Linux Anybody?

[R@v3n]

Due to the BSA's future acts against cyber cafes use of pirated software, I would like to put a query here as to what Linux distro will be the most appropriate replacement for Windows in a cyber cafe environment. (Please don't state Windows application emulation problems and such. I'm just referring to the comfortability ratio that may be felt by an average person that will be using the terminals.) I'm thinking of replacing a cyber cafe near our house with Linux before it is raided and would like more input regarding the different distros and the ease of migration that each presents. (Besides, I already have both the latest versions of Cedega and Wine so games shouldn't present too big of a problem as of the moment...already tested some games and Cedega just amazes me... ) Thank you to those who respond in the future and your suggestions are appreciated... :headsetsmiley:

[Guest Leviticus]

Can anyone here share a copy of their CEDEGA program?

 

many thanks and would really appreciate it...

[cruesome]

question lang for the ITs and engineers over here:

 

is there an existing company locally that runs linux?  specifically CALL CENTER companies.

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we do. but we're not a call center. we have 2 boxes that hosts oracle (not clustered), a file server (with at least 200+ concurrent connections), 2 firewalls/vpn, 1 printer server with accounting (accounts in peso value ink usage as well), and http content filtering (squid+dansguardian)

 

our data centre is m$ dominated though.

[rpgfan]

in the lineage to Leviticus's question, here is my toss:

 

is there any ISO certified company or organization out there that runs on Linux?(workstation and server-wise?)

 

just an emancipation of my human curiosity.

 

thanks

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I hear one of the biggest of them all, IBM has completely shifted over to Linux. I think you can't get much more ISO certified than that.

[ken_2_10_nah]

I'm using both CentOS and Ubuntu.. both are good.

apt-get is also available for CentOS. Yum is also very "apt-like"

However Ubuntu has a lot more packages available.

Ian Murdock (Debian Founder) is worried about forking in Ubuntu though. Although it is Debian based, the packages seem to be heading towards incompatibility with the stock Debian distro.

[R@v3n]

Can anyone here share a copy of their CEDEGA program?

 

many thanks and would really appreciate it...

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Can't upload it from my connection since it's too big. You can download it through Bittorrent. Go to mininova.org and find the torrent there. :headsetsmiley:

[cruesome]

Can't upload it from my connection since it's too big. You can download it through Bittorrent. Go to mininova.org and find the torrent there.  :headsetsmiley:

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quick torrent links :

 

Cedega 4.4 and Point2Play 2.0.2 for i386 in tgz format

 

Cedega 4.4 and Point2Play 2.0.2 all formats with docs

[vanillasky]

Guy's I've installed ubuntu on my system... how can I install additional softwares...? I already have the cedega files how can I install it?

here's a link if u eant to download it...

cedega 4.4

Edited September 26, 2005 by vanillasky

[serpentor_ph]

question lang for the ITs and engineers over here:

 

is there an existing company locally that runs linux?  specifically CALL CENTER companies.

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yup yup. we have 2 linux boxes running in our server room. one box running as a mail,dns,proxy, and firewall. the other is running as an IDS.

[Guest Leviticus]

To the people who replied to my question: Thanks so much!!! You have given me invaluable information with your answers. :cool:

 

Followup question lang: Is there a call center that uses Linux with regards to the computer units of the agents themselves?

 

:headsetsmiley:

 

:mtc:

[vanillasky]

if the downloaded file is in .bz2/.gzip/.tar it could be a precompiled binary that you have to extract (bunzip2/gunzip/tar) then execute a .bin or an sh file. sun microsystem pour their java using this method  :cool:

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uhmmm.. COME AGAIN? :goatee: the cedega file I downloaded is a TAR FILE... how do I install it to Linux?

[cruesome]

uhmmm.. COME AGAIN? :goatee:  the cedega file I downloaded is a TAR FILE... how do I install it to Linux?  

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if it ends with a .tar issue the following command:

 

tar -xvf cedegafilename.tar

 

this will extract the files inside the archive, perhaps a README or INSTALL files would be extracted as well for you to read, if none of it exists, look for some .sh or .bin files they could be the setup.exe we have in the win32 world.

 

 

 

in case you have a .tar.gz file, change the -xvf with a -xzvf

 

or if its .tar.bz2, the -xvf should be -xjvf

[Guest Leviticus]

I need help!!!

 

Can someone please give me instructions on installing Ubuntu?

 

kahit step by step lang. nahihirapan ako. everytime I do it it stops lagi, "cannot find file" raw.

 

or ang problem is with my installer?

 

which cd-r is the best for making this intstaller?

[cruesome]

I need help!!!

 

Can someone please give me instructions on installing Ubuntu?

 

kahit step by step lang.  nahihirapan ako.  everytime I do it it stops lagi, "cannot find file" raw.

 

or ang problem is with my installer?

 

which cd-r is the best for making this intstaller?

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haven't tried ubunto, but if your installer has been burned from iso files, chances are you made a bad installation media. try to burn it again on a decent cdr, i usually use branded ones though i can't say unbranded blanks are bad. you need to have a good combination of a CD drive+Reliable installation media.

 

on another note, hope this is not the case, at one point, mandrake has admitted flaws in mandrake installattion (version 9.x?) that causes problems when installing and would actually destroy some models of LG collins drives (experienced this personally)

[Guest Leviticus]

I have already made the darned intaller work.

 

ang mali ko talaga is with the installer itself.

 

the thing is.. I used the application from ubuntu and integrated that with the windows xp cd writer program. big mistake

 

better to use pa rin ang nero to write from iso