Posts Tagged ‘fedora’

This question has been on my mind all summer long. As I prepare for class in the fall I have been searching the interw3bs for a new laptop. This reason for wanting one is I have been using a eMac running Fedora 8-12 and I love it, but I think it is time to move on to something more portable. My three biggest concerns with buying a new notebook are in this order

Functionality (Programs "just work". and Program compatibility)(GPU, CPU,ect.)
Battery Life (7 hours or better —–> would be nice if i can get that performance on GNU?Linux)
Aesthetics (Oooooooo Shiny)

I am going to college to become an engineer. I don’t know which field of engineering but I know I want to build a better future for my home town and small villages in the 3rd world. The software I use now is all open source but don’t know if I can get away with using it in a college environment where AutoDesk and Adobe are king.

Thoughts

Thank You in advanced.
To KJ

I don’t mind Apple’s closed system when it comes to iTunes and all that I have ways around that. But, they are showing great interest in F/OSS. Even if I run Windows ( another closed system) i still have to pay for the software. Might as well go closed source with open source benefits.

Im going to be installing linux alongside Vista in an attempt to move away from the wormhole that is windows, an just to try and live without some windows products i actually enjoy. But i have a problem… i do not know what distribution to get. I understand that they are all roughly the same with some tweaks, but i can find a good enough comparison of the main ones like ubuntu and fedora. I want the one that is most malleable to what im doing and what i want, such as the ability to change interfaces and stuff. I am a web programmer, and i also make animations on flash ( i may have to use windows for that) i do like my games, but i know i can just play them on windows. i know its hard understanding what i want but thank you for at last reading and please answer i wan to know! thanks

I have vista installed on one hard drive and fedora 10 linux installed on the other hard drive. How can I remove the linux partition since windows doesn’t recognize linux partitions?

I just installed Fedora on a separate partition from my Windows one. How do I boot from the other partition?

And if there is another way to boot from Windows back to linux, please tell me as well. Thanks in advance.

file names, which one is the one that will initiate the program to install? I am new to this and have just about had it. Also since I have linux lite os DO I have to have fedora or ubuntu or not?

I am completely new to linux fedora and linux for that matter. I am running fedora from a live usb until i get these issues fixed. I apparently need to install mpeg decoders, xvid decoders, avi decoders and a flash player. Being a complete noob to linux I don’t know how to go about this.

what is the best flavor of linux? ubuntu? fedora? etc. please try to provide a link. and explain why you like it best.

also what is the flavor of linux that lets you make the desktop into a cube? and lastly which other flavors have similar things you can do with the desktop? try to provide a link.

They are several open source operating system available in the web. some of them are redhat, fedora, ubuntu, debian, opensolaris, opensuse etc. what are the similarities do they have and what are there differences ?