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Hi all, I'm an artist semi-retired (as if an artist can ever retire ) not by choice forced by illness, kidney failure and liver failure. Thank you so much Terrorist 75 for sharing your story! I can differently feel your pain. My partner's liver is much worse than mine and needs a liver now.. On the other hand I need a kidney. I'm starting to think that we are being pieced out part by part. You have no idea how your post effected me. Thank you so much!!! I've been married for 29 years and have four children, two grandchildren. I'm also a "TTV" displaced person looking for familiar fa

Sweet! Welcome to Linux, man! The next step in your journey is to choose a distro to install on your hard drive. When I first installed Linux a few years ago I did it on a piece of crap computer that I scrounged and not my main computer. That way if it messed up I wouldn't care. If you've got an older computer that's maybe a place to start. Good starting distros in no particular order Fedora, Mandrake, Suse.

Hi Chappy, I spend less and less time at G4 for the very reasons you mention. There are far too many jerks that lurk there. You can't even be civil without some miscreant flaming you. I check in from time to time there, but, I prefer this forum. The G4 forum is a lost cause.

Married for 20 years; 47 years old. I've got two kids I'm employed as a Grade 4/5 Teacher; I've been teaching for 21 years. I provide tech support for the staff and students at my school. I love computers and software especially Linux.

Yeah, I enjoyed it too, thanks for the reply, B.

Yes, once you've burned the Knoppix CD just pop it into your cd tray and then power down your unit. If your computer is set to boot from your cd rom drive when you start-up your computer you'll boot into Linux from your Knoppix cd. You'll be running your computer from the cd, not your hard drive. Your windows install will be unaffected. Knoppix is great. When you're finished using Knoppix power down your computer, then re-start, as the computer starts to power-up just eject the cd and you'll boot into windows. md5 is used to see if your iso file that you downloaded is okay and not corrupt

Actually, I'm an amateur, and I can afford to give my time freely because it has no value :-) I'd trust your Linux/Unix advice over some professionals I know, jcl Thanks for helping out on the boards, man. We appreciate it!

Glad you like the Knoppix CD:-) When Knoppix is running your hard drive with the windows install is not being read so you're safe from viruses, spam. Knoppix is read-only so viruses, etc won't be saved to your hard drive. You're running your computer from your CD ROM drive not your hard drive when you're using Knoppix.

Hi Folks, If you get into some real trouble with Linux we are very lucky to have some Gurus who are logging in here now. jcl, iccaros, and TheLetterK are advanced users that can help you with complex problems. I've known these guys for quite some time, they are the real deal in Unix/Linux. When I get stumped I ask these guys for help. They are professionals, who give generously of their time.

Thank you, jcl, TheLetterK, I'll go check that out

Panicware Pop-up blocker The above is a great add-on to IE 6 that'll block pop-ups from happening, it's free. Fire Fox 1.0 I never use IE 6 at all if I can help it. I mostly use Mozilla's Fire Fox. It has great pop-up blocking and is not subject to viruses and hijacking like IE 6. It's a must have.

I'd also be really curious to know of a website that has Mac OS X commands. I know some Linux terminal commands. I just got a new shiny eMac at work running OS X, very nice. Put a user account in today, so I'm not running as admin all the time.

Welcome, TheLetterK, it's good to have another expert here. I'm glad you came over, man! I hope you stay for a bit

Hi jcl, thank you for your thoughtful reply. Work has been hellish this week. It bothers me when work interferes with my ability to post messages here. Well said, man! I tire of the constant obsessing with software config. Having said that I'm constantly, downloading, trying out new applications. I like trying new stuff, not spending days tweaking it to get it to work. I just downloaded, installed Fire Fox 1.0 today. Very nice, it automatically detected that I needed Flash when I went to one website and it installed Flash for me with a few mouse clicks, very windows-like. I've enjoyed

Sweet, congratulations! I also run Mandrake 10 and love it.

Knoppix download mirrors Discount Linux CDs You can download Knoppix from the first link and buy it from the second link. Welcome to Linux. Knoppix is a great way to get into Linux as jcl said. The only thing you may need to do is set your computer to boot from your CD ROM drive, but, it probably already does that. Your XP install will not be touched as your computer will boot from the CD ROM drive and run all programs from the CD.

If you've never installed Linux before I'd go with Mandrake or Fedora, either are good distros. Go to the hardware compatibility lists of the version of linux that you choose and ensure that your video card, modem, NIC, sound card, etc. is Linux compatible. In other words you've got to do an inventory of the hardware in your PC. Know your PC before you install Linux. If you have some experience with Linux and are comfortable with the command line then try slackware or gentoo. Good luck, man:-) hitest

I post there the odd time when I'm feeling particularly masochistic, but, those times are becoming more and more infrequent. The G4 boards are far too hostile for my tastes.

I've got 6 to give away....................................I can't give them away...................

If you don't know what to do with the gmails, donate them to our Military Troops. I went to that site and signed up to give away my invites, but, never got a response. Maybe I'll try again.

This little exerpt comes from the Gentoo install guide at gentoo.org How do I burn an ISO file? You need to burn the file in so-called raw mode. This means that you should not just place the file on the CD, but interpret the file as an entire CD. There are lots of CD burning tools available; covering them all would be a Sisyphean problem. Describing a few popular tools however doesn't hurt * With EasyCD Creator you select File, Record CD from CD image. Then you change the Files of type to ISO image file. Then locate the ISO file and click Open. When you click on Start recording the ISO i

I'm in the same boat. I can't give these Gmail invitations away. I have 6 gmail invites to give away. If you'd like one just PM me your e-mail address and I'll send one your way.

I haven't watched the show very much since Pat has left. I also like it when they go into some depth about gadgets or software. I like Yoshi's segments.

It's too late for this individual. By the time he finally got away from the computer and found a source of nourishment he had forgotten how to eat and attempted to place butter in the CD Drive. Another individual after being infected with this disease drug his fridge to his desk and gorged himself. after seeing a shocked kitty pic and a reference to ninja burger he laughed and chocked on a 1lb block of cheese. This has been a public post announcement paid for by The Happy Cheese Block Corporation. LOL

Thank you for your generous reply, jcl. It's refreshing to talk to an advanced person who doesn't bristle with indignation when someone is using a lowly rpm distro. Some gurus will ridicule you if you're not running a source based distro. Quote "I'm not real big on fighting the system just to get it to do its job." I like your pragmatic philosophy about distro use. I agree, I'm not a slave to any one distro, and will use what ever runs well on my system. As you know I ran Red Hat 9 for a year then had to migrate to another distro when Red Hat pulled the plug on RH 9. Over a six month per