Open Source…..Here I Come
By Madhur Kapoor on Aug 9, 2006 in General, Linux, My Choice, Open Source
After many years of working with windows , i thought that the time has come for me to give Linux a try and experiance what Open Source is all about . As i didnt have any knowledge of Linux Distro’s (so much to choose) , i was really confused about which one to install . So after some talks with my friends , the choice came down Fedora Core 5 and Ubuntu 6.06 . Since FC 5 was available in my college LAN , i decided to go for it .
The installtion was quite simple for a newbie like me . I just created a partition as free space and the setup handled the rest . Even with most of the packages being installed , the installation was simple and took around 40 minutes which was quite ok compared to the Installation of Windows Vista beat 2 which took more than an hour . After installation i was quite amazed to see the beautiful interface of the desktop and the login window , even better than Windows .
The main problem was with the mounting of the NTFS drives and installing softwares . As FC5 doesnt have inbuilt support for NTFS , mp3 , real player etc due to patent issues , it really gave me headache . But thanks to qwerty maniac , i managed to mount my discs and even got mp3 to play and so . For the past 2 days i have been working on it , and i am learning new things every time . Lets see how far can i go ? Would love your recommendations and suggestions for softwares etc .
Yeah, I been Using Kubuntu since two weeks now and its really fun to use it. It has a sexy GUI
Thilak | Aug 9, 2006 | Reply
Most important thing is to enjoy what you are doing.
Hiren | Aug 10, 2006 | Reply
NTFS isnt present in RH distros cause of ‘legal’ issues, its still not clear why, but all other distros ship with it!
You’re using KDE or Gnome, so that people can suggest softwares accordingly. IMHO please use Yum to get em :]
Qwerty Maniac | Aug 10, 2006 | Reply
I am using KDE . I would have loved to use yum but because of poor net connection , it doesnt work .
Madhur kapoor | Aug 10, 2006 | Reply
thanks for dropping by…you have a great blog too
harry | Aug 10, 2006 | Reply
I prefer Suse Linux to Fedora Core 5.
You can try that.
Manas | Aug 10, 2006 | Reply
Will Definately give it a try in the near future .
Madhur Kapoor | Aug 10, 2006 | Reply
I donot know why this god damn Ubuntu doesn’t work in my system…
Shivaranjan | Aug 16, 2006 | Reply
SuSE is my fav distro
Shankar Ganesh | Jan 19, 2007 | Reply
So, it has been six months… lets get a follow up and let us know how your experience has been using Linux. Are you using Linux exclusively or do you also use Windows? Which do you use more? What have you learned about Linux and what things have you found difficult that usually comes easy in Windows?
Garry Conn | Feb 15, 2007 | Reply
@Garry
I am currently using Suse 10.1 along with Windows . Basically i use Linux for development purposes . But since i am a newbie in Linux , i prefer Windows more . I find installing application a bit tough in Linux as compared to windows ..also most Linux distros dont have support for mp3 , java etc and you have to install it manually which can be quite tough …
Madhur Kapoor | Feb 19, 2007 | Reply
Hi,
May be you should try UBUNTU ultimate edition
http://ubuntusoftware.info/ultimate/index.html
This has all codecs and other stuffs in it to satisfy your needs!
Enjoy!
Jayahari | Feb 27, 2007 | Reply
linux s cOOL and if you like windows like look , u can try victor linux it s very cOOL .
ubuntu s definately good .try live cd and feel the difference , ubuntu doesnt have MP3 plugins , but when u try to play music , it ask to downlaod the codecs from internet .
so u just need a ubuntu disc and interenet to rock u r PC.
Lalit Nagrath | Sep 3, 2007 | Reply