Knoppix 3.7 -> Fedora 2

[Coffee-OD]

Hello, im new here and topic is like that too, newbie I mean. Im using currently Knoppix 3.7, after my windows XP broke (ka-boom). After talking with my of my friends in MSN, he recommended that I should give a try and use Fedora 2. What would you think, if I have been using Knoppix, is it hard to start using Fedora 2?

Like Installing progmans, files etch... configure desktop, setting Nvidia drivers etch..? Alto unzip or that, sounded very lovely. I need to play ET with it too, so I need direct rendeling: yes, not with "no", so if kernel works ok, source etch.. no problem I guess

- Coffee-OD

PS: Sry for my english, it isnt so great.

I would suggest installing Fedora Core 3 because it is the latest and greatest that is considered stable. FC3 was released on 8 November 2004 whereas FC2 was released on 18 May 2004. FC3 has more recent versions of software and also some goodies, such as Firefox and Thunderbird, which were not included in FC2.

I have an nvidia graphics card, using the nvidia drivers, and things such as DVD movies and games that use direct rendering are awesome.

[Trendkill]

i too was from the knoppix o/s as well, and im impressed with fedora core 3.. get it and have a play. umm the main differences include rpm files, which are kind of like installation files in windows, umm ive got a old nvidia geeforce 2 video card and it works fine

you can use kde (what you use in knoppix) or gnome (a different gui interface), both look pretty cool, and if anything there are things you can do via a GUI in fedora you just cant do in knoppix (samba configuration, lots of other configurations like services, networks.. pretty much everything)

think of it this way.. knoppix was meant to be a live cd, not a main install, because when you install it to your hard drive, your actually installing a debian O/S with lots of extra programs added, and a lot of other things missing, as it was meant to be a "pop the cd in, have apps that work with pretty much no config necessary", so a lot of important gui's that make life easier on linux were cut out.

also, there is a program like apt-get on knoppix called yum, which is equal if not better than it for installing programs

my advice is if your goign to run fedora core, choose gnome as the original GUI then go to google and do a search on "yum kde 3.4", as the new version of KDE is alot better than what both knoppix and fedora core 3 come with, in my opinion.