The Brand New UltraMegaSuper "Which Distro" Thread

Thanks for the reply. Are there any specific packages that come with Slack that I can choose not to install while doing a fresh installation that may save me some disk space? As I'm not familiar with what packages are safe to get rid of while keeping the functionality I need, any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

http://www.slackbook.org/ will be of use to you. Don't forget to select the "expert" install as that will allow you to remove specific packages prior to install. http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/ will also be of help.

Thanks Xavier. I'm off to read those. I appreciate the linkage.

If anynoe else has any suggestions or input, please post it. I'll be checking back periodically as I'm reading up. Thanks again.

Also check out the LQ Bookmarks site - linked to the right of the page - many people have put up useful links there.

Hello,
I am sure this has been asked many times but I need some help rather quick. I am currently at work so any help will be appreciated.
I have had nothing pure D HELL trying to install Vmware Workstation on Fedora5- I have tried all the documentation I can find and fixes as well and it just won't install for love, money or women....

Now this is my question while I run Ubuntu 6 at home and the install was easy and flawless- but my experience with Ubuntu has been some what unstable at times. For instance once when I tried to chage resoultion it craped out on me. I could not even get it to a cli to try modify the settings either.

What I want is a stable Linux Host- that VMware finds what it needs and I don't have to go to Hell and back to get it to work.

I know it will work in Suse 10x but the text and graphics are terriable in Suse.

Slack is so diffcult to install that I just don't have time for it.

So let me know what you think...

thanks

Are you using the VMWare Any Any patch when you try to install on FC5? If not, I suggest you download it and use that instead of the builtin vmware-config.pl

I use SuSE Enterprise Linux Desktop 10, and have had it installed on 10.1, 10.0, FC5 and FC4 (ranging from versions 4.5 - 5.5.2)

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux Distributions and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

ikw38 - I have merged your thread into this megathread.

mega-thread fodder ...

Yeah I have Any- any , .0,.01.,02,.03......
Fedora just plain sucks for ease of use for VMware....
Ubuntu seems the easiest.. not sure stable wise...
May try Slack but which gui? I understand Fluxbox screams.... but can you configure Vmware in it?


THanks

This thread has now been megathreaded

Originally Posted by ikw38 Yeah I have Any- any , .0,.01.,02,.03...... Fedora just plain sucks for ease of use for VMware.... Ubuntu seems the easiest.. not sure stable wise... May try Slack but which gui? I understand Fluxbox screams.... but can you configure Vmware in it? THanks

I'm curious. What are the issues with Fedora and VMware? I'm just now getting ready to set up a Red Hat /VMware test box. Fedora has some cutting edge stuff that has not been approved for Fedora but otherwise they are very close to the same. I'm concerned about what I might be getting myself into.

Tks!!!

Previously, I've tried both gentoo and LFS (not CLFS though), but being a battery powered computer for use on the go, I don't want to use a "build-from-source" distro.. thx for the input anyway!

btw - and totally off topic - if you like gentoo, try rockhopper...

Y have a 82M hard drive 64K ram laptop MITAC with DOS installed. I whant to install some kind of linux distribution in it. I dont know if it possible. The laptop model, if it helps, is 3026e. thank

Also I just find out that has a 386sx processor.