[nflug] welcome to GNU/Linux !

[Eric Benoit]

Are Knoppix and DSL only for i386, do you know if it'll install on ppc?

Daniel V wrote:
> Hi Tommy,
> Welcome to the LUG (Linux User's Group).
> 
> I see your question was addressed.
> 
> I highly recommend you try a few different GNU/Linux
> distributions, it would be very productive. For a new
> user I recommend ...
> 
> 1. CentOS's CentOS4.2 (http://centos.org) (They
> actually offer several OS's, based on Red Hat
> Enterprise
> offerings,http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat
> ). 
> Why am I recommending RedHat Enterprise variant over
> the Fedora Project offering
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/,
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora)?
> I think it's critical to get a New User's system up
> and running as easily as possible, and it needs to be
> easily configurable. I tried Fedora a while back and
> it didn't provide the functionality I needed, plus I
> wanted something that easily updated.
> I would like to try the new Fedora OS, to see how far
> it's improved. Why am I recommending an Enterprise
> GNU/Linux over something that is specifically marketed
> to new users? I feel people should see the power of a
> robust system, and since it's widely used, you're more
> likely to find answers to your questions, and plus
> there's lots of information out there on it, starting
> with Red Hat's documentation. Of course, there's a
> tradeoff between usability and ease of use.
> 
> 
> 2. Knoppix (http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html)
> A bootable GNU/Linux distribution, available in
> several variants, http://www.knoppix-std.org, for
> example ). 
> 
> 3. Damnsmalllinux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)
> This 50 MB Knoppix-based distro is a powerhouse, which
> easily and quickly installs to your hard drive.
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall
> 
> Over at distrowatch.com, I see that Ubuntu is the most
> popular distro, so I need to check that out.
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu
> 
> It pays to experiment with different distributions, I
> know that there is so time to try them all out. Where
> I've had problems with older computers and Knoppix,
> Damnsmalllinux has worked fine.
> 
> I'll be posting a meeting for community education in
> Buffalo shortly, perhaps you might be interested in
> attending.
> 
> regards,
> Daniel Villarreal
> 
> P.S. My wife is interested in GNU/Linux, it's a matter
> of showing her how to do things she would usually do
> in that other OS.
> 
> --- Tommy Rogers <magtom2003 at dm-dos.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> I just wanted to say hi.  I am new to this group. I've
> been running Linux for about two weeks now.  As of
> this point it is just more for fun than anything else.
>  I am having a blast and finding myself wanting to
> spend every possible minuet fooling around with it. 
> (to the dismay of my wife :) ).
> 
> Because I'm so new at all of this please forgive me
> for asking a lot of questions.  I have found that the
> Linux community, as a whole, is VERY supportive of
> newbies, which I'm very greatful.
> 
> My first question:
> I have installed a game that has a Linux Client
> called Neverwinters Nights.  I can get the game
> working fine, but because the game itself has software
> mouse rendering the mouse is very jumpy.  A user has
> created a program called NWMOUSE and it will force the
> game to use hardware rendering instead of software.  I
> have been having problems getting the program to
> complies.  Here is the error message:
>  
> tommy at org-xandros:/usr/local/games/nwn$
> ./nwmouse_install.pl
> NOTICE: NWMouse: Executing: gcc -Inwmouse/libdis -g
> -fPIC -shared 
> -Wl,-soname,libdisasm.so nwmouse/libdis/libdis.c
> nwmouse/libdis/i386.c 
> -o nwmouse/libdis/libdisasm.so
> NOTICE: NWMouse: Executing: gcc -shared -g
> -I/usr/include/libelf 
> -Inwmouse/libdis -o nwmouse/nwmouse.so
> nwmouse/nwmouse_cookie.c 
> nwmouse/nwmouse_link.S nwmouse/nwmouse_link2.S
> nwmouse/nwmouse.c -ldl 
> -lelf -Xlinker -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXcursor -lSDL
> NOTICE: NWMouse: Please check for errors above
> NOTICE: NWMouse: nwmouse executable built. Please
> modify your nwn 
> startup command to
> NOTICE: NWMouse: set LD_PRELOAD to include
> 'nwmouse.so', before 
> executing nwmain.
> 
> Does anybody have any Ideas?  Thanks !
> 
> Tommy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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