Which linux is for me?

[slagment]

If anyone wants to give some suggestions; I would like a flavor of linux that is 64bit with amd64, will support an install on a sata drive, and has a GRUB setup that will let me duel boot with my already installed XP. I will also need GCC complier and all the extas needed for a second level C++ class.

Linux and Xp would be on the same sata drive, i left 10gigs unformatted for the linux install.

Thanks for any help you can give. Already tried mandrake 10.1.....won't go past the install drivers for ide/scsi.......... message.

 

[jemcam]

I just downloaded Mandrake 10.1 and am posting from it now. I've never used Linux whatsoever before tonight, I've never even seen it. I started installing about 2 hours ago and here I am. It was much easier than I espected.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

you could try Ubuntu or Kubuntu depending on the gui you prefer. I never had a problem with mandrake installing next to windows. I haven't worked with mandrake since v.9 though. I personally had problems with ubuntu going on my server at home but, that was because i was trying to do a REALLY funky set-up. I'm also a fan of Arch linux though I do not know if it meets all your requirements.

 

[Seeruk]

Just about any Linux distro should meet all your requirements. I am very surprised that Mandriva didn't.

 

[Cdeck]

i concur with seeruk. maybe try open suse.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Try Suse 10.0.

 

[MadRat]

SuSE 10.0 is easy, but use the finalized version and avoid the 10.1 betas. The betas all have little bugs that will needlessly give a wrong impression of SuSE.

 

[TGS]

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[Brazen]

Originally posted by: slagment
If anyone wants to give some suggestions; I would like a flavor of linux that is 64bit with amd64, will support an install on a sata drive, and has a GRUB setup that will let me duel boot with my already installed XP. I will also need GCC complier and all the extas needed for a second level C++ class.

Linux and Xp would be on the same sata drive, i left 10gigs unformatted for the linux install.

Thanks for any help you can give. Already tried mandrake 10.1.....won't go past the install drivers for ide/scsi.......... message.

Are you sure you just weren't patient enough? I know it takes a couple minutes for the setup to load the drivers. Maybe you thought it was frozen, but it really just needed more time.

 

[slagment]

Originally posted by: Brazen

Originally posted by: slagment
If anyone wants to give some suggestions; I would like a flavor of linux that is 64bit with amd64, will support an install on a sata drive, and has a GRUB setup that will let me duel boot with my already installed XP. I will also need GCC complier and all the extas needed for a second level C++ class.

Linux and Xp would be on the same sata drive, i left 10gigs unformatted for the linux install.

Thanks for any help you can give. Already tried mandrake 10.1.....won't go past the install drivers for ide/scsi.......... message.

Are you sure you just weren't patient enough? I know it takes a couple minutes for the setup to load the drivers. Maybe you thought it was frozen, but it really just needed more time.

I gave it more time and got this message:
"insmod'ing module sata_nv failed at, usr/bin/perl-install/modules.pm line 302."

I then got a list of drivers to chose from, none worked. DFI lanparty-ut nf4 ultra-d mother board.

 

[silverpig]

Well that's the right driver for that hardware... sata_nv should work... Maybe that file got corrupted or something?

 

[slagment]

i got Fedora 5 64 bit installed. Im having some trouble finding drivers, other then that install was a breeze, thanks everybody.

 

[GML3G0]

:thumbsup: for Fedora.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: slagment
i got Fedora 5 64 bit installed. Im having some trouble finding drivers, other then that install was a breeze, thanks everybody.

What exactly are you looking for drivers for?

 

[unmerited]

I'll chime in for Suse. Great OS.


unmerited

 

[slagment]

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: slagment
i got Fedora 5 64 bit installed. Im having some trouble finding drivers, other then that install was a breeze, thanks everybody.

What exactly are you looking for drivers for?

SB audigy 2 ZS. I think drivers are the problem, i can't get any sound.

ATI x850 XT PE, Linux shows it has the right card, but i can't change my resolution pass 640x480. I downloaded the ati linux 64bit driver, but it won't work with the newer xserver, i think.

 

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[silverpig]

Originally posted by: slagment

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: slagment
i got Fedora 5 64 bit installed. Im having some trouble finding drivers, other then that install was a breeze, thanks everybody.

What exactly are you looking for drivers for?

SB audigy 2 ZS. I think drivers are the problem, i can't get any sound.

ATI x850 XT PE, Linux shows it has the right card, but i can't change my resolution pass 640x480. I downloaded the ati linux 64bit driver, but it won't work with the newer xserver, i think.

The drivers are probably okay, just your sound isn't configured yet. Try doing 'alsamixer' and unmute all the channels and then turn up the volume. Or perhaps an alsaconf if that doesn't work.

The ati drivers work, I can say that for sure.

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: slagment

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: slagment
i got Fedora 5 64 bit installed. Im having some trouble finding drivers, other then that install was a breeze, thanks everybody.

What exactly are you looking for drivers for?

SB audigy 2 ZS. I think drivers are the problem, i can't get any sound.

ATI x850 XT PE, Linux shows it has the right card, but i can't change my resolution pass 640x480. I downloaded the ati linux 64bit driver, but it won't work with the newer xserver, i think.

The drivers are probably okay, just your sound isn't configured yet. Try doing 'alsamixer' and unmute all the channels and then turn up the volume. Or perhaps an alsaconf if that doesn't work.

The ati drivers work, I can say that for sure.

Yeah, you should already have sound card drivers for that card. The module is calle snd-em101k or something like that. You should just be able to run "system-config-sound" as root and it will automatically detect and setup your sound hardware.

As for graphics, I think the command is system-config-display, but I'm not sure. Your problem might actually be with your monitor. I've seen very few monitors get detected automatically in linux and the default is low spec'd (for legacy hardware support, I imagine). On the display setup, there should be a hardware tab with an option to change the monitor. Choose your monitor, or select a generic with the same specs as your monitor.

 

[slagment]

Originally posted by: Brazen

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: slagment

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: slagment
i got Fedora 5 64 bit installed. Im having some trouble finding drivers, other then that install was a breeze, thanks everybody.

What exactly are you looking for drivers for?

SB audigy 2 ZS. I think drivers are the problem, i can't get any sound.

ATI x850 XT PE, Linux shows it has the right card, but i can't change my resolution pass 640x480. I downloaded the ati linux 64bit driver, but it won't work with the newer xserver, i think.

The drivers are probably okay, just your sound isn't configured yet. Try doing 'alsamixer' and unmute all the channels and then turn up the volume. Or perhaps an alsaconf if that doesn't work.

The ati drivers work, I can say that for sure.

Yeah, you should already have sound card drivers for that card. The module is calle snd-em101k or something like that. You should just be able to run "system-config-sound" as root and it will automatically detect and setup your sound hardware.

As for graphics, I think the command is system-config-display, but I'm not sure. Your problem might actually be with your monitor. I've seen very few monitors get detected automatically in linux and the default is low spec'd (for legacy hardware support, I imagine). On the display setup, there should be a hardware tab with an option to change the monitor. Choose your monitor, or select a generic with the same specs as your monitor.

I changed the monitor to Samsung 990DF. Still can't change my resolution.