--- Nicholas Comino <celloworld@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Lagonegro (Student-Lagone37)" > <Lagone37@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 2:06 PM > Subject: Time for the swtich has come. > > > > > > 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: > > > > 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... > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > That's it for now, but trust me when I say you > will all be hearing from me > > a lot... Hehe. > > > > 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... > > > > > > As a newbie to linux myself. I built a computer > specifically for learning > the platform - it let me kill the software as often > as I liked till I learnt > it (still working on that). The main problem I had > was that the LAN chipset > wasn't recognised by the kernel. It was a relatively > unusual ALi chipset, > the core recognised everything on the m-board except > the LAN (the wireless > card also didn't boot). I had to download and > install the driver separately > (by downloading to my winxp laptop, burning a CD and > moving it over that > way). > > Because the net is essential, you might want to try > a live bootable CD first > just to check that the kernel is more likely to > recognise the LAN. I don't > know if there's a live CD for Fedora, Yes there are several live cd's based on Fedora. RPMLIVE (LINUX4ALL) Berry Linux Adios Live CD & others Please check Distrowatch.com for Fedora Based Live CD's. but you could > try Ubuntu or Knoppix. > That said, my chipset was probably just unusual > enough not to have made the > kernel, and most would probably get you online > without any hassles. It's > just that in my experience, if it doesn't happen to > work "out of the box" > you might be in for a fast learning curve learning > all the silly and simple > things regular uses think are normal part of > everyday life (like the command > for logging in as root (su) or rebooting into a > terminal...). > > Good luck. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
