| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 5 Sep 2000 at 15:08:26 |
| Subject: | Re: Oh No not linux |
hi,
> I have a new Amiga on order with a 17GB drive. I will be having OS3.5 on
> it and I hoped to have a PPC Linux on it too. How would you recommend
> doing this?
make the first 8Gb for AmigaOS, and the next 9Gb for LinuxPPC
(2Gb for root, 512Mb of swap, 4Gb for /usr and 2.5Gb for home
> So if I wanted a folder for example called documents which stored my docs
> (obviously) would I create it under / or under /home
if you wanted to access it as you , and not run as root, then it would go
into /home/yourid/documents
> If I wanted to install KNapster for example would it give itself a home?
> Or would I have to choose /Programs/Music/KNapster ?
install it when you are root....it would probably go into
/usr/bin/knapster
> Ok. I get the feeling you are a Gnome fan. Is it better the K? I quite
> like K and the button bar along the bottom is quite good.
I run both...I am a fan of neither in general...especially since the latest
KDE and Gnome are practically identical and interchangable. both gobble up
HUGE amounts of memory ...i spend some time looking at alternatives, but
Helix-Gnome with the swafish manager is okay, and KDE pre2.0 is pretty okay
now.
I can still sometimes be found running twm , but lets not go into that.
> well as my PC. Will gnome or KDE run on Amiga Linux?
either. LinuxPPC tends to favour Gnome, SuSe is either/or - more KDE iirc
> Hey Alan, why don't you write a Linux tutorial/article for AmigaActive.
> It's obvious you know what your talking about.
i think theres been some interesting discussion on this already...i dont
mind my posts being tidied up and expanding on. the idea of getting some
Linux advertising on the page opposite a Linux page is quite possible.
alan
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