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step by step guide to get working linux slackware64 14.1 with boinc running ?
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Bil Send message Joined: 27 Jan 01 Posts: 76 Credit: 1,887,795 RAC: 0 |
anyone interested in subj? if there be a numbers of peoples, who interesting to go on linux from win or so on, i can be write that guide. i plan in next week do new slackware install on my home desktop, on software raid 1, as so i can also in the same time make a step-by-step guide for that people, who not familiar with linux'es, but want to try... |
Vipin Palazhi Send message Joined: 29 Feb 08 Posts: 286 Credit: 167,386,578 RAC: 0 |
I am very much interested in trying linux, however, can this be done with Linuxmint? |
Bil Send message Joined: 27 Jan 01 Posts: 76 Credit: 1,887,795 RAC: 0 |
who needs another linux's, when there is a Slackware - oldest, simplest, and closest to old, good unix-thinking-way ( not microsoft \ redhat "shut up, we know better, what you want!") :D |
Bil Send message Joined: 27 Jan 01 Posts: 76 Credit: 1,887,795 RAC: 0 |
slackware 14.1 have 3.10.17 kernel. historically slackware use only tested, proven soft, as so, you cannot find latest soft version on slackware. also about differences in distro - there are many. as for example, in redhat (fedora?) you cannot enter simple password for user or root. there are system 5 vs bsd like init system. configuration files in different places, GUI-based configuration systems, and textfiles based, and so on.... |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20147 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Ya, no problem. Just trying to keep it simple for new people starting out in Linux. All those different Linux distros will make for an interesting comparison! :-) https://www.kernel.org at the moment is listing for the kernels: mainline: 3.14-rc1 2014-02-03 stable: 3.13.1 2014-01-29 stable: 3.12.9 2014-01-25 stable: 3.11.10 [EOL] 2013-11-29 longterm: 3.10.28 2014-01-25 Depending on your choice of distro, you will get either the latest "longterm" or latest "stable" kernel, and usually with some special option to allow you to try the very latest up-to-the-minute kernel. Gentoo Linux seem to work to some sort of "whatever latest stable kernel that is stable with no major updates for about a month", for I guess a sort of 'proven' stable :-) (Also on Gentoo, you can select for the latest mainline kernel version.) I'll be trying the recently released Mageia 4 Linux, so I can add my install instructions to that... Happy cool crunchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I am using SuSE Linux 12.3 on my laptop and Virtual Box 4.3.6 to run Test4Theory@home. On my SUN WS I have installed SuSE 13.1 and Virtual Box 4.3.6, OK. But since the latest version of Test4Theory@home needs a 7.x.yy BOINC client to run it, I downloaded from a SuSE repository BOINC 7.2.38 which works fine with all BOINC projects, except Test4Theory@home. The latter insists in saying that Virtual Box is not installed. Instead, it is running Solaris 11.1 as a VIrtual Machine and I am now trying to install on top of it a second tier Virtual Machine with Ubuntu 13.10, which resembles much a smartphone build. But you never can tell with Linux. I had started with Slackware, then went to Linux Universe, Corel Linux and, finally, SuSE Linux. Tullio |
Bil Send message Joined: 27 Jan 01 Posts: 76 Credit: 1,887,795 RAC: 0 |
good to hear about simple passwords on fedora. some time ago i encountered CentOS ( not remember version), and in that i cannot enter simple passw - every time ir says "it is simple password, choose another". id be very bothering for me. slackware warn you about simple pass too, but you can enter the same pass twice, and it accept it. btw, i also use mandriva from 7.1 times or so on up to mandriva 2007 - i use it on my desktops, but at the end that distro get that buggy, and user undriendly - i think, even worse than MS products -i abandon use it, and choose slackware on my desktops too. very good and simple distro. i start my path in linux with slackware 4.0 around a 2000 or so on... |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20147 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
... every time ir says "it is simple password, choose another". id be very bothering for me... Then, rather than use a human-cryptic (difficult for humans) "password", instead use a human friendly (but difficult-for-computers cryptic) "passphrase"?... As expertly explained by Randall: XKCD: Password Strength Also, never use the exact same passphrase anywhere else... In my IT role, I enforce the use of passphrases... The more amusing or deliberately stupid (stupid associations psychology), the better! Passwords never work well enough for 'real' (non-IT tech) people. Happy secure crunchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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