I have a Dell latitude 110L Laptop. Intel(R) Pentium (R) M Processor 1.70GHz 1.70 GHz, 504 MB of Ram. I am Going to install Suse Linux Professional 9.2 on it. (Whitch I have done in the past.) I know nothing about linux exept that its more stable then windows. There are only 2 problems, or questions that i have. first, How can I use my wireless card inside my laptop with linux, someone said something to me about a program called Wrapper, or something similar to that. I tried downloading it but the other problem Im having is this; I dont know how to install anything on linux. Like i said i no nothing about linux. people say the power of linux is in the SHELL itself. If i only new how to install programs on linux i would be fine. for example i download a chat client or game, I need to know exactly what steps to take. not this "CD this to Cd that" I dont even know what that means. so if any of you know how to help me id appritiate it alot. or a website that explains it in simple english.
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First of all if you can get hold of it you would be better installing Suse 10 which is the latest version, (downloadable and can be got free on disc). whichever version you install what you want to install is ndiswrapper which you will find by going to kmenu (the green icon on the taskbar) then choose system, then Yast2. when you click on yast2 you will be asked for your root password, when you have done that click on software management and a screen will come up select search and type in ndiswrapper which will come up with a box in the right hand of the window, check this and click accept at the bottom. this will bring up a window asking you to insert one of your suse CDs just follow the instructions. Sorry I don't use wireless so I don't know how to configure it, I suspect Suse will do a lot of the work for you,\n\nAs for installing softwar on Linux it is a little more difficult but that is why Linux is more stable and secure.\nIf you go to a download site try and get a RPM file which is specific to your distribution or one that ends with noarch, when you have downloaded it just click on "install with yast" and follow the instructions. Or you can go to software management as above and where at the top left of the window it says filter, click the arrow on the button next to it and select "package groups" then search through for any programmes you may want to install, again check the box and accept, (you can select as many as you like before accepting)there is about 1500 programmes with Suse 10.\n\nYou won't be able to install Microsoft windows programmes directly i.e. programmes with an exe. extension without using a programme like wine or crossover.\n\nIf you download a programme as a .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz it's a little more complicated, roughly what you do here is put this file in a separate directory and right click then choose extract then extract here. then you open a shell which is the tv screen icon on the taskbar then you type\n\ncd /home/fred/program.0.92.0.tar.bz2 \n(that is if you extracted the programme to the directory /home/fred/ and the programme is called program.0.92.0.tar.bz2) then press enter  the next thing is type "./configure"  then enter then type "make" then enter then you should type \n"su" then enter then type your root password when prompted (no letters will show for your password) then type "make install"  (dont type the " marks) if there are no dependency issues the programme will install itself, between each of these steps a load of text will run itself on the screen wait until you get your user name followed by # before the next step. For a lot of info on linux and a good place to get your questions answered register with \nhttp://www.justlinux.com/forum/register.php?action=signup\nor\nhttp://www.suseforums.net/index.php?&&CODE=autologin&fromreg=1\n\nMail me if you could do with some more help.
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You don't ask for much do you? LOL.. \n\nThat depends a great deal on what you want to do. I strongly recomend moving up to a more modern distro. You are welcome to YM me and I can walk you through the configurations. Trying to do a tutorial on this would take forever, however the Linux Howto page has a tutorial on all of these topics and most Linux howto's are very good.
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I suggest reading what others have to say about the best desktop versions of linux.  See here http://www.linuxboards.org/showthread.php?t=1542
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It's great.  Been using it about 4 months and I'm ready to make Windows my back-up system and use Ubuntu Linux exclusively.  If you're familiar with Windows XP, you'll immediately feel comfortable with Ubuntu.  They've got a great forum and live tech support.  Answers can be had usually in minutes, not hours or days like Microsoft.  You can do just about anything Windows can do and, in most cases, easier.  If you're not ready to install it on your hard drive, you can get a free live CD.  You don't even have to pay for shipping.  Go to www.ubuntu.com and sign up for the free CD.  Practice with it, see what you think, and if you like it, install it on your hard drive.  I think once yhou've experienced what it can do and how easy it is, you'll want to use it almost all the time instead of Windows.  And it's incredibly secure from viruses, spyware, etc.  You can read reviews from various computer magazines, businesses, etc.
