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Hi. napansin ko lang may ilang peeps na interesado sa linux. I'll try to help as much as I can. Maybe we also have guys here that are very much experienced with linux so we can help them help us as well.

dude, i have a feeling opening this thread is no longer necessary as there's an existing linux thread, not to mention the other Open Source thread.

 

no offense meant, pramis -_-

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dude, i have a feeling opening this thread is no longer necessary as there's an existing linux thread, not to mention the other Open Source thread.

 

no offense meant, pramis -_-

 

OK lang bro, no offense taken. Dun sa isang linux thread kasi, its more of a newbie discussion. Dito ang pwede maging range of audience is from newbie to expert. Madami akong nakitang linux experts sa ibang thread. Maybe we can get them to contribute/answer questions here, kung meron.

 

Also, I dont mind if the mods close this thread kung wala naman talagang questions o problems na pumapasok. Its just an initiative on my end.

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HOWTO: Setup a Linksys WPC54G v3 Wireless Card on Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft

 

Ubuntu Linux have a come along since it Warty Warthog days. The desktop is now really really refined and its packages despite some being bleeding edge, are very very stable. While Ubuntu 6.06 or fondly called as Dapper Drake is known to have Long Term Support (hence the LTS in its name), I still prefer using the latest build, in this case, is Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft.

 

Now, while most of the functionalities of my laptop, worked out of the box, I found out that my wireless PCMCIA card, a Linksys WPC54G version 3.0 card, did not work out of the box. So i triffled through the Ubuntu Community Support Forums and I found this entry -- How to: Broadcom Wireless card.

 

Read more here: HOWTO: Setup a Linksys WPC54G v3 Wireless Card on Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft

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meron ba kayong alam na nabibilhan ng orinoco gold dito sa manila?

few years back i had an LG Collins pcmcia 802.11 adapter, somewhere along the line i lost it's driver cd and couldn't find any driver, both for win32 and linux. few goggles informed me that it has the orinoco gold chipsets, in short it's an orinoco gold.

 

forgot model tho :(

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Very interested in trying out linux, but seems to be quite complicated when you run into problems. will probably try it out soon to find out for myself. anyone know which would be easiest for a linux newbie? ubuntu, opensuse, etc?

 

musta sir babymaker.

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Hi I'm just an average Redhat Enterprise user. Anyone who knows how to do clustering in linux?

I can be a big help with many things regarding Oracle.

I personally implemented a linux clustered router (+firewall serving 6 high traffic segments) back in 2003, using the theories from Ultra Monkey and the boxes are still doing their gob real well. But then that was 4 years ago and i think things has improved a lot.

 

I guess the most popular (and comprehensive? ) implem is the Linux High Availability Project.

 

been a while since i touched the subject :P

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Can anyone suggest a nice Linux distro for a total newbie that's easy to install and handle? Preferrably, one that can run Office, Y!M, and games... sawa na ako sa kaka-reinstall ng Windows XP every 30 days (oo na, cheapo, lol) :D

 

I cant help but point you to http://www.mslinux.org/

 

Seriously, i recommend Xandros, Linspire/Freespire. They have built in Open Office which is as good as MS Office, they have built in games, and instant messengers which connects to ym. If you want to run windows based applications like MS Office, windows games and windows version of ym (there is a linux version) you might want to take the circuituous route of installing cedega or crossover (xandros) or the native wine and hopefully you may be able to successfully configure them. Check the list of windows programs successfully run under wine here http://appdb.winehq.org/

 

I would suggest though that before you spend time configuring windows based programs, try their linux equivalent and youll be pleasantly surprised. Check here http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_...indows_software

 

If you want to make your desktop look like windows xp check this http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=1499

 

Good luck.

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Anyone have any luck at installing ffmpeg with centos 5? I'm trying to setup a lamp box to serve videos ala youtube but ffmpeg is giving me grief. Already tried installing rpm, binary, svn repo and compiling from source, di tumutuloy sa make. Got to install mplayer and xvid, ffmpeg lang talaga ayaw, and the docs sa webpage are pretty useless.

