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Started by baldurk Oct 27, 2002 at 1:52 PM 17 replies 350+ views

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Oct 27, 2002 at 1:52 PM

I thought this a better place to post than the unix forum. I now have a dual-boot with win2k and Redhat 7.2, learning all about linux will be challenging but interesting. Anyone have any tips, comments etc? ------------------------------ Baldur K GLProgramming.com. Coming soon Talk to me on ETG: #opengl and #gametutorials.

acraig

Oct 27, 2002 at 2:01 PM

I guess it depends on what you want to do with linux. There are many sites and Google''s ''Group'' search is a very valuable tool since most problems that people have in linux are fairly common and you can usually find a solution there.

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Erunama

Oct 27, 2002 at 2:15 PM

Cool, I am getting ready to try out Linux. I have my brother's old laptop lined up right now. It's an IBM Thinkpad 770, and looks to be a nice candidate for Linux.

The Mandrake 9.0 ISO's are downloading as I type.

baldurk

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baldurk

Oct 27, 2002 at 2:44 PM

At the moment I don''t have any problems. I had some trouble with my vidcard drivers but I''m sure no-one wants to hear that.

In regards to what I want to do with linux, basically my end aim is to get rid of windows completely. I''m looking to learn how to script in the bash shell, I''d like to find out how to set up an OpenGL window in linux so I can port my previous OGL work, I hope to improve my perl skills and I''d like to improve my understanding of regexps.

Other than that, simply various things. So that I don''t have to google every time I want to find out how to do stuff.

I''m sure the best way to learn is to just to practice but if anyone knows of any tutorials/references that I can bookmark that would be appreciated.

Thanks.

BradDaBug

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BradDaBug

Oct 27, 2002 at 3:55 PM

And the beast shall be made legion. Its numbers shall be increased a thousand thousand fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto a great storm shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon shall tremble.

from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31
(Red Letter Edition)

Yes! Join the Dark Side! Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated! Four legs good, two legs bad!

Linux is pretty cool. I like it much better than Windows, but if you want to really use it you have to be prepared to learn it. It''s not Windows. Just remember back when you first started learning Windows and how complicated everything seemed. That''s how its going to feel. Just keep at it.

The main web site I think of to help you out would be www.linuxnewbie.org. That''s a pretty good one. But your best resource will still be Google.

You have just taken your first step into a larger world...

Erunama

Oct 28, 2002 at 10:00 AM

Cool.

Just got finished installing Mandrake 9.0 on this old laptop. The sound doesn''t work, it takes forever to load, and the desktop on uses ~70% of the screen, but it is still cool. Didn''t think I''d be able to get the Internet working, but here I am.

Cool.

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micepick

Oct 28, 2002 at 11:20 AM

quote:
Original post by Erunama
Cool.

Just got finished installing Mandrake 9.0 on this old laptop. The sound doesn''t work, it takes forever to load, and the desktop on uses ~70% of the screen, but it is still cool. Didn''t think I''d be able to get the Internet working, but here I am.

Cool.

Heh, that sucks. The only thing I had trouble with when setting up Slackware was getting my cable modem connection (shared over a LAN) to work. Of course, the reason I had trouble is that I''m an idiot.

Ravuya

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Ravuya

Oct 28, 2002 at 11:36 AM

Well, first of all, if you want to learn how to do opengl coding under linux, you''ll probably want to hit up a newsgroup. If you want to do this in linux, you can use the easy-to-use ''pan'' newsreader, which works excessively well for viewing newsgroups.

What are the specs of the machine you installed Linux to?

Resist everyone

Monder

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Monder

Oct 28, 2002 at 12:36 PM

You could also use SDL. It's cross platform and you can use it for opengl. I'm using it for my current game project and I highly recomend it

[edited by - Monder on October 28, 2002 1:36:50 PM]

baldurk

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baldurk

Oct 28, 2002 at 12:41 PM

My specs are:

AMD Athlon 1Ghz
382MB RAM
Creative GeForce 4 Ti 4600
20GB HDD for linux, 20GB for windows

SDL is probably what I''m going to use for the code.

Thanks for all your help.

Witchcraven

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Witchcraven

Oct 28, 2002 at 12:56 PM

Sounds like your laptop has a config problem in xfree86. Try setting screen resolution to the max res of your screen. Sound can be tricky on laptops. I would suggest maybe trying redhat 8.0, it autodetects my soundcard. Those problems are pretty much all fixable. Run the program XConfigurator(check caps) as root. You can change your res from there.

[edited by - witchcraven on October 28, 2002 1:58:35 PM]

Witchcraven

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Witchcraven

Oct 28, 2002 at 1:00 PM

Oh yeah, dont go out and buy redhat 8.0, its not that big of a deal. download it if you feel like it.

Erunama

Oct 28, 2002 at 1:06 PM

The resolution is set to maximum (1152 x something). I am using a generic flat monitor profile, because I am not sure of the model number of the IBM screen on it. Perhaps I should try researching that and changing it.

As for sound, it''s not that big of a deal right now. Maybe it will be if I decide to install Linux on my desktops, but for right now, no sound is fine (though I would like to get it working). It came down to RedHat and Mandrake for my distro selection. I ended up choosing Mandrake because its installer is supposedly the easiest (I didn''t want to fool with partitions on my own).

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baldurk

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baldurk

Oct 28, 2002 at 2:26 PM

partitions aren''t that hard. Especially if you use something like Disk Druid. That said, if you set them up wrong...

Erunama

Oct 28, 2002 at 2:37 PM

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Original post by baldurk
partitions aren''t that hard. Especially if you use something like Disk Druid. That said, if you set them up wrong...

Exactly... this being my first time, the Mandrake installer was very attractive. I have had much experience with partitions and bootloaders, so that being handled by Mandrake (with good results from the forums I visited) ultimately led to me downloading the Mandrake ISO''s over RH''s. Now, that''s not to say that Mandrake is better. I think installation would have gone just as smoothly with RedHat, but I liked some of the things I read about Mandrake better.

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baldurk

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baldurk

Oct 28, 2002 at 2:43 PM

the funny thing is that I probably would have installed mandrake but I''m on a 33.6k connect so downloading wasn''t an option. There was an opportunity to get Red Hat Linux: The Complete reference which included the CDs. I thought it better to get the CDs + the book rather than forking out for mandrake or whatever.

Erunama

Oct 28, 2002 at 3:09 PM

Ahh, yes downloading was a pain. Luckily I have this awesome download program (LeechGet) that can resume downloads (and it has multiple tasks to download faster). With DSL, it probably took about 2+ hours or so to download each 700MB file (and less for the 400MB CD #3).

How many CD''s is RedHat on?

I just wish my laptop had a bigger hard drive so I could install more software!

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baldurk

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baldurk

Oct 28, 2002 at 3:29 PM

I think normally it''s 3 CDs but I''ve only got 2. *shrug*

Witchcraven

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Witchcraven

Oct 28, 2002 at 4:56 PM

yes,3 cds. you may not need the 3rd, cant remember.

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