Re: Distro Recommendation

[Tom Dison <fretinator@yahoo.com>]

THe flash installer from Macromedia for linux (v7)
does not contact the network during the install. I
suppose you could download it from another computer
and then install it. Any mozilla based browser will
work, so Epiphany is a good choice. Galeon is being
merged into Epiphany. 

--- Aaron Call <acall@siu.edu> wrote:

> So far all is going well. Thank you all for your
> input. Now, I guess I'm
> going to break-down and buy a PCMCIA wireless card.
> Recommendations on one
> with native Linux support? I am also preparing for
> the CCNA and have a flash
> based prep program that I'd like to run on this
> system. Three questions
> here: do I have to use Macromedia's Linux player,
> does the Linux installer
> require network access, and what browser other than
> the pre-installed
> Firefox should I use that is compatible with a flash
> player that requires
> fewer resources?
> Again, thanks all, I really appreciate having a
> resource such as SILUG!
> Aaron
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: silug-discuss-owner@silug.org
> [mailto:silug-discuss-owner@silug.org]
> On Behalf Of Robert Citek
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:15 AM
> To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> Subject: Re: Distro Recommendation
> 
> 
> On Jun 21, 2006, at 3:58 AM, Aaron Call wrote:
> > Right, I loaded SBM onto the HD. I may try BCDL
> too. As I type, 
> > Xubuntu is booting up for the first time on the
> system in question. I 
> > installed using one of my desktops and an adapter.
> At first, I wasn't 
> > thinking and had to rearrange things so that it
> would install on "hda" 
> > instead of "hdc."
> > Looks like X Server errors but otherwise a good
> install.
> 
> Yup.  At ByteWorks we get those errors when cloning,
> too.  Just boot into
> Recovery Mode, type 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg',
> answer the questions
> (defaults has so far always worked for us), and then
> type '/ etc/init.d/gdm
> restart'.  You should see the spinning xfce mouse.
> 
> Be sure to let us know how things go.
> 
> Regards,
> - Robert
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