[CALUG] Upgrading from RH 7.3

Mon Feb 13 13:17:16 CST 2006

Dear RG,

Good screenshot! Just what I'm looking for!

How strong is the computer you are using? Am in a situation where I need 
Windows some of the time but I supply and set up my own laptop so have 
wondered whether I could run Windows on VM Ware with satisfactory speed. 
Have dual booted in the past, just got tired of switching back and 
forth, but on the other hand I know there would be a speed hit with 
emulation.

My laptop is an IBM T-23, 1G Hz P-III, 512 MB.Probably too slow, it 
doesn't even run Windows that fast. Thanks for any info!

Thanks,           Reid

Rajiv Gunja wrote:

>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
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>
>
>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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