Linux Fedora Core 6

[Motoma]

Are you guys hashing your downloads after you get them on you machine? Granted a hash of the current Fedora Distro takes about 20 min but then you know that all the bits are there.

Hey guy, I just mentioned that...like a day ago.
:P

[RedSon]

Some download managers will allow you perform MD5 Checksums on ISOs after you download them, so you don't end up burning coasters.

Actually i believe you were talking about download managers :P

[drhowarddrfine]

If you really want to be cool, check out PC-BSD and DesktopBSD and join the FreeBSD crowd.

[Motoma]

If you really want to be cool, check out PC-BSD and DesktopBSD and join the FreeBSD crowd.

Shameless plug, Doctor.

[nmadct]

If you're having trouble getting CDs to burn properly, that has nothing to do with the distro you're downloading. You're burning it from Windows, so it's either a Windows problem or a problem of you downloading a corrupt ISO image.

If you download with Bit Torrent, you'll save the distro provider's bandwidth AND your download will be automatically checked for integrity while it downloads.

I second the Ubuntu recommendation. Kubuntu if you prefer KDE. Ubuntu comes on a single CD, then you get whatever else you want online. I've been using Kubuntu for a few years and I like it a lot. (I switched from Fedora Core 3.)

[Atli]

Hi.

Quick question from a Windows addict :)
(Didn't think this worthy of a new post so...)

You all seeme to be familliar with Linux.
If I was to try out linux would I be able to use any of my Windows software?

I mean stuff like Visual Studio and Dreamweaver.

[Motoma]

Hi.

Quick question from a Windows addict :)
(Didn't think this worthy of a new post so...)

You all seeme to be familliar with Linux.
If I was to try out linux would I be able to use any of my Windows software?

I mean stuff like Visual Studio and Dreamweaver.

To the best of my knowledge, neither of those will run in Linux.
However, Linux does have KDevelop, Quanta Plus, and NVu.

[Atli]

Allright, I'll be checking that out.

Thank you.

[drhowarddrfine]

Also check out a new one called Geany. There are a bazillion other IDEs and editors.

[whires]

I downloaded the Fedora Core 7 x64 ISO image (it's 778MB large) and it failed to burn onto a CDROM-R disc (file incompatible). I checked that the CD-R media can hold about 700 MB of data and other types of discs hold a similar anount. I also noted that a later release candidate of Fedora Core 7 is 805 MB large. How can I burn these images if standard CDROMs are limited to 700MB?
Please advise.
Thnaks.

[bonski]

yeah.. good to be back... hello everybody... uhmmm so.... speaking of ISO and burning some stuff.. i downloaded FEDORA 7 ISO file... and there's another ISO file included on the download... the rescuecd... so should i burn it together with the i386-DVD or burn it in a separate CD-R? hahaha.. sorry for the question guys..... new to linux... thanks in advance...

bonski

[RedSon]

yeah.. good to be back... hello everybody... uhmmm so.... speaking of ISO and burning some stuff.. i downloaded FEDORA 7 ISO file... and there's another ISO file included on the download... the rescuecd... so should i burn it together with the i386-DVD or burn it in a separate CD-R? hahaha.. sorry for the question guys..... new to linux... thanks in advance...

bonski

usually you would have two disks, one with the install and one for the rescue.

[bonski]

usually you would have two disks, one with the install and one for the rescue.

oh... ok... thanks RedSon... so i'm going to burn it now... hahaha.. i'll be back for more questions... about linux.. hahaha.. maybe..

thanks again..

bonski