Employee Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 Do almost all Linux distros run as live cds or have that capability? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Alot do have both an install and a live CD version. Some, of course, don't have live CD versions, and some on the other hand are only avalable on a live CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabath Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Live cds ubuntu, knoppix, pclinuxos and mepis among a few have live cds. Alternatively just get hold of vmware player edit the vmx file for your distro of choice and run the iso in a Virtual machine on your win box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 Which one would you suggjest would be the easiest switch from windows to linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 SuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora Core 5 all aim to keep every time GUI oriantated. I am current writing this using SuSE 10.1 with Gnome + Xgl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabath Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I like PCLinuxOS for first time users.Like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Ok let me start by saying my problem. Well where I live in northern virginia there are a lot of hills. So I'm at the bottom of a 'valley' in between two hills. I have a lan line phone and a cell phone. My cell phone gets barely if any signal in my room; it gets a little signal upstairs though. I was wondering if there was a way to set up maybe a dish that would collect signal and than transfer it down too my room and some how spread it. Is this possible or am I just insane? (Note I use this thread so I don't make massive amounts of topics and flood the room) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 No, you can't just use a dish, becasue the phone has to send signal back. You would be best to use a normal antena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 So, would their be a way to drag an antenna to a longer range? Or is there a way to 'attract' signal to a spot? (agian sorry for being ignorant on this topic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 A normal TV antena will help a bit. Just get a normal arial (Example of normal antena). You will need to make a custom cable though... you will need one with a female coax connector on one end (so you can plug it into the antena) and then find a way to interface the other end with the transiver of your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VilleValoV Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I Swear Sparda! Is there anythign you dont know..^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 What? I understand basic electronis... i'm for ever messing with electrical stuff and finding ways to do cool stuff. I also have a AS in Physics, admitadly it's an E, but thats becasue I had an extrmly hard time remembering the formula and symbls. I understand the actual workings for the stuff, but the maths is beyond me simply becasue i find it realy hard to remember the equasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 I also have a AS in Physics, admitadly it's an E, And I seirously wish I knew what you were talking about, can you explain briefly, so I know next time anyone says something complicated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 You know what an A Level is? An AS level is half a A level, i only did physics for one year so I have an AS. If i had done physics for two years I could have gotten a A level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 You know what an A Level is? An AS level is half a A level, i only did physics for one year so I have an AS. If i had done physics for two years I could have gotten a A level. Still very confused but ok. I have a new question now. I started coding a website, I have this really old computer sitting out side my room and I was wondering how would I go about making this into a 'server' to run a website off of? (Not many people would be going to it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degoba Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I like PCLinuxOS for first time users.Like me Im sorry but I just have to say something. I would not, i repeat would not recomend pclinuxos for a new linux user. The reason for this is because it tries to copy windows too much. Using pclinuxos doesnt really teach you much about linux. As a starting distro I would highly recomend suse. I am not a suse user myself but I have tried it, and it has a gui tailored for beginners without sacrificing the stability and power of linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabath Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Thats sort of the point isn't it? If the "new user" is technically aware yes I would agree but for a normal pc user going over to its the bees knees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 How can I setup a web server? mainly for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 www.howtoforge.com has all your answers, check out their "Pefect Setup" tutorials, there is usually one for most of the common distros. And of course, completely free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabath Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Alternatively dslwebserver.com is very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 www.howtoforge.com has all your answers, check out their "Pefect Setup" tutorials, there is usually one for most of the common distros.And of course, completely free. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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