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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008Sort of OT: Parallels and Linux
I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can those of you who have Linux installed, recommend a version for a newbie to try ?  SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can > those of you who have Linux installed, recommend a version for a newbie > to try ? Are you after any specific features? If not, Mepis is my favoured distro and is what I currently run on Virtual Box on my MBP, along with Fedora 9 and Debian... What I like about Mepis is that it's fully featured, but not bloated, is stable and has a very helpful forum at www.mepislovers.com. > > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What I like about Mepis is that it's fully featured, but not bloated, is > stable and has a very helpful forum at www.mepislovers.com. I want to know how well VLC runs on Linux, I know its a broad church with many and varied distros, I was thinking of getting an eeepc 900 after discussing it with Gareth Slee at work. If I do, I want to take it abroad to use it to play Handbrake ripped DVD's to keep the kids amused when they decide to get up at 5am. Having said all that the version of Xandros on the eee seems to be an Asus version (tabs etc). So I suppose should be asking the eeepc owners in this group about installing VLC. SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 15 May 2008 14:45:21 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.comp.sys.mac, yawatina tan reek esk pjwalters@nospamdsl.pipex.com (Phillip Walters) fornis do marikano es bono tan el: >I want to know how well VLC runs on Linux, I know its a broad church >with many and varied distros, I was thinking of getting an eeepc 900 It runs really well on an EeePC 701. >after discussing it with Gareth Slee at work. If I do, I want to take it >abroad to use it to play Handbrake ripped DVD's to keep the kids amused >when they decide to get up at 5am. Having said all that the version of >Xandros on the eee seems to be an Asus version (tabs etc). So I suppose >should be asking the eeepc owners in this group about installing VLC. Add the extra repositories: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=875 Then "apt-get install vlc" deKay SignatureLofi Gaming - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk Gaming Diary - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that > Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 15 May > 2008 14:45:21 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.comp.sys.mac, [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > deKay Thanks for the advice, does the eepc come with any software thats capable of doing what VLC does ? SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 15 May 2008 16:01:51 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.comp.sys.mac, yawatina tan reek esk pjwalters@nospamdsl.pipex.com (Phillip Walters) fornis do marikano es bono tan el: >Thanks for the advice, does the eepc come with any software thats >capable of doing what VLC does ? For the most part, yes. It has a media player (although I forget what it's called) that'll play most stuff. deKay SignatureLofi Gaming - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk Gaming Diary - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that > Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 15 May > 2008 16:01:51 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.comp.sys.mac, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > For the most part, yes. It has a media player (although I forget what it's > called) that'll play most stuff. Something like TotemPole, or RhythmBox? Cheers, Chris > > Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 15 May > > 2008 16:01:51 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.comp.sys.mac, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Chris SMPlayer apparently, although I prefer TotemPole :-) SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk > > Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 15 May > > 2008 16:01:51 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.comp.sys.mac, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Something like TotemPole, or RhythmBox? Don't know what it is but it works pretty well. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com > Don't know what it is but it works pretty well. Does it play .avi, MP4 etc ? Which will allow me to rip the kids DVD's. SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk > > Don't know what it is but it works pretty well. > > Does it play .avi, MP4 etc ? Which will allow me to rip the kids DVD's. It plays mp4s. It certainly plays some kinds of avi's (the ones I have tried). SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can > those of you who have Linux installed, recommend a version for a newbie > to try ? I think Ubuntu is supposed to be quite friendly. Well, as Linux goes. Jim Signaturehttp://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Sometimes when I talk to a Windows person about using a Mac, I feel like I'm explaining Van Halen to a horse." Merlin Mann > > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jim Yes Ubuntu is probably the one that I have heard mentioned the most. thanks, I will try it along with the flavours Chris suggested, after all it costs nothing to find out what each version is like. SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk > > > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > > > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thanks, I will try it along with the flavours Chris suggested, after all > it costs nothing to find out what each version is like. If you can live with Brown. I can't take Ubuntu seriously after it got Stob'd : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/14/linux_manual/ I'm an SuSE Fan meself - OpenSuse is as stable as any other Linuxen, and the Enterprise Server/Desktop variants are solid. It's only when you add Open Enterprise Server that things get complicated, but then that's what they pay me for :-> Cheers, Signaturejames dore IT Officer, New College, Oxford http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/ it-support@new.... > > > > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > > > > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Cheers, Yes Ubunbtu is rather brown. SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can > those of you who have Linux installed, recommend a version for a newbie > to try ? Best idea is to try the 5 minute linux manual: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/14/linux_manual/> maybe helpful.. you never know :-) But yes, ubuntu is pretty easy. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com > > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > But yes, ubuntu is pretty easy. OK Thanks, will wander over and take a look. SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk > > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > But yes, ubuntu is pretty easy. Ah nuts, ya beat me to it :-> Signaturejames dore IT Officer, New College, Oxford http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/ it-support@new.... > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can > those of you who have Linux installed, recommend a version for a newbie > to try ? most offer preconfigured "just boot me" disk images, I successfully installed Mandriva this way on P. more than one year ago; no trouble since then. H. SignatureFrédérique & Hervé Sainct, h.sainct@laposte.net [fr,es,en,it] Frédérique's initial is missing in front of the above address l'initiale de Frédérique manque devant l'adresse email ci-dessus Frédérique & Hervé Sainct <h.sainct@laposte.net.invalid> wrote: > > I am posting here because Parallels is an OS X program after all, I have > > used the demo with XP and now want to try Linux for the first time, can [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > since then. > H. I am downloading an iso file of Ubuntu as we speak. SignaturePhil http://www.philwalters.co.uk |
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