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I have used Windows 98, ME & XP, I have also used Linux, Redhat, Mandrake, Knoppix and every release of Suse since 8.1.\nInitially I didn't like linux at all and removed it to go with XP. Up until I started dabbling with Linux I wasn't particularly computer savvy.\nSome of the reasons I strayed from Microsoft were:\nSecurity issues, constantly having to update security and pay because microsoft writes bad code or is slow to update it's security, (some time ago a security hole was found in the linux kernel and a similar hole in Windows, the linux hole was plugged in about an hour it took microsoft 6 months).\n\nPricing, if you want the full versions of all the microsoft programmes, OS, office suites etc it costs a hell of a lot of money. Linux is free or very cheap with a full range of software which is easy to install if it comes with the distro or distro specific, a bit more dificult if not but nothing insurmountable.\n\nLicencing is terrible with microsoft, they want to control everything you do or use even down to not accepting drivers that may make your hardware work, read their EULA.\n\nThere are a whole lot of other problems with windows which I won't bore you with, if something doesn't work you have vertually no chance of sorting it out, constant rebooting when you install software, if a programme crashes it stops the whole system, etc. etc.\n\nMost of the reason I didn't like linux at first was that it is different to windows and some of the hardware didn't work like I thought it should, but once I decided to persevere with it I ran a dual boot system with XP & Suse 8.2 and when suse 9.2 came out I installed it on my laptop & deleted microsoft, being dual boot on my desktop but I now never boot into windows at all. Linux does everything I want to do  and now I'm used to it I prefer the way it works to windows.\n\nIf you want to try Linux I would suggest suse 10, it will find all the onboard hardware you have, the only thing you may find is dificult is the winmodem, I bought a serial (not usb) modem (they're cheap) which works perfectly without using processor power, some makes of periferals don't work but all of the major manufacturers are supported it takes a minute to check which are but I have managed fine with all my stuff. One thing to remember is that linux works differently in some respects to windows but once you get used to it I have found it better, it is not difficult to use in fact in some respects it's easier than windows and definitely more controllable & secure (I don't use any anti virus software, only the default firewall). There are a lot of very helpfull people and web sites if you get into trouble they can get you out of pretty much any sort of linux problem.\n\nI have no intention to go back to using windows at all, mail me if you want to know more.
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http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network_and_Internet/Terminals_and_Telnet_Clients/Goodtech_Telnet_Server_for_Windows_95_98.html\n\n\ntry that.  is the windows 95 computer you have your  main computer?  if not, why not try linux?  go to www.linuxiso.org  mandrake is a good beginners linux.  but, red hat linux is the best for servers.  just go to google and search linux servers.
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You can download something called a ndiswrapper for Linux that will allow you to use a windows driver on Linux. You can google to find this. Suse 10 comes with this utility built in and makes it really easy to use.
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First off, have you checked here ---\nhttp://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/forum-2-26-0-0.html\nfor tips and tricks?\nOr have you checked the DSL faqs?\nhttp://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ\nChecked at Linux Forums for answers?\nhttp://www.linuxforums.org/forum/\nChecked the how to's at Linux questions?\nhttp://www.linuxquestions.org/\nDid you read --\nhttp://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-dsl.html?ca=dgr-wikiaDSLLinux\nhttp://www.damnsmalllinux.org/applications.html\n\nThese are just a few of the resources the web has to offer. I didn't actually find the way to use DSL and write to files. As I may have overlooked something in my search, I'd recommend that you look those sites over carefully.\nIt may be that you cannot do what you wish to. You may need to switch to another distro, like fedora, ubuntu or any of several of others to accomplish what you want. DSL is, after all, meant to boot and run from a CD. There are limits.
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jsut go through with it...should just install fine.\n\nit will probably be in the root of c though.. also, when you start apache (probably default) you will need to look at it in the services applet (start --> run --> services.msc).\n\nyour computrer will be known as "localhost" so if you see this, keep this as default.\n\npersonally i suggest wipping another computer out (doesnt have to be expensive or new) and build you a debian linux box and use apache using that.