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I cant help but point you to http://www.mslinux.org/

 

Seriously, i recommend Xandros, Linspire/Freespire. They have built in Open Office which is as good as MS Office, they have built in games, and instant messengers which connects to ym. If you want to run windows based applications like MS Office, windows games and windows version of ym (there is a linux version) you might want to take the circuituous route of installing cedega or crossover (xandros) or the native wine and hopefully you may be able to successfully configure them. Check the list of windows programs successfully run under wine here http://appdb.winehq.org/

 

I would suggest though that before you spend time configuring windows based programs, try their linux equivalent and youll be pleasantly surprised. Check here http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_...indows_software

 

If you want to make your desktop look like windows xp check this http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=1499

 

Good luck.

 

Wala po bang 'yung libre lang? I'm just trying to use a temporary OS until I can find a way to re-install a full copy of Windows XP...

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Freespire is free via bittorrent.

 

http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Download_Freespire

 

For interesting details please read

http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3239087426.html

 

I tried freespire when it first appeared in 05.

 

 

mga bossing, nag try ako mag download ng DSL (damn small linux) at around 50MB para sana iboot sa CD, pero di gumana... any instructions po? baka may kulang sa naDL ko eh

 

san-kyu

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mga bossing, nag try ako mag download ng DSL (damn small linux) at around 50MB para sana iboot sa CD, pero di gumana... any instructions po? baka may kulang sa naDL ko eh

 

san-kyu

 

I just don't know if you were able to successfully burn the iso you downloaded. If you're using nero essentials, choose the function "burn image to disk"; or else try Imgburn (freeware), download from here http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/ImgBurn/1128426215/1

 

Here's how DSL supposed to look like

http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slidesho...770&slide=1

 

Just to be sure, try following these steps (lifted from http://linux.sys-con.com/read/244333.htm)

 

"Getting Started: Obtain, Burn, Boot

Get the Latest DSL Image

xxx Simply follow these instructions:

1) Visit the URL www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html

2) Click on one of the mirror sites under "where to download"

3) Look for a directory called "current" and click on that to see its contents

4) Look past most of what you see and download the file "dsl-<version>.iso"

 

xxx Save your download in a place where you can find it as you move to the next step.

 

Burn the ISO onto CD

The file you just downloaded has an "iso" extension after the ISO standard format used on CD-ROMs. xxx You'll need a writable CD-R disk and a CD burner for the next step. Use your favorite CD-burning software to create a disk from this image.xxx

 

When you burn your CD remember that you're dealing with a bootable ISO image. Rather than just burning a copy of this file onto a CD (which won't boot properly in the next step), you'll want to instruct your CD burner to recognize the ISO and burn a disk image.

 

Boot from CD (or Use a Helper Floppy)

xxx This little operating system will detect much of the hardware attached to your computer including your network, but it will completely ignore your hard drive and data until you tell DSL to do differently. xxx If your PC recognizes the CD as bootable and begins a boot sequence, skip to the next section.

 

Most PCs can boot from a CD (the CD booting standard has been out for over 10 years), but they may not be configured to do so. To find out you'll have to get into the BIOS settings at boot time and check. As your machine starts up, look for a message that says something like "Press F-10 for BIOS Settings" and use whatever key you are instructed to press.

Next, while in the text-based BIOS menu system, look for a section on boot devices and boot order. Make sure that the CD-ROM is somewhere in the order of boot devices ahead of the hard drive (usually it goes in the order of floppy, CD, then hard drive). Find a way to put the CD-ROM in the boot sequence, save your changes then try a reboot. xxx

(If) It can't boot from a CD so (use) a helper floppy that can recognize and boot the CD. If you need such a thing, you can create one by following these steps:

1) Download the boot floppy boot image file for DSL

Download: bootfloppy.img

From Site: ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/current

Save As: boot.img

2) Create a boot floppy using a blank 1.44MB floppy disk

If running Windows

Download: rawrite.exe (or other suitable variant for your OS)

From Site: www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/

Run Command: rawrite -f boot.img -d A

If already running a version of Linux:

Run Command: dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k]

 

Once your computer is booting from the CD (or a combination of floppy/CD) you're ready to begin exploring the world of DSL, customizing it to your liking, and creating a configuration that you can easily return to on your next boot."

 

Good luck.

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how can i run ubuntu on top of windows xp?

You could install Microsoft Virtual PC, its downloadable via www.majorgeek.com. Emulate a Virtual Machine inside Windows XP the install Linux from there on...Just be reminded you're running 2 operating systems together so make sure you have a VERY BIG RAM and Hard Drive Space :thumbsupsmiley:

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