Thinking Of Trying Linux?, Fedora Core 4: Explanation.

[Blair78]

For beginners, or should I say; For people who have used Micro$oft all their life. Thinking of trying something new, give this a try.

Fedora Core 4
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/

Fedora Core 4 is the most comprehensive Linux distro yet, and It's very easy to install. It has wonderful and surpassed features check the release notes:

Release Notes
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/

Fedora Core is so powerful, you'll be amazed. Think that the new upcoming Microsoft Vista looks cool and powerful? Redhat has had all the features of Vista and more for years now. Best of all. It's FREE! No activation. Unix has all of the same office applications available as M$. So anything you create with Microsoft Office, you can still use in Fedora Core 4.

The Fedora Core Project, has 4 install CD's. Think that's a lot? Well compare this: FD4 when fully installed, has all the same features with MUCH better security than Microsoft XP Home, XP Pro, Server 2003, SQLserver, COMBINED!

Here is a complete walkthrough on how to install Fedora Core 4
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc4/

Give it a try today.

CPU Requirements:
Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better
---can you run Windows Server 2003 on that???

Hard Disk Space Requirements:
This list is for 32-bit x86 systems:
-Custom Installation (Minimal): 620MB
-Server: 1.1GB
-Personal Desktop: 2.3GB
-Workstation: 3.0GB
-Custom Installation (Everything): 6.9GB

This list is for 64-bit x86_64 systems:
-Custom Installation (Minimal): 900MB
-Server: 1.5GB
-Personal Desktop: 2.7GB
-Workstation: 3.4GB
-Custom Installation: (Everything) 7.5GB

Memory Requirements:
-Minimum for graphical: 192MB

PPC Hardware Requirements:
---What? oh that's right. You can also run FD4 on a MAC!
Minimum: PowerPC G3 / POWER4

Naturally, should you ever have any questions. Don't hesitate to ask!

Blair.

This post has been edited by Blair78 on October 22, 2005 07:03 am

[vzane]

So you're a Linux advocate eh? :o

Well, here's a nice Powerpoint file outlining the difference between the Sweden night clubs and UK ones. Pretty much the same thing with Windows vs Linux... why would I go for the ugly command line when I have the beautiful GUI lol

Cheers,
Virgil

[Google]

[Blair78]

Hi vzane,

Red Hat FD4 is a GUI, and a much more impressive one at that. However I'm no advocate. I'm running 4 different os's here, Just giving the world an alternative. :)

Blair.

[BobJam]

About a year ago, I got so angry with Microsoft for pushing out updates, even though I had "Notify, but don't install" selected in my autoupdate config, that I decided to try something else.

Turns out that I should thank Microsoft for pissing me off so much and driving me to try something else. I am now a confirmed Ubuntu fanboy.

The transition was pretty rocky for the first couple of weeks. But I stuck it out, though I do have to admit there were times when I seriously considered going back to Windows. Glad I didn't.

For the first six months or so, I maintained a dual boot Ubuntu/Windows system . . . kept my security blanket but as time went on I found myself going into Windows less and less.

And, yes, the Linux command line is intimidating to noobs, but there are plenty of GUI's available (GNOME, which I use, KDE, xfce, and others). As time has gone on I have become more and more comfortable with CLI (Command Line Interface), but still use the GUI about 60% of the time.

And then about two months ago, I finally cut the cord to Windows and am now 100% Linux/Ubuntu. I do run a VM within Ubuntu with Windows on it, because there is banking software I use (Quicken) that won't run in Linux. There is a piece of software called "Wine" that's supposed to allow you to run Windows software within Linux, and it works for some . . . I found it too buggy and the VM works better for me.

Bottom line, though, I'm glad I made the switch to Linux (though if you would have asked me that in the first few weeks, I wouldn't have given that answer).

Thanks, Microsoft . . . you pissed me off enough so that I persevered through the rocky first few weeks, and now I'm a firm Linux booster.

Try it, and stick with it . . . you'll be glad you did.

(And if anybody wants a list of "Don't do this", just ask me. As a noob to Linux, I did just about everything to mess up in those first few weeks . . . though it's just about impossible to mess your system up totally in Linux. Worse comes to worse, you can always do an easy and quick . . . compared to Windows . . . reinstall. And making an image or clone in Linux is easy, and doesn't cost anything . . . like the $49.95 price for Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost would for Windows!)

This post has been edited by BobJam on December 30, 2009 10:30 pm