LINUX MANDRAKE 8.1, does anyone know how to do some cool things w/ it?

JUDOLIZARD · 02-05-2002, 04:01 PM

i recently took winme off my 800 mghz HP desktop and put on mandrake 8.1. I looked around and learned a few things and seems ok, but there is alot of cool things i know i miising out on. Anyone have any ideas?

BTW VERY IMPORTANT: anyone know where i can get the support or how i can get the support for microsoft apps and files and AOL, and also QUAKE3 ARENA???

my MODEM and SOUND, and MY HP NIC is not working well (SOUND) or is not working at all. Does anyone have any suggestions for thier support?

T~I~A!!!

capybara · 02-05-2002, 07:58 PM

modems,sound and video cards:
when selecting them, select ones supported by linux
quake 3: this IS supported, do a google
search for linux + quake3

vass0922 · 02-05-2002, 08:26 PM

Regarding your apps, may try StarOffice ... version 6 should be out later this year, its supposed to be a big step up.

also look into WINE, or WineX they may allow you to run some winders apps under Linux.

Regarding AOL... why?
Theres so many better options.

However, if you must I know Jacob was mentioning a small app that may allow you to use AOL's bastardized version of TCP/IP in Linux but can't remember the name of it or where he found it.

JUDOLIZARD · 02-05-2002, 09:10 PM

thankx

CMonster · 02-06-2002, 02:50 AM

Hey, just running linux is "cool"

-unless it makes the paranoid people at work think you are a hacker

eagle1 · 02-06-2002, 02:17 PM

Linux don't do too well with integrated cards (and I think your modem and sound are integrated -- I could be wrong!).

If you want a windows emulator, I have heard that Wine does a good job!
If you want windows like apps, there are bunch of places to go!
I think linux can do almost everything the same or better (or worse

) than windows!

Good luck with it!

JUDOLIZARD · 02-07-2002, 05:39 PM

CMonster -- i wish i knew a lil bit about hacking, and then i could at least be equivalent to try right?

Eagle1 -- thanks for the G-L, and ur right my sound is intergrated.

It seems that i cant do much and i have yet to find out alot about linux. I have been reading over all the stuff (WOW WUT ALOT OF INFO!!!) and i cant figure out to get it to run right (LOGIN SCREEN/ LOOKS LIKE OS2, and why is there 3 different interfaces????? (GNOME, SAWFISH, KDE) im lost lol~~~~>and im out, post something, anybody, who is ever viewing this, if u know anything, spit it out, i and everyone is not afriad of something cool or good to hear..... :-)

BTW i hear aol dont work very well w/ LINUX~~~> is that so?

T~I~A!!!!

capybara · 02-08-2002, 09:49 PM

why are there 3 different interfaces? bec linux is about CHOICE. if you dont like gnome,
try kde, if you dont like kde try blackbox,
and theres many more to try.
and also many good browsers, many good text editors .......

JUDOLIZARD · 02-09-2002, 03:36 PM

yep found out when i reinstalled linux, there is like 6-9 of them now and i like enlightenment, and window maker

vass0922 · 02-09-2002, 03:40 PM

yep and many more you've probably never heard of lol

If you want pretty with a lot of tools try KDE or Gnome
If you want quick and light no BS, use fvwm or maybe blackbox or fluxbox... That doesn't mean they're not pretty btw, just not as heavy

To give you an idea of how light these things are I downloaded both blackbox and fluxbox and they were in general a 350-400k download

Now lets see explorer do that?
talk about a 400lb gorilla