[CALUG] Upgrading from RH 7.3
Reid Sprague
r-link at earthlink.net
Tue Feb 14 08:37:23 CST 2006
Dear Rajiv,
I think I knew the answer to the horsepower question -- but now I know
what works, so thanks very much for that!
Ditto on the Windows, I don't trust anything important to it; my brother
in law (a doctor) has repeatedly lost billing information in his system
crashes, once losing a quarter's billings. He was unable to collect on a
large number of those lost billings -- cost him thousands. For some
reason, he is his own administrator. His brother works in IT for the UN
in Geneva -- he set him up with Linux (not sure what flavor) for his
server after the last episode.
Thanks, Reid
Rajiv Gunja wrote:
> Reid,
> I run Xandros on both my HP-Compaq(2.8 GHz P4 with 1 GB ram) desktop
> and Laptop (2.4 GHz Celeron with 256 MB ram)
> In office, I run Xandros on 2 desktops, Compaq 733 MHz P3 with 512 MB
> ram and HP-Compaq 2.66 GHz with 756 MB ram.
>
> You should be able to run Xandros without an issue on your 1 GHz P3.
> But you will not get good performance out of Windows on VMware.
> Xandros runs KDE and is tuned to be very light.
> If you can dual boot to windows, I would suggest, stay with that.
>
> In my case, I have gradually started loathing windows to a point
> where, I cannot stand the sight of it. All this caused by 2 crashes in
> the last 6 years, one of which cost me all personal emails dating back
> to 1995/6 and the other which only cost me a months' loss of "work"
> emails.
>
> The screenshot is a "show-off" screen, where I show that I am running
> videos(VLC player), windows under vmware, bit-torrent client, Firefox,
> Xandros Network, where I can chose 2.6.11 kernel source to be
> installed in 1 click. You can ignore it, as it is "just" a show-off
> screenshot.
>
> Of course in real life, I might have all those apps up and running
> except for VLC. I connect to my office via VPN, which unfortunately
> works only on windows. So I boot Windows under VMware and VPN to my
> office and do all my office work under VMware.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -GGR
>
>
> ---
> Rajiv G Gunja
> System Analyst / Engg
> SUN / AIX / HPUX / Linux Admin
> IM: AOL / Yahoo / MSN : ggvrsn
>
>
> On 2/13/06, *Reid Sprague* <r-link at earthlink.net
> <mailto:r-link at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >On 2/11/06, Dave Bazell < bazell at comcast.net
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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