On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 22:06 -0500, Kyle Lagonegro (Student-Lagone37) wrote: > I'm finally fed up with Windows and Microsoft in general. I just signed up to this mailing list and am making the first steps to moving over to Linux. From what I have read Fedora is the way to go. So now I must download, but before I make the switch I have some questions: > Congratulations. Step 1 is to READ THE RELEASE NOTES. READ THEM TWICE! > 1) Is it a good idea to do the dual particion so I keep WinXP for a while? Because frankly I want it gone as fast as possible... > Others may disagree but I would recommend dual booting with Boot Magic. > 2) I'm hooked up to a LAN connection through my college, does Linux come with a web browser like Windows does, because if so I should have no problems with anything, I'm just worried about putting it on and not having the ability to get on for help. > The default browser in FC3 is Firefox which knocks the socks off of IE6. > 3) I have a bunch of drivers and such that came with the computer, will they work for Linux, or are they only formatted for Windows? The disks don't say windows on them at all, but I'm not sure. > I have found that most things work "out of the box." Laptops MIGHT be more of a challenge but they tend to be resolvable. Internal WinModems MAY work but they are troublesome. I have successfully installed Fedora on a number of computers, some with IDE RAID, SCSI RAID, one with a Promise IDE card, wireless on a laptop, many different NICS, several different processors, a variety of printers etc. So far, only one old SCSI scanner card has been unresolvable. > That's it for now, but trust me when I say you will all be hearing from me a lot... Hehe. > The default GUI in Fedora is Gnome. I recommend installing KDE as well (both are on the installation disk). Many of us prefer KDE but it's a matter of taste. Once you install, if you have device problems, post the output from lspci -v. > One question about this forum, is there a way to stop them from mailing everything to me, I'll just go to the site to check responds and such... > ________________________________________________________________________ Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence http://www.TQMcube.com
