Alot of really n00bie questions

mckenn88 · Post by **mckenn88** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:34 am

ok i got alota ?'s. here goes... is linux more like windows or DOS? Can you have your xbox boot to evox first and then go to linux from there, like an app? do you need a keyboard or a mouse? if you need them do you plug one in one controller port and one in the other or do you need a usb hub? can you fit linux and some basic programs on the hd?

gasranas · Post by **gasranas** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:07 pm

hi,

dos
yes
no
you need usb hub
yes

If you need to know how to do any of the above, reply, and we will see if we can sort you out.

Gas

mckenn88 · Post by **mckenn88** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:35 pm

all i pretty much want to have it on there for is to go on the internet and check my email n stuff. in my last question i meant to say will it fit on the stock hard drive. does anyone know of somewhere where they sell just the breakaway part for the controller, the little 2 inch part. thanks

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:27 pm

I disagree with gasranas. True, Linux is not designed around a gui, but, unlike dos, it is 32-bit, pre-emptable, etc.

mckenn88 · Post by **mckenn88** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:30 pm

what i really meant was do you have to type commands or click on stuff on the screen. thx

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:11 am

mckenn88 wrote:what i really meant was do you have to type commands or click on stuff on the screen. thx

Whatever you want. *nix-type OSes are modular, so the kernel is entirely separate from the shell, separate from the GUI. You can just use a shell if you want, or use a GUI if you want.

gasranas · Post by **gasranas** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:16 am

I agree with Trogdor too

I was just trying to illustrate to newbies. To newbies, Linux will appear more like DOS/Windows 3.11, we all know that is an illusion, but hey

Gas.

mckenn88 · Post by **mckenn88** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 4:37 pm

hey i just got mini-linux as an app off this installer. is there any way that i could use this to run IE? also am i allowed to ask where to get programs such as IE on this forum? thanks

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 8:17 pm

Hmm . . . where to get IE . . . hmmmm . . . it's a free [beer] product distributed by the vendor, so you could try Microsoft's web site. You will need Wine or VMWare or something to run IE under Linux. And also, IE totally sucks from a technical point of view, so I suggest using Konqueror or Mozilla/Firefox, the latest versions of which both adhere, at least partially, to CSS 3. MSIE doesn't even adhere well to CSS 1!

A note to all: please don't use MSIE. It makes web development a nightmare due to its botched standards. Anyways, who wants to use a browser that hasn't got any new features for four years?

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:21 pm

Trogdor wrote:Anyways, who wants to use a browser that hasn't got any new features for four years?

Come on that's unfair XP SP2 has added a pop-up stopper

mckenn88 · Post by **mckenn88** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:36 am

ok dude now ur gonna have to tone it down to like 5yr old talk. i got the linux installer for mozilla on my computer. whta do i do with it. where do i put it. i have the gentoox home that i ftp installed to my E:/ cause i still have the stock hdd. will mozilla and gentoox both fit on the stock 8gb hd?????

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:11 am

nobspangle wrote:
Trogdor wrote:Anyways, who wants to use a browser that hasn't got any new features for four years?
Come on that's unfair XP SP2 has added a pop-up stopper

OMGWTFBBQ!!! MICROSOFT RULEZ BECAUSE TEHY JUST UPGRADED TEH INTERNET!!!!1~oneoen!eleven

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:10 am

gentoox home will already have mozilla installed.

mckenn88 · Post by **mckenn88** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:20 pm

how do i install lilke gaim or something

lotw · Post by **lotw** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:27 pm

mckenn88 wrote:how do i install lilke gaim or something

The Home version of Gentoox already has GAIM installed.