Posts by dirtboy

Quite honestly, I think it would be better for you in the long run to do it yourself. If you can't install RedHat, I might be worried about actually being able to use it. RedHat's install is pretty self explanatory, but if you have...

Just wondering, I have the 2.4GHZ P4 model with Gentoo and things seem to be a little more sluggish than they need to be. I have very little running at boot and use WindowMaker as my window manager. I have narrowed it down to maybe my...

If you wanted to back up the packages you have downloaded, copy your /usr/portage/distfiles directory. This contains all the packages you have downloaded before compiling, and if you wanted to download something from somewhere else and...

download ICQ Lite right fast and register. My ICQ number is *******. [Edit] Don't want the ne're-do-wells to get that number, do we?

I mean, do you have a second computer connected to the internet where we can talk?

you got chat? or any IM or anything?

Hey, there's that guys from the Gentoo forums. Wuzzap!

Before you even attempt a Gentoo install, be aware that this is going to take at least a full day, maybe two. Gentoo is going to give you cd that will allow you to boot a very minimal command line only version of Linux. This will be...

If this is your first Linux install, Mandrake. If you have a little more than noob experience, Debian. If you really want to learn about Linux in general and your hardware, Gentoo. Definitely in that order based on experience with...

Yeah, I've been waiting on the portage tree to get updated before trying DirectFB. It looks really cool.