linux introduction

  

linux is an operating system thats derived from unix.   unix is very similar to ms dos. so 
basically dos is to windows 98 & me, as unix is to linux.  linux is not as user friendly as 
windows.      so it would be kinda difficult to use for pc beginners.    like for instance to 
setup windows you use control panel and click to set things.   linux is all command line 
driven.   but programmers is beginning to make things more user friendly for linux now. 
the main differnces between linux and windows are. for one linux dont have that pesky 
registry like windows has. which makes it alot harder to install programs  but say good 
bye to 99.9% virus's out there, say good bye to 100% spyware. registry is what makes 
windows easy to use and what makes it less secure.     the drives are different. msdos 
and windows is c:  when unix/linux is root:    linux is also open source.  what that means 
is the whole operating system can be modifiyed and recompiled.     because you have 
access to the coding of the operating system. and on windows you dont.

that is why servers  run linux  mostly instead of windows.  one downfall is linux does not 
have compatibility on games designed only for windows..  u may ask why are they only 
made for windows.    good question  but you allready know the answer.   hence linux is 
a freeware operating system,  windows is big $$$ bucks.   money makes the world go 
around. ( so i dont get sued ) i cant say they do but (my personal opinion): is microsoft 
pays gamecompanys kickbacks to make the games only to work on windows. if every
one switched to linux microsoft would fold in under.   so therefore most video games is 
not compatibile with linux i know that sucks dont it.   

ok enough of the bs about what is linux.   now its time for me to tell you how to get linux 
yourself to try out or to use permently.  if your a gamer it will be hard for you to only use 
linux  unless you like to play the penguin soltaire.     lol what is penguin soltaire?    its a 
linux version of windows soltaire.   but like i said there are thousands of distros of linux 
out there.   im just going to link you to one to try out yourself. 

some distos comes with a shell called (xwindows ). if it has xwindows you will have the 
feel of windows when using it.  i highly recemend getting one with it. so im just going to 
go ahead and link you to one with xwindows.    to try out. you have five choices of using 
linux,    you can either burn iso images to cd rom.  and just boot from cd which is called 
a live cd. or format the harddrive to ext3 format and instal the iso toit. you can dual boot 
windows and linux which means you have to   ( partican )  the harddrive. and run a boot
loader to choose from windows and linux on boot.     you can install it to a usb pen drive.  
and boot from usb or you can run from a virtual machine.     for a virtual machine you will 
need to get something like vmware

im going to have you make a boot cd with a linux distro  on it. after you make it you pop 
it in cdrom and choose boot with cdrom drive instead of harddrive and your linux os will 
load  and you will see what it is.  then when you take cd out and reboot you will  return to 
windows nothing harmed.   nothing to loose  but after this walk thru,  i am going to show 
you how to acctually install  it to your hard drive in case you want to run it permently.

 

test drive linux

  

ok first your  going  to need a cd burner.      and burner software that has the option to  
burn image to cd.      nero has that option,    it is a pretty common thing.      a image is  
a cloned copy of a hard drive and format system inside one file     (  file.iso  )     that is 
how linux is distributed in  .iso files.           ok your going to need to download a distro-
bution of linux i am going to have you try slax.        because for its size of download its 
a pretty kick ass distro.  and it has xwindows.      so download    slax standard edition .
 
its  ( 198mb )  so if your on dial up going to need  to download it overnight.      but any-
ways  just download the iso file.     put a  blank disk in cd -- copier  find the option burn 
image to disk.       select the iso file you downloaded.     create the cd  and boom your 
done.  now pop cd in drive,        and reboot  computer it should ask if you want to boot 
from cd  or it will automaticly boot from cd.        if not you  will  have to go into bios and 
probbly turn cd rom to boot before harddrive.       the  instructions for  this is on one of 
my basics pages.     well anyways it will take awhile for  linux to  boot  into os because 
the fact it detects all your hardware everytime you use the cd.     if  you had it  on hard-
drive it would detect hardware once and save it  in a log  file to  hard drive.       so you 
would not go thru that bs again.      but using it in this  form you  will have  to  let it scan 
for devices every single time..      drats i know.     not to mention  you  cant  install any-
thing either booting from a cd.                 and if you want   to spend  the little extra time 
downloading the kill bill version so you can run     (  windows applications )     on  linux.
without installing wine.

ok after it boots up it will ask for user name and password,       the default user is  root 
and password is toor.         if you intstall  it to hard drive you will want to change that of 
cource.  ok then it will say your  connected to root etc.       type startx to load xwindows   
so type startx.    if your familer with dos and older versions of windows.    startx is linux 
version of typing win to load windows.       and now your in linux with xwindows.     click 
around and play with things.         you will see its very simular and in alot of ways better 
then windows.      like the 4 desktops  you can have 20 applications open in one desk-
top and switch over to a clean one  then switch back to your work.      so in many ways 
its alot better then windows.     but it will take awhile getting used to this and like i said 
its alot harder to setup.           things you took for granted on winblows.      your in for  a 
whole new ballgame.

 

install linux

  

ok you can choose to either just install linux by itself.       which is a hell alot easyer or you 
can make a dual boot.     i am just going to walk you thru the dual boot setup process. so 
you can have both windows xp and linux on your computer.  then you will know how to do 
the easyer way too. just knocks off alot of steps.  

look how much ram you got,   (  hold alt  )   and double click (  my computer  ) on desktop. 
and it will give you your ram size.   now you have to determin what size you want the part-
itions to be. also if your harddrive is under 30gb i do not recemend a dual boot xp.

 

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if you want to just install linux.  skip about 99.9% of the steps and just pop the ubuntu 
cd in drive and install and your done  =) or create two partitions ext3 and swap. then 
install the iso.  well i hope you enjoy linux. and check for new versions of your favorite 
distros they add alot of new programs on it  and make it more pretty gui   ( graphical 
user interface )   and make it more user friendly.    but yes enjoy linux and please dis-
tribute amoung friends and family.      if they dont game they dont need winblows.  in 
fact they will run longer and more secure no virus no spyware!!  what more you want?

and also when you first boot up your computer,    look to see if it says something like 
press esc to load boot menu.      if it has that option.   you can also just throw in a sec-
ond harddrive intall linux on it.   and press esc if you want to boot into linux.  that is the 
most simplest way to make a dualboot..    or just stop living your whole life on your pc.  
go out more often maybe get a hobby   like  bowling   or masterbation.        one of the 
two..  maybe masterbate while bowling..          hey its been done i am sure   go check 
youtube.  well anyways go get a life

here is something a freind of mine submited too me.   i have not  tryed it yet but from 
what i read its for windows users to try out ubuntu,   without formating without running 
from live cd it downloads the linux shell and you run in the win32 envirment.     it runs 
like any other windows application i mean this is cool for people to try out linux.    but 
you still got windows running in the background so its kinda useless.       but hey try it 
out wubi.  submitted by: SANEBOI  ( not recemended for dial up users )  unless you 
run it for like 4 days to download the ubuntu..  o_O   not sure if it has resume.