drummer4lifex

Well, after my recent failure with ndiswrapper and SLED 10, I've decided to go with a fresh install. I was going to revert back to Ubuntu, but The_Jester has convinced me to try FC5. Either way, I'm fairly sure I'm going to have to use ndiswrapper with any of these distros as I have a broadcom wireless, so hopefully that will work. So before I commence, any last words? Suggestions?

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C-bro

Good luck!

I've had 3 people tell me that FC5 is the way to go. I'm thinking I'll have to try it as well. As long as I can find a DE that I like.

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dangerousHobo

I say give FC%, SuSe 10.1 or Gentoo a try. I've liked all three.

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drummer4lifex

I think it's just my laptop. I can't get anything to ever work. Now I have to somehow get FC5 to allow me to use a 1440 x 900 screen resolution, and then attempt to ndiswrapper my wireless. I would love linux, but sometimes I hate it. But I hate windows more. Maybe I should burn that OSX DVD that I have....

You know, I just want my own OS...

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The_Jester

Getting it to run at that resolution is easy peasy. Here's how to do it.

Open /etc/x11/xorg.conf in your favourite text editor and look for this:

or something similar. Now, where mine says 1280x1024 put your resolution. Reboot or restart X. If something goes wrong, in a terminal, do this:

cp /etc/x11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/x11/xorg.conf

and start x.

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drummer4lifex

Thanks! Now, tell me where you learn all this stuff!

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The_Jester

I break it alot, so I gotta learn how to fix it

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dangerousHobo

lol..thats the best way to learn IMO, Iread some handbooks too. I find them to be very helpfully when you want to start learning about more indepth things on the OS. Thats how I'm starting to get into FreeBSD a lot.

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The_Jester

I've tried to read the books, but they bore me. I find that the best way to learn is to dive right in. I did this when I used FC5 for 2 weeks. I tried everything I could think of. I installed Xgl, ATI drivers - you name it! and now I'm going even further by creating my own distro. I'm doing all this in FC5 because I feel the most comfortable with it.

If you want to dive in, then first find a distro your comfortable with. This may be slack, or debian - but spend a couple days or even a week, going through different distro's until you find the perfect one for you.

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selectodude

Fedora makes me want to bash my head into a rock named Hubert.