[Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian

[Dan Hockey]

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> These may be things you already know:
>
> You might want to try using the Ubuntu desktop alternate install.  It installs with a command line, and will sometimes work where the GUI install will not.  
>
> Also, at the CD boot screen press f4 and you can change installation type.  You can choose a graphics-safe install which sometimes works better on laptops until you get the base system loaded.
>
> I've had issues with some Ubuntu installs myself lately and found Debian will work where Ubuntu doesn't seem to - at least at first.
>
> -Nate
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org 
>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sellers
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:04 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian
>>
>> Actually I had tried to go with Ubuntu 8.04 from the 
>> beginning per a suggestion from Josh More.  However,  I was 
>> never able to get it to load on this laptop.  I actually 
>> tried to install it again before re-installing Debian 4 this 
>> time and had the same issue.  I ran the media check and it 
>> did not find any issues with the CD that I have.  Not sure 
>> what that is all about but it does not work.
>>
>> I also tried to load Opensuse 11.0 on this laptop as well and 
>> it hangs up before completing the installation as well.
>>
>> I suspect that the laptop is old enough that there may be 
>> some hardware issue with being compatible with Ubuntu and 
>> Opensuse.  Unfortunately I don't have any other hardware to 
>> install on so I am somewhat limited.  Based on what I had 
>> read in the past I thought that Linux was able to run on 
>> older hardware without any issues.  I guess that is not 
>> necessarily the case.
>>
>> I'll just try to make do with Debian for the time being even 
>> though it may be a bit more difficult.
>>
>> I'd be happy to let someone try to install from my CD to 
>> something to verify that it works or doesn't!
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> From: Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
>>> Subject: [Cialug] Distro choice? Was: Reloaded Debian
>>> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
>>> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 1:22 PM
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Tom Sellers
>>> <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> If I don't install anything after the reload and
>>>>         
>>> browse to the www.kcci.com site I get a box with "Click
>>> here to download plugin" in the middle.  You are
>>> correct that I can browse the rest of the page without any
>>> seeming problems.  It is just missing something that I would
>>> normally see when using a Windows browser to visit this
>>> site.
>>>       
>>>> Is this what you mean?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Hi, Debian is not well known to be the most "easy to
>>> get your feet
>>> wet" with distribution. If you don't mind me
>>> tossing out a biased
>>> suggestion, I'd like to suggest trying out Ubuntu.
>>> It's closely
>>> related to Debian and makes a lot of the common "new
>>> to LInux" tasks
>>> quite easy. Pretty much all of the software you can use on
>>> Debian is
>>> available for Ubuntu since Ubuntu pulls from debian every
>>> few months.
>>> As a matter of fact, numerous Debian developers are
>>> employed by
>>> Canonical, the sponsors of Ubuntu. It also has some partner
>>> software
>>> from vendors such as vmware, adobe and sun so things like
>>> java, flash
>>> and etc. installation is quite easy.
>>>
>>> Just an idea.
>>> -- 
>>> Matthew Nuzum
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The thing I've noticed with Mandriva installs is if the machine has less 
than 512mb ram I end up having to use the text based installer because 
the GUI installer complanes about the lack of memory. Once past that 
things most generally work out ok.
-dh