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Hi,
well, I am a Linux newbie myself. I just start working with Linux some 4 years ago. In that time installing Linux was a really pain in the ass, I can say. I just started with Debia, then I moved to Gentoo and now I'm usinf Fedora Core, wich I do love. But lets go to the important things.
Primarily, in my opinion, there would be better if there was a GUI interface to launch the setup of Fedora Core from Windows partition. But then, as we know, Windows crashes a lot, and then, installing Linux from windows could become a really pain in the ass as you could end up without each of the operating systems. I think it's preferable to burn the CD's and install it from scratch, without messing up with Windows. Fedora Core offers yum package manager, so I think, I'm not sure but you won't need to burn any other CD's as yum upgrades the distro for you.
I don't use Windows so I don't know what you are looking for in a disk management tool, but if your looking for a GUI for mounting Windows partitions, I would aprove it, as it would facilitate the job for many newbies that don't know anything about Linux.
Telmo Silva <tsilva@xxxxxxxx>
Tomas Valusek wrote: | Hello, | | I've just downloaded and installed Fedora Linux and I am really impressed. | I've tried to install Linux for a first time some five years ago and since | then Linux has made huge step ahead towards usability. But still, I can't | figure out some issues. | | 1. I've downloaded ISO images, and I would appreciate a Windows-based setup | launcher, which would save me burning images to CDs. After burning them, | I've discovered there's an install option for using ISO images on hard | drive, so the launcher would be really useful. | | 2. After installation, I've discovered my vfat partitions are not mounted | into Linux, and the default GNOME menu doesn't offer any disk management | tool similar to Win-XP's Disk Management Console. Well, I know how to edit | fstab, but GUI app would be safer. | | 3. I'm visually impaired and from the old times I know X server treats | desktop size and monitor resolution independently. It's really pitty modern | desktops ignore this fact. My favorite setting would be desktop size | 1024x768 and screen resolution 320x200 - really inexpensive screen | magnification, which was running smoothly even on 486 processor. | | That's all for now, I'm looking forward to finally work in Linux, although | right now my message is sent from WinXP. | | Tomas Valusek | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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