My Family is a Linux-Family
Technically, my immediate family is a linux-family; meaning that we run some form of linux on our main computers as our full-time operating system. My wife made the switch this weekend and she was pretty excited about it. We all know it’s going to be a rough ride until we fully understand how things work, but this is very cool news. I’m running Fedora 8 and she’s running openSUSE 10.3.
We wanted her to run Ubuntu 8.04, but had a very tough time getting it to install on ANY computer we have in the house. It keeps freezing up on the boot menu. So; until we figure out what the deal is we looked distros that are backed by major companies.
Later on through forums and mailing lists, I realize that the problem might be the MD5SUM check. The issue is the ISO file I downloaded passed the SUM check, but it’s very possible the CD isn’t burning right. Who knows, we’ll figure it out sooner or later - as long as we have working linuxboxes!
I did learn a bit or two about LiveCDs verse AlternateCDs. It would seem that LiveCDs are in an experimental stage so it may not work all the time. The AlternetCD is basically the full-install CD that the distros used to primarily come on. Funny thing is you learn SO much while going through your headache(s).
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