Open Source…..Here I Come
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
Most important thing is to enjoy what you are doing.
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 :]
I am using KDE . I would have loved to use yum but because of poor net connection , it doesnt work .
thanks for dropping by…you have a great blog too
I prefer Suse Linux to Fedora Core 5.
You can try that.
Will Definately give it a try in the near future .
I donot know why this god damn Ubuntu doesn’t work in my system…
SuSE is my fav distro
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?