| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| tahir |
Easy LinuxI'm thinking of setting up a linux machine for various reasons when i move, anybody tried Lycoris?http://www.lycoris.com/products/desktoplx/control/ |
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| jema |
The improved font rendering could be a killer must have feature.
I think the biggest let down of most distributions are that they are simply not as smart looking as windoze because of the fonts. |
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| trigfa |
Haven't tried it yet. I'm a big fan of Ubuntu myself
www.ubuntulinux.org |
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| tahir |
But is it easy for a non devotee to set up? |
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| jema |
I thought Ubunto had a good rep in that regard.
I'm sorry to say i did try it, but it would not boot the install on the box I tried  This is a problem with a lot of Linux installers, so does not reflect too poorly on Ubuntu.
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| trigfa |
It certainly is. Of the six computers I've had at home over the last few years at least one wouldn't boot RedHat, Slackware, Debian or Fedora, and it was a different system each time 
The ubuntu installer has improved with the latest release, no problems so far. |
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| 2steps |
I have been told thats knoppix is really good | ||
| trigfa |
I've used Knoppix as a rescue disk on a number of occasions and its certainly really useful for that. Haven't tried installing it on the hard disk yet though. |
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| 2steps |
I borrowed a disk once for the same thing and a little play with it. It looked to have a lot of software with it, which I thought was good. I have a friend who runs his server on linux and palys around with other operating systems. He says the latest knoppix is excellent | ||
| tahir |
Hows ubuntu on font rendering then? | ||
| jema |
As far as I know "Lycoris" is the only one better than normal. I have just posted a screen shot of normal here: http://forum.myfreeforum.org/ftopic1088.php&highlight= last post in the thread is a shot from a normal linux box. |
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| tahir |
Doesn't look apalling does it? | ||
| jema |
Oh no it is prefectly usable. But I really want to see Linux looking as "nice" as windows. As I use both a Linux and a Windows desktop, I am very aware of the difference. |
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| dougal |
Re: Easy Linux
Perhaps those reasons might influence your choice more than the on-screen eye-candy? Especially if you plan to run it as a server.. It would appear that ease of admin for a *nix novice is one important selection criterion in this instance. I'd guess that ease of install would be similarly important. Do you have the hardware already? Are there any non-mainstream drivers going to be needed? What other criteria might apply to *you* and your proposed *applications*? If the thing is going to run 24/7 then noise and energy consumption might be legitimate hardware considerations. I'm wondering if something like a Cobalt Qube3 might be a sensible choice - small, unobtrusive, (now secondhand) cheap, with a lot of functionality as part of the basic install package, which provides simple admin of the packaged functions. The thing was designed as a small server "appliance". And its not a "weird" machine for shareware support (like the Qube2 as an example) being Intel architecture based. |