[CALUG] Upgrading from RH 7.3

[Rajiv Gunja]

Dave,
Xandros is the easiest Linux I have ever used, of course not considering
Linspire, as in linspire, every application you would "need" (not want) has
a price tag attached to it.

Xandros has 2 versions, Deluxe and OCE (open circulation edition). deluxe
edition comes with Crossover office 4.2, which is really good if you need to
install MS products. My desktop at home and office is Xandros, so at office,
I have Lotus Notes, Gaim, Sametime and couple of other apps running under
WINE (crossover office). I also have VMware, so I run windows in VMware, so
If there are apps which will not install under WINE, it is bound to work
under VMware.

Configuring printers, cable modem or LAN is straight forward. Even wifi is
easy, only thing is Xandros uses ndis drivers and not native drivers. One of
the best things about Xandros you will like is Samba, it is preconfigured,
so no messing with smb.conf.

I have attached a screenshot, hope it is flattering.

I have both Deluxe and OCE version of Xandros, let me know which one you
want and I will burn you a copy.

Enjoy

-GGR

---
Rajiv G Gunja
System Analyst / Engg
SUN / AIX / HPUX / Linux Admin
IM: AOL / Yahoo / MSN : ggvrsn



On 2/11/06, Dave Bazell <bazell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks Rajiv,
>
> I will look into Xandros, I have not heard of it till now.  I am a
> programmer but not a linux developer so I have no need/desire for the latest
> changes to the OS.  I assume Xandros allows for the standard things like
> connecting to my cable modem for networking and configuring my printers,
> etc., with relative ease?
>
> I'll check out their website.
>
> Dave
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Rajiv Gunja
>   To: Dave Bazell
>   Cc: lug at calug.com
>   Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:11 AM
>   Subject: Re: [CALUG] Upgrading from RH 7.3
>
>
>   Dave,
>
>   Unless, you have a really really good reason, business or personal, I
> would never suggest upgrade. Best thing to do is to wipe the partitions
> clean and do a fresh install. I used to try upgrade as I had Intel C++
> compiler and did not want to lose the config, But that just kept me up all
> night trouble-shooting the issues with the upgrade.
>
>   Since then, I have switched to Xandros desktop and I no longer have to
> trouble shoot upgrade issues. Xandros Networks lets me know that there are
> application updated and I just click one button, "install all updates" and I
> come back in 20 minutes and it is all done. Of course upgrading kernel is a
> different thing. They do not come out with a new kernel very often. Since I
> use my Linux as my primary desktop, I do not intend to keep upgrading, so I
> am fine.
>
>   The other best part of Xandros is that I can install both rpm and deb
> pkgs right off the menu and not worry about missing library files, since XN
> downloads any missing libs and installs them too.
>
>   But if you are a developer and want to try out all the latest, cutting
> edge software, then you should go with RH or SELS, they are good for messing
> around.
>
>   Good luck
>
>
>   -GGR
>   ---
>   Rajiv G Gunja
>   System Analyst / Engg
>   SUN / AIX / HPUX / Linux Admin
>   IM: AOL / Yahoo / MSN : ggvrsn
>
>
>   On 2/10/06, Dave Bazell <bazell at comcast.net> wrote:
>     Hi,
>
>     I have dual boot Windows XP/RHLinux system running RH 7.3 (Valhalla)
> with
>     kernel version 2.4.18-3.  I want to upgrade to whatever is the current
> RH
>     version since I am more frequently downloading sw that won't compile
> becuase
>     I have an old version of something, usually libc.
>
>     Any suggestions about the best way to do this?  Just install current
> version
>     that I download from RH (hours worth of downloading over my cable
> modem)?
>     Other approaches?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Dave
>
>
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