Comments on: Installing Linux in Under 5 minutes https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:15:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539317 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:15:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539317 sinned34: Keep us posted!

]]> By: rpsms https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539316 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:25:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539316 {without needing grub…} So consider dual-boot-dual-hard drives (as opposed to multiple partitions).

]]> By: rpsms https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539315 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:23:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539315 Aside from the lack of professional Adobe/quark/DTP, I found linux lacking in the looks department. It looks good in screenshots, but in motion, its more a visual design as conceived by engineers. Which is not a compliment.

Other than that, its all about the software you want to use, and the freedom.

Many recent BIOS have a built-in boot menu keystroke to pick the bootable device, without needing GRUB.

]]> By: Jason Thibeault https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539314 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:30:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539314 One of us… ONE OF US!

(Though I seriously understand the Fallout thing. Honest.)

]]> By: sinned34 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539313 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:21:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539313 Fine, Greg – you win. Between my Linux fanbois coworkers nagging me and the comments on your stupid blog, I’ll try installing some version of Linux on my PC this weekend (if I can drag myself away from Fallout 3). Now that I’ve got 2 Tb of mirrored hard drive space, I suppose I can probably find the room.

]]> By: John Swindle https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539312 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:33:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539312 Jason
Concerning KDE4– wary is good.

]]> By: Jason Thibeault https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539311 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:12:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539311 Gary,

Well, my joke/sarcasm/teasing sensor is broken in real life too, so what can ya do. 🙂 Also, you think the Fates had a different path for you? I went to school to be an English teacher!

The image was built with a legitimate key Windows XP Pro SP2-integrated 32-bit installer, and I used the USMT tool (Files and Settings Transfer Wizard) to pull my profile off my other partition, and copied everything off onto my Linux partition (USMT state and all files) before blowing the original XP partition away. It’s not exactly taking a disk image from the other partition, and it allows for the proper installation of the VirtualBox drivers, so regardless of how “unclean” it was, it worked.

I quite like Gnome, having used it since switching off KDE in my very early days of Linux hax0ring. I haven’t given KDE4 a chance yet, though I’ll likely wait for the fully polished “done” version before I throw in. And yes I know they already released the non-beta for it, it’s just I’ve already heard enough “it’s different and dumb” complaints on Slashdot that I’m wary.

]]> By: John Swindle https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539310 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:36:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539310 Dan said: “I use Gnome because it’s what I’m used to.” I think that probably sums it up for most users. I’m accustomed to KDE, so even a “Not Quite Ready” version (KDE4) is more comfortable for me than Gnome. XFCE strikes me as a “Gnome-Lite”.
My son has recently begun using Linux, and maybe hasn’t yet developed a bias regarding desktop environments; he seems comfortable with whatever’s up.

]]> By: GaryB, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539309 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:15:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539309 Jason, I was just teasing you.

The reason techs tend to choose format and reinstall is time and cost. Backing up data, formating and re-installing is a quicker and more reliable method of fixing some problems, especially malware (root kit crap). We have to be aware of how much the customer is willing to pay. In a corporate situation that may be different. BTW, I didn’t start out as a tech, I have a B.Sc. in CS and started as a programmer. The Fates apparently had other ideas about what I should do.

Thanks for the response. I refuse to ‘do’ VMWare so I’ll give VBox OSE and Zen a look.

If you don’t mind me asking, what did you use to create the image of your XP system?

]]> By: Dan J https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539308 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:06:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/05/installing-linux-in-under-5-mi/#comment-539308 Now we need a big thread about desktop environments. I use Gnome because it’s what I’m used to. I used KDE for a few minutes, but quickly became frustrated with it for reasons I can’t quite recall. What are peoples’ experiences with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, etc.?

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