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I'm not exactly sure what you're asking either, but if you're worried about Linux "infecting" your working Windows machine you should try one of the Linux Live CDs (or DVDs). If you've got tons of bandwidth (or time) and a DVD burner you should try the latest Knoppix (5.0 I think). If you want a smaller download then I think that Knoppix still has a CD version, but you may want to try an Ubuntu live CD.\nThese live CD's work by rebooting your computer and choosing to boot from the CD. Nothing will get installed on your hard drive and your current Windows installation will be untouched, but Linux will run from the CD and you can try it out. If you make any settings changes you can choose to save those off to a USB key.
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I highly endorse what Scott and Daniel said, but also like Goswin said, if you can muster up some geek courage you might also try a different operating system.  Try a Linux varient, several of them are really easy to install, load desktop environments by default and have decent compatibility with the hardware you're probably running.  And they don't bog down your computer.  Ubuntu and Red Hat both come to mind.
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VMWare should do the trick for you.  It will give you a fully functional Linux OS inside your Windows OS.  You can do it the other way around too, but the parasite OS relies on the host so If you know windows better, make it the host.  One word of caution, RAM.  The additional OS will use as much RAM as if it were a standalone, so load up.
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Well, would you like to see your computer run upto 50X faster?\n\nDo you exercise FREEdom of Choice?\n\nWould you like to take the actual path that Microsoft has taken towards more efficient computing, VIRUS FREE?\n\n"Darkside"???   NOT GNU/Linux!!!\n\nMicrosoft is the "Dark Side"!  They are the biggest  convicted pirates, multiply convicted multiple felons, on several continents!!!   They just had their PROBATION  EXTENDED for THREE more YEARS!!!!!!\n\nMS actually runs GNU/Linux on all corporate servers.  All firewalls, (Aruba corp.) and all routers (Aruba.corp.),\nand, MSN.com, HOTMAIL.com, Microsoft.com\nrun on, or behind, 45,000 Linux servers.\n\nAnyway, to answer your question, directly, I wnat to qualify it.\n\nIf you run games, stick to Microsoft, for now. \n\nIf you go on the Internet, run virus free GNU/Linux!\n\nTo start learning Linux, you download the FREE http://pclinuxos.com  and burn the CDrom.\n\nThen, you can reboot with the CD as the first boot device.\nIt will boot in CDrom, run in RAM disc, and not touch the hard drive.\n\nThis is a great way to learn!  Includes 1900 games, programs, apps.  Manual is on the desktop, a click away.\n\nThen, there are the forums, and the friendly helpers, 24/7/365.\nAFTER you are cmfortable with it, you might try doing an install, and whether you intend to dual boot or wipe out the M$ is your choice... \n\nThere are 310 LiveCDrom Distros,  at http://livecdlist.com plus another 500+ versions of GNU/Linux out there, at http://distrowatch.com tailored to specific needs.  Let me know what you need, or see ya on the forums!\nEnjoy!
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Linux can play *some* games, using a program called WINE, and another called Cedega.\n\nThe compatibility lists are here:\nhttp://appdb.winehq.org/\nhttp://transgaming.org/gamesdb/\n\nSome games (One's that use OpenGL and Direct3D rendering methods as opposed to DirectX, such as Unreal Tournament and Quake 3) are linux ready straight out of the box.
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Most flavours have "live disc" available which allow you to run and experiment without having to install (ie, booting from disc). Have a play with a few and see which suits you best. The only 'nix version I ever really liked was SUSE, but have had to stick with Windows in the end - couldn't do my job on Linux ...too many software limitations
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I know a few people with non genuine versions and they have been online for years. You aren't a fool. No one expects a computer to contain a os that isn't authentic. Do you know much about changing the os? Try Linux. Look on Ebay for a version with temporary support, it will cost a little but not anywhere near what it costs for Windows. SUSE(a type of Linux) comes with 30 days support when bought in box form. That is the only real drawback with Linux is the lack of official support but there are forums you can pose questions for great answers and most everything is being written for the Linux system also these days. Give it a go if you can't get the Windows to work properly, the great thing about Linux is that once you bought the system, you can put it on whatever computers you want, unlike Microsofts os. Linux want to be spread around the world. They work towards the free and equitable access to the internet and computers for all.
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Hi Deky,\nThere is no Linux for Windows XP. but it is Linux XP 2006.\n\nPlease try following link:\nhttp://www.phazeddl.com/search.php?q=Linux%20XP\n\nI think, this is what you are looking for.\n\nRegards,\nYatin Bhatt