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3 months to install Linux? You can't be serious.

by mroman 19y ago

eru 19y ago
Perhaps he's doing a stage 1 of Gentoo and wants to configure and compile everything himself.
- mstevens 19y ago
  On a 386.
  - eru 18y ago
    With only his nose to type.
Jesin 19y ago
Yes, Ubuntu took I think less than an hour to install on my machine. Remember, Gentoo is not the only Linux distro.
dhimes 19y ago
I turned a laptop into a dual-boot machine with Fedora and it still doesn't support the wifi card, the new printer (not a fancy one, either), built-in web cam, etc. This has been since January! Yes, I know it's not Linux' fault, it's proprietary drivers for the hw that only work for MS systems. But the result is the same. I love using the Linux; wish I could use it more.
- cstejerean 19y ago
  try Ubuntu
  - dhimes 19y ago
    It's having the same problem with this card (haven't checked on the printer, thought). But it does seem to be the distro of choice for hackers.
Prrometheus 19y ago
Well, you have to troubleshoot the wireless adapter, go through 3 or 4 sixteen step tutorials on how to install it, discover it's impossible with version 4 of the chipset (Linux drivers are only available for version 3 and below with the same serial number), sell the old wireless adapter on eBay, spend some time figuring out which adapters will work, check forums to find out which ones REALLY work, buy the new hardware, ship it, and follow a few more sixteen step tutorials keeping your fingers crossed that it will eventually actually work. Meanwhile, every time you ask for help you have geeks helpfully telling you that you shouldn't be using wireless anyway because it's not secure, as if I were about to drill holes through the floor of the place I am renting for a month to accommodate their sense of what I need. But I did mispeak. I managed to get Linux INSTALLED in a few minutes. It's actually getting the system to the point of usability that is the hard part.
cglee 19y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole

3 months to install Linux? You can't be serious.

by mroman 19y ago

3 months to install Linux? You can't be serious.

eru 19y ago

Perhaps he's doing a stage 1 of Gentoo and wants to configure and compile everything himself.

mstevens 19y ago
On a 386.
- eru 18y ago
  With only his nose to type.

Jesin 19y ago

Yes, Ubuntu took I think less than an hour to install on my machine. Remember, Gentoo is not the only Linux distro.

dhimes 19y ago

I turned a laptop into a dual-boot machine with Fedora and it still doesn't support the wifi card, the new printer (not a fancy one, either), built-in web cam, etc. This has been since January! Yes, I know it's not Linux' fault, it's proprietary drivers for the hw that only work for MS systems. But the result is the same. I love using the Linux; wish I could use it more.

cstejerean 19y ago
try Ubuntu
- dhimes 19y ago
  It's having the same problem with this card (haven't checked on the printer, thought). But it does seem to be the distro of choice for hackers.

Prrometheus 19y ago

Well, you have to troubleshoot the wireless adapter, go through 3 or 4 sixteen step tutorials on how to install it, discover it's impossible with version 4 of the chipset (Linux drivers are only available for version 3 and below with the same serial number), sell the old wireless adapter on eBay, spend some time figuring out which adapters will work, check forums to find out which ones REALLY work, buy the new hardware, ship it, and follow a few more sixteen step tutorials keeping your fingers crossed that it will eventually actually work. Meanwhile, every time you ask for help you have geeks helpfully telling you that you shouldn't be using wireless anyway because it's not secure, as if I were about to drill holes through the floor of the place I am renting for a month to accommodate their sense of what I need. But I did mispeak. I managed to get Linux INSTALLED in a few minutes. It's actually getting the system to the point of usability that is the hard part.

cglee 19y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole