Hi all. I wanna try and run a Linux program under VPC except most graphical Linuxes run REAL SLOW. What are some CLI only distros that I can try? Thanks...
ok, it sounds like your a neewbie to Linux (which is great actually, it's not a bad thing at all). I think what you are looking for is a "redhat like distro" of linux which doesn't have xfree on there. You first stop is to look for more distro's than Redhat or Mandrake and go to actual linux forums.
To make a long story short, good version of Linux which let you install it yourself (which is not easy I must say) are both slackware and gentoo. I would reccomend gentoo as it's one of the better ones I think. Just don't install xfree or a window manager and you'll have a CLI box. Honnestly tho, if you a newbie to linux then I think a CLI box might be a little too far ahead. They are not the most user friendly boxes around, it's probabaly a better idea to get a light install without all the crap that RedHat has and learn the OS through a GUI first and then try out the CLI.
I learned myself on FreeBSD without a GUI and man, it sucked. I wish I learned with a GUI cause it makes easy operatiosn (like moving files and understanding the file system) actually easy. It's not fun to memorize 30 operations.
heh yea thnx... but I think I'll wait till I have a good PC to install the whole kit and kaboodle.... I wanted to try and see if it would run under VPC.... but I guess it doesnt...
heh yea thnx... but I think I'll wait till I have a good PC to install the whole kit and kaboodle.... I wanted to try and see if it would run under VPC.... but I guess it doesnt...
Why use VPC? Just partition and install gentoo ppc.
& its running gentoo 1.2 & oracle 9i for nearly 2 years
now 24x7 & its plenty fast
p3 chips are dirt cheap now & wont break the bank
make sure you have enough ram ...toss in a gf2mx
or similar cheapie card & away you go..
on the plus side if you feel the need to play games
the above will also run win2k quite well for games
Max.. that's all good advice but I'm gonna sooner or later get a brand new machine with Linux preinstalled or I'll install it... I'll keep that in mind though. Thanks.
Max.. that's all good advice but I'm gonna sooner or later get a brand new machine with Linux preinstalled or I'll install it... I'll keep that in mind though. Thanks.
build your own if you can you will have more control
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Every Linux is CLI under the hood.
To make a long story short, good version of Linux which let you install it yourself (which is not easy I must say) are both slackware and gentoo. I would reccomend gentoo as it's one of the better ones I think. Just don't install xfree or a window manager and you'll have a CLI box. Honnestly tho, if you a newbie to linux then I think a CLI box might be a little too far ahead. They are not the most user friendly boxes around, it's probabaly a better idea to get a light install without all the crap that RedHat has and learn the OS through a GUI first and then try out the CLI.
I learned myself on FreeBSD without a GUI and man, it sucked. I wish I learned with a GUI cause it makes easy operatiosn (like moving files and understanding the file system) actually easy. It's not fun to memorize 30 operations.
www.gentoo.org
BEN
theres a live cd you can download.
make a vpc hdd image of say 10 mb or so
& give it 256mb ram & the cd will run directly
in ram
....& you can boot cli or xwin as you please
have fun...
pete
Originally posted by Proud iBook Owner 2k2
heh yea thnx... but I think I'll wait till I have a good PC to install the whole kit and kaboodle.... I wanted to try and see if it would run under VPC.... but I guess it doesnt...
Why use VPC? Just partition and install gentoo ppc.
Originally posted by Proud iBook Owner 2k2
Here's a question:: How fast does Knoppix run? I'm downloading it now... Would it run well on my real Compaq 233 MHz PC with 32 MB of RAM?
yes but it will be slow
233mhz is slow & 32mb will be painfully slow if
you use x
if its just cmd line aka console then it should run fine....
Originally posted by Proud iBook Owner 2k2
Yeah... I tried it and it ran like sh*t. Under VPC it ran even worse.
you have slow hardware ...so heres a suggestion
look in the paper for a used machine
my home server is a p3 500 + 1gb ram
& its running gentoo 1.2 & oracle 9i for nearly 2 years
now 24x7 & its plenty fast
p3 chips are dirt cheap now & wont break the bank
make sure you have enough ram ...toss in a gf2mx
or similar cheapie card & away you go..
on the plus side if you feel the need to play games
the above will also run win2k quite well for games
Originally posted by madmax559
you have slow hardware ...so heres a suggestion
look in the paper for a used machine
my home server is a p3 500 + 1gb ram
& its running gentoo 1.2 & oracle 9i for nearly 2 years
now 24x7 & its plenty fast
p3 chips are dirt cheap now & wont break the bank
make sure you have enough ram ...toss in a gf2mx
or similar cheapie card & away you go..
on the plus side if you feel the need to play games
the above will also run win2k quite well for games
Max.. that's all good advice but I'm gonna sooner or later get a brand new machine with Linux preinstalled or I'll install it... I'll keep that in mind though. Thanks.
Originally posted by Proud iBook Owner 2k2
Max.. that's all good advice but I'm gonna sooner or later get a brand new machine with Linux preinstalled or I'll install it... I'll keep that in mind though. Thanks.
build your own if you can you will have more control
over what goes in
also go here www.endpcnoise.com
ive bought quite a bit of stuff from them & their
stuff is excellent & service is very good
im running an amd 1.2ghz with gf3ti200
seagate 80gb (really quiet hdd) & a nexus power supply
& its dead quiet.