Comments on: Weaning Myself Off of Microsoft http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: stephanie http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-71 stephanie Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:03:47 +0000 http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/#comment-71 "Normally, one can write/delete files on the HD from a live Linux (this is a way to keep on a computer going if its system on the HD is broken, full of viruses, etc). It often needs one or two (or more) command lines to hit (or to cut and paste) but it is often hidden to avoid deleting/adding too easily." That makes sense...but those commands were not immediately obvious...and I'm glad I went with the dual boot now. Thanks for your comment. :-) “Normally, one can write/delete files on the HD from a live Linux (this is a way to keep on a computer going if its system on the HD is broken, full of viruses, etc). It often needs one or two (or more) command lines to hit (or to cut and paste) but it is often hidden to avoid deleting/adding too easily.”

That makes sense…but those commands were not immediately obvious…and I’m glad I went with the dual boot now. Thanks for your comment. :-)

]]> By: dbrion http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-70 dbrion Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:41:22 +0000 http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/#comment-70 You write you " had tried the “Live CD” option (to run Linux off a CD or DVD), with OK results. But I found I couldn’t save any files to my hard drive, so what was the point?" Normally, one can write/delete files on the HD from a live Linux (this is a way to keep on a computer going if its system on the HD is broken, full of viruses, etc). It often needs one or two (or more) command lines to hit (or to cut and paste) but it is often hidden to avoid deleting/adding too easily. If one knows the names of the liveCD/DVD and the type of your filesystems ( for XP it is FAT32 or NTFS (ask for the properties of your disk, or to defrag it); for Linux, it should be ext3 - ...tenths... of others exist, but are less used-) , many people (in better English than mine, I bet) can find out what to do -theoretically, 2-5 lines to hit....- BTW, live CD are slow to start because, each time they start, they must know the size and properties of your screen, the nature of your disk, etc... while, once installed, Linux (or other OSes) "know" the hardware they have to deal with.... => therefore, if you move an HD from a computer to another, with an OS in it and try to boot on the moved OS, it may be very weird... You write you ” had tried the “Live CD” option (to run Linux off a CD or DVD), with OK results. But I found I couldn’t save any files to my hard drive, so what was the point?”
Normally, one can write/delete files on the HD from a live Linux (this is a way to keep on a computer going if its system on the HD is broken, full of viruses, etc). It often needs one or two (or more) command lines to hit (or to cut and paste) but it is often hidden to avoid deleting/adding too easily.

If one knows
the names of the liveCD/DVD and
the type of your filesystems ( for XP it is FAT32 or NTFS (ask for the properties of your disk, or to defrag it); for Linux, it should be ext3 – …tenths… of others exist, but are less used-) , many people (in better English than mine, I bet) can find out what to do -theoretically, 2-5 lines to hit….-
BTW, live CD are slow to start because, each time they start, they must know the size and properties of your screen, the nature of your disk, etc… while, once installed, Linux (or other OSes) “know” the hardware they have to deal with…. => therefore, if you move an HD from a computer to another, with an OS in it and try to boot on the moved OS, it may be very weird…

]]> By: stephanie http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-68 stephanie Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:44:04 +0000 http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/#comment-68 Thanks...I have been checking out the Linux Mint website and it looks great. Very tempting. But I had already downloaded the openSUSE full DVD installer just to check it out...and because I've got Ubuntu installed elsewhere (Mint is based on Ubuntu), I'm going to give SUSE a go, just because I'd like to try something different. But I may try Mint later at some point. Thanks…I have been checking out the Linux Mint website and it looks great. Very tempting. But I had already downloaded the openSUSE full DVD installer just to check it out…and because I’ve got Ubuntu installed elsewhere (Mint is based on Ubuntu), I’m going to give SUSE a go, just because I’d like to try something different. But I may try Mint later at some point.

]]> By: Terry Butcher http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Terry Butcher Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:10:14 +0000 http://greentechgirl.com/open-source/weaning-myself-off-of-microsoft/#comment-67 Have you looked at Linux Mint 5 (Elyssa) this is a an amazing distro. It is truly on great OS Have you looked at Linux Mint 5 (Elyssa) this is a an amazing distro. It is truly on great OS

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