu-8.04.2-alternate-amd64.iso
> >
> > This is the "Alternate" install iso, and for
> me, it's ALWAYS worked
> > better than the fancier one  ;)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Nathan C. Smith
> <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> These may be things you already know:
> >>
> >> You might want to try using the Ubuntu desktop
> alternate install.  It installs with a command line, and
> will sometimes work where the GUI install will not.
> >>
> >> Also, at the CD boot screen press f4 and you can
> change installation type.  You can choose a graphics-safe
> install which sometimes works better on laptops until you
> get the base system loaded.
> >>
> >> I've had issues with some Ubuntu installs
> myself lately and found Debian will work where Ubuntu
> doesn't seem to - at least at first.
> >>
> >> -Nate
> >>
> >>     
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> >>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
> Of Tom Sellers
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:04 PM
> >>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> >>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Distro choice? Was:
> Reloaded Debian
> >>>
> >>> Actually I had tried to go with Ubuntu 8.04
> from the
> >>> beginning per a suggestion from Josh More. 
> However,  I was
> >>> never able to get it to load on this laptop. 
> I actually
> >>> tried to install it again before re-installing
> Debian 4 this
> >>> time and had the same issue.  I ran the media
> check and it
> >>> did not find any issues with the CD that I
> have.  Not sure
> >>> what that is all about but it does not work.
> >>>
> >>> I also tried to load Opensuse 11.0 on this
> laptop as well and
> >>> it hangs up before completing the installation
> as well.
> >>>
> >>> I suspect that the laptop is old enough that
> there may be
> >>> some hardware issue with being compatible with
> Ubuntu and
> >>> Opensuse.  Unfortunately I don't have any
> other hardware to
> >>> install on so I am somewhat limited.  Based on
> what I had
> >>> read in the past I thought that Linux was able
> to run on
> >>> older hardware without any issues.  I guess
> that is not
> >>> necessarily the case.
> >>>
> >>> I'll just try to make do with Debian for
> the time being even
> >>> though it may be a bit more difficult.
> >>>
> >>> I'd be happy to let someone try to install
> from my CD to
> >>> something to verify that it works or
> doesn't!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Matthew Nuzum
> <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>> From: Matthew Nuzum
> <newz at bearfruit.org>
> >>>> Subject: [Cialug] Distro choice? Was:
> Reloaded Debian
> >>>> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users
> Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> >>>> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 1:22 PM
> >>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Tom
> Sellers
> >>>> <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> If I don't install anything after
> the reload and
> >>>>>           
> >>>> browse to the www.kcci.com site I get a
> box with "Click
> >>>> here to download plugin" in the
> middle.  You are
> >>>> correct that I can browse the rest of the
> page without any
> >>>> seeming problems.  It is just missing
> something that I would
> >>>> normally see when using a Windows browser
> to visit this
> >>>> site.
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Is this what you mean?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>           
> >>>> Hi, Debian is not well known to be the
> most "easy to
> >>>> get your feet
> >>>> wet" with distribution. If you
> don't mind me
> >>>> tossing out a biased
> >>>> suggestion, I'd like to suggest trying
> out Ubuntu.
> >>>> It's closely
> >>>> related to Debian and makes a lot of the
> common "new
> >>>> to LInux" tasks
> >>>> quite easy. Pretty much all of the
> software you can use on
> >>>> Debian is
> >>>> available for Ubuntu since Ubuntu pulls
> from debian every
> >>>> few months.
> >>>> As a matter of fact, numerous Debian
> developers are
> >>>> employed by
> >>>> Canonical, the sponsors of Ubuntu. It also
> has some partner
> >>>> software
> >>>> from vendors such as vmware, adobe and sun
> so things like
> >>>> java, flash
> >>>> and etc. installation is quite easy.
> >>>>
> >>>> Just an idea.
> >>>> --
> >>>> Matthew Nuzum
> >>>> newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin,
> identi.ca and
> >>>> twitter
> >>>>
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