Which Distro?
by Ben Ewing · in General Discussion · 11/30/2005 (6:14 pm) · 24 replies
I would like to switch to Linux, but I have yet to find one that I like, can someone please recommend one that works good with TGE and is fairly user friendly (With support for wireles cards too).
#22
Does this mean it has a good chance of compiling TGE? As I have no experience of installing or setting up Linux, and will be doing so on a machine with no Internet connection, I would rather avoid complications.
12/08/2005 (6:35 am)
I've just checked the features table at DistroWatch and GCC 3.4.3 is included with the 2005 version of Mandriva.Does this mean it has a good chance of compiling TGE? As I have no experience of installing or setting up Linux, and will be doing so on a machine with no Internet connection, I would rather avoid complications.
#23
as root run "update-menus -v"
I forgot to add this in my post above...
12/08/2005 (7:45 am)
To anyone running mandrake 9.2 remember that at some point your menus will be missing items, to fix:as root run "update-menus -v"
I forgot to add this in my post above...
#24
Don't write a bootloader to the bootsector. Have it boot from a floppy for now. This makes life easier in case you don't like linux after all.
12/08/2005 (7:47 am)
Try out Mandriva. It should be a piece of cake to install. If you are installing it on your main working computer, make sure that you have a spare hard drive or have an unpartitioned space on your existing hard drive.Don't write a bootloader to the bootsector. Have it boot from a floppy for now. This makes life easier in case you don't like linux after all.
Torque 3D Owner Chris "DiGi" Timberlake
With Ubuntu, you gotta install all the tools. With suse, you gotta find/install all the tools. With Fedora Core/RedHat, all the tools are installed when you select the dev packages.
Edit: Mandrake Limited Edition 2005 has tons of tools and drivers. I donno if it has GCC 4, or not. But it MIGHT compile. Only question would be GCC 4, and GLU.