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Old 04-25-2004, 03:09 AM   #1
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Need advice on distros....?


I am trying to setup lfs on my computer. Now, I still run windows for gaming purposes and most everything else. The purpose of the lfs is to make a music system just for me using the linux-sound.org links (and a few other links i know ) to build a fast, good working music workstation not only now, but for my own use later in life...

Anyway, what I'm wondering now, is to save myself hastle, space, and time, how can I start to compile the lfs temporary system either through windows somehow, a co-distro that runs on windows, or should I just use knoppix or something? Any ideas?
 
Old 04-25-2004, 03:15 AM   #2
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I'd use knoppix. To my knowledge, you can't compile linux code in Windows. There are a few distros that can install in a fat32 environment, though, if you wanna look in to 'em. NTFS support isn't nearly good enough to do that yet, however.
 
Old 04-25-2004, 08:37 AM   #3
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Look at lin-4-win if its still around....
 
Old 04-26-2004, 02:52 AM   #4
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I'd use knoppix. To my knowledge, you can't compile linux code in Windows. There are a few distros that can install in a fat32 environment, though, if you wanna look in to 'em. NTFS support isn't nearly good enough to do that yet, however.
well, it would be a co system, so it would be compiling with a linux kernel and tools essentially (right...?)
 
Old 04-26-2004, 07:29 PM   #5
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I like Linux gentoo, my first distro was Mandrake 7.1. Gentoo is very good because of its portage system you can emerge applications, its very good for lazy people.
 
Old 04-29-2004, 02:00 AM   #6
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well wine didn't work as i had planned, does anybody know of a free version of win4lin or something similar?

it's kind of like an x window login (where you're in linux and login into linux on a different account) but it's basically a windows 98 or windows xp os instead of a linux os

is there anything like this that's open source?
 
  


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