Linux Professional

[locosway]

I've been a Linux Admin for some years until recently since I've decided to go back to school.

I specialized in web hosting, so if anyone has any questions about Linux or Hosting just hit me up!

[wksun88]

cool deal, I've been attempting to learn how to use linux on and off for a few years now. I've tried a few distros like mandrake, ubuntu and knoppix but I always seem to give up before I really get the hang of it. The part that discourages me is hunting for and compiling drivers. Making everything work was the hardest part for me

[locosway]

Ubuntu is pretty good about drivers, as are most Linux distributions now. There was a time when adding driver support meant either re-compiling your kernel or getting some hacked source code from someone on the net and compiling it yourself.

Let me know if you have any issues, I can probably point you in the right direction.

[lazyworm]

I think there are quite a few sysadmin/IT/Ops typed here. (me included)
I wonder if there is anything we can do for calguns.

[locosway]

I suggested they apply for free hosting since they're a 501(c)(3) and I know most hosting companies will offer that.

Outside of that, I'm not sure anything else would be needed.

[lazyworm]

I suggested they apply for free hosting since they're a 501(c)(3) and I know most hosting companies will offer that.

Outside of that, I'm not sure anything else would be needed.

I'm pretty sure calguns is getting free or very cheap hosting from GeoVario

[hooookup]

cool deal, I've been attempting to learn how to use linux on and off for a few years now. I've tried a few distros like mandrake, ubuntu and knoppix but I always seem to give up before I really get the hang of it. The part that discourages me is hunting for and compiling drivers. Making everything work was the hardest part for me

My mom's laptop was completely bogged down by Vista and she couldnt even use the thing anymore. So after some research I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu and burned it onto a cd and installed it for her. It took a few hours of scouring teh internets but I finally got it configured right and now her laptop runs almost as fast as my intel powered macbook pro. I was very impressed with Ubuntu's GUI and the ease of installation. Thumbs up for Ubuntu.

[sfwdiy]

I'm pretty sure calguns is getting free or very cheap hosting from GeoVario

--B

[locosway]

Interesting, cause I saw another thread where the asked for donations to cover hosting costs.

[artherd]

1) Calguns.net is a for-profit business.
2) The Calguns Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit legal defense and advocacy fund.

Both operate websites, and both get comp-ed hosting from my hosting company GeoVario, LLC - at significant cost to us.

[wksun88]

Ubuntu is pretty good about drivers, as are most Linux distributions now. There was a time when adding driver support meant either re-compiling your kernel or getting some hacked source code from someone on the net and compiling it yourself.

Let me know if you have any issues, I can probably point you in the right direction.

Alright, seeing as how I just installed windows 7 on my laptop, I think I will dual boot ubuntu with it and see how that goes.

[PolishMike]

Alright, seeing as how I just installed windows 7 on my laptop, I think I will dual boot ubuntu with it and see how that goes.

Thats what I did on my laptop. The only thing that didnt work on Ubuntu (9.04) was the sound. I had to update the ALSA drivers which was pretty simple.


Mike

[locosway]

There's also this if you don't want to mess with partitions or drives.

http://wubi-installer.org/

[wksun88]

There's also this if you don't want to mess with partitions or drives.

http://wubi-installer.org/

Cool, so let me get this straight. Every time I want to use ubuntu I boot into windows first then open wubi like another program and then it boots into ubuntu for me? Is this like vmware or does it restart your comp and boot into it?

[locosway]

I haven't used Wubi, but there was a program about 9 years ago that was similar to Wubi and it would reboot into the new OS.