Slow......

Post #184,473 by broomberg 11/18/04 9:57:40 PM Reply	Slow...... 12KB a second. I checked the various mirros. Any Bit-Torrent for this?
Post #184,475 by Another Scott 11/18/04 10:02:01 PM Reply	Here, I think. I think the first link was reasonably quick for me (it took about an hour). But [link\|http://www.tlm-project.org/distributions/browse_distro.php?distro_id=12&expand_version=67\|this] seems to be a Bit Torrent mirror of 2004.4 Luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #184,476 by broomberg 11/18/04 10:27:28 PM Reply	Torrenting... Along with Fedora 3
Post #184,484 by bepatient 11/19/04 12:46:39 AM Reply	MEPIS is awesome boot up, click the icon to install to hard drive, follow instruction, come back to a fully functional debian installation with kde as wm. It will fit your bill nicely. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #184,536 by folkert 11/19/04 4:39:04 PM Reply	It looks like... It will fit your bill nicely. It looks like it fit your Bill just fine, Bill. Ewe ARGH! get-ten purty dern Punny a-rhownd hear l8ly. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Post #184,540 by ben_tilly 11/19/04 5:47:33 PM Reply	Any more and we'll see folk 'ert. I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #184,547 by bepatient 11/19/04 7:55:06 PM Reply	Nice knock down of a set-up pardner. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #184,553 by folkert 11/19/04 9:55:40 PM Reply	oops. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Post #184,561 by broomberg 11/19/04 11:15:27 PM 11/19/04 11:16:43 PM Reply	OK, now what I pop the CD in. I boot. It gives me a bunch of choices, NONE of them leading to an install (that I can tell). Leads me into a KDE screen that has root and demo login, both of which need a password. OK, help screen says root/root. Will it allow an install from there? We'll see. Edited by broomberg Nov. 19, 2004, 11:16:43 PM EST Expand All History
Post #184,562 by Another Scott 11/19/04 11:23:17 PM Reply	You're learning, grasshopper. :-) There's an icon on the desktop - "MEPIS System" or something like that. It lets you fix existing partitions or install. Some more info is [link\|http://www.mepis.org/book/view/7\|here]. I haven't tried it myself. :-) Let us know how it goes. If you get a chance, I'd like your comments on my MEPIS review in Reviews. Luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #184,568 by broomberg 11/20/04 12:07:26 AM Reply	Install went quickly Feels a bit raw, visually. qparted is nasty compare to RH or Suse partitioners. And then, I went out of my way to construct root, var, tmp, home, swap partitions, and the next step only wanted root,swap, and home. I attempted to "apt-get install nvidia-glx" (as per the mepis web site) in order to get my driver and it failed. It hinted that I might want to do an "apt-get update". So I did. This time "apt-get install nvidia-glx" worked. I have single nvidia card, but I prefer dual monitor. Can I place another card in the system and run dual head while still having the nvidia driver loaded? What can I do about these fonts? I've never had to change fonts on a Linux box before, but this is just too ugly to use.
Post #184,571 by drewk 11/20/04 12:40:36 AM Reply	Font DeUglification HowTo [link\|http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FDU/\|http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FDU/] PS: You going to be up a bit tonight? Going to send you an email. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #184,573 by broomberg 11/20/04 12:49:50 AM Reply	I'll be up for another hour or so, feel free.
Post #184,690 by broomberg 11/21/04 12:09:47 PM Reply	Here's the Mepis specific one [link\|http://www.mepis.org/node/view/577\|http://www.mepis.org/node/view/577] Of course, in the comments, someone responds with the single "apt-get ttf-commercial" to do it all.
Post #184,692 by drewk 11/21/04 12:33:46 PM Reply	Where's ttf-commercial? It's not in any of the sources I have. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #184,697 by folkert 11/21/04 1:23:39 PM Reply	Me neither... All I have available are: msttcorefonts - Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts ttf-alee - A Lee's GPL'd Hangul truetype fonts ttf-arabeyes - Arabeyes GPL TrueType Arabic fonts ttf-arhangai - A TrueType font with Mongolian Cyrillic letters ttf-arphic-bkai00mp - "AR PL KaitiM Big5" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp - "AR PL Mingti2L Big5" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp - "AR PL SungtiL GB" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-arphic-gkai00mp - "AR PL KaitiM GB" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-baekmuk - Baekmuk series TrueType fonts ttf-bangla-fonts - Free TrueType fonts for the Bengali language ttf-bitstream-vera - The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType fonts ttf-dustin - Various TrueType fonts from dustismo.com ttf-f500 - Wipeout 3 Font ttf-freefont - Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono Truetype fonts ttf-gentium - Gentium TrueType font ttf-indic-fonts - A collection of OpenType Unicode Indic fonts ttf-isabella - The Isabella free TrueType font ttf-kacst - KACST free TrueType Arabic fonts ttf-kochi-gothic - Kochi Subst Gothic Japanese TrueType font without naga10 ttf-kochi-gothic-naga10 - Kochi Subst Gothic Japanese TrueType font with naga10 (non-free) ttf-kochi-mincho - Kochi Subst Mincho Japanese TrueType font without naga10 ttf-kochi-mincho-naga10 - Kochi Subst Mincho Japanese TrueType font with naga10 (non-free) ttf-larabie-deco - Decorative fonts from www.larabiefonts.com ttf-larabie-straight - Straight fonts from www.larabiefonts.com ttf-larabie-uncommon - Special decorative fonts from www.larabiefonts.com ttf-malayalam-fonts - Free TrueType fonts for the Malayalam language ttf-mikachan - handwritten Japanese Truetype font ttf-opensymbol - The OpenSymbol TrueType font ttf-sazanami-gothic - Sazanami Gothic Japanese TrueType font ttf-sazanami-mincho - Sazanami Mincho Japanese TrueType font ttf-staypuft - The Stay-Puft free TrueType font ttf-summersby - Free TrueType typeface font ttf-tamil-fonts - Free TrueType fonts for the Tamil language ttf-thryomanes - A Unicode font covering Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and IPA ttf-unfonts - Un series Korean TrueType fonts ttf-uralic - Truetype fonts for Cyrillic-based Uralic languages ttf-xfree86-nonfree - non-free TrueType fonts from XFree86 ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac - non-free syriac OpenType fonts from XFree86 xfonts-thai-ttf - Thai TrueType fonts from NECTEC -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]

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