[devicenull]

Exactly why I dont like mandrake..
Dunno..

Freebsd, I would type make.. it would download anything it needed from the internet, and compile itself.. Pretty cool

[{NM}Jason]

lets try Freebsd ......now dose it work with wineX and P2P or what ever that is ???
lol i have no life :-/ ... all of this just to test HLDS linux server configs ....and to have a second OS

[BAILOPAN]

I use Gentoo Linux 1.4 with kernel 2.6.4

I am able to play Steam with Winex 3.3, on Geforce2MX 400 with nVidia drivers.

[{NM}Jason]

How about installing Apps and drivers ???

[ibm86]

Mandrake is FREE. If you look on their website (www.mandrake.org) you'll see that there's a "Community Edition" free to download. Just READ what's written on that website and you'll see.
Second of all... The nVidia drivers have a pretty good documentation. the .run files is a file that you have to "run"
usually you have to chmod it (chmod +x file.run) and then run it with:
./file.run
(replace FILE with the actual file name)

If you're really new to LINUX please RTFM! Documentation is the only thing that linux doesn't miss.
A good start will be (for mandrake users) www.mandrakeuser.org
Alot of howto's are on www.tldp.org
And if you get an error or something learn how to use GOOGLE!
Google is _always_ your friend when you're in trouble.

I don't think FreeBSD would be a good choice for a desktop/workstation. Maybe as a server, yes. And iirc, HLDS doesn't run on FreeBSD

And yes, redhat does have alot of documentation but not as much as Mandrake. Mandrake is even translated in my native language at least 80%.

And btw... if you're having trouble, there are a lot of linux help channels on IRC or forums. I usually hang out in #linuxhelp @ undernet. Come by there if you have any problems ;) but please google before asking.[/url]

[[RED-Designs]]

Originally Posted by ibm86 Mandrake is FREE. If you look on their website (www.mandrake.org) you'll see that there's a "Community Edition" free to download. Just READ what's written on that website and you'll see. Second of all... The nVidia drivers have a pretty good documentation. the .run files is a file that you have to "run" usually you have to chmod it (chmod +x file.run) and then run it with: ./file.run (replace FILE with the actual file name) If you're really new to LINUX please RTFM! Documentation is the only thing that linux doesn't miss. A good start will be (for mandrake users) www.mandrakeuser.org Alot of howto's are on www.tldp.org And if you get an error or something learn how to use GOOGLE! Google is _always_ your friend when you're in trouble. I don't think FreeBSD would be a good choice for a desktop/workstation. Maybe as a server, yes. And iirc, HLDS doesn't run on FreeBSD And yes, redhat does have alot of documentation but not as much as Mandrake. Mandrake is even translated in my native language at least 80%. And btw... if you're having trouble, there are a lot of linux help channels on IRC or forums. I usually hang out in #linuxhelp @ undernet. Come by there if you have any problems ;) but please google before asking.[/url]

I know its free, I just wasnt sure you got a "limited" version if you didnt pay for anything.

[rootdown]

use mandrake, it is really user-friendly AND FREE.

please dont state things when you are not sure, it doesn't help, just makes people confused.

[DopeFish]

debian

[NiLuJe]

Debian (sid) too ;) Specially for the painless apt-get updates ;) I Got rid off the messy rpms ...

[ibm86]

Debian is easy for someone who's already used to Linux. I use debian sid... but who wants to explain the installation part to a n00b? I know I don't!