My first gOS install
It took all day, literally, to get gOS on my test machine. I used the Gparted that came on the live CD, and it's the version of the partitioning utility that takes forever to scan the drives. I repartitioned the entire drive, leaving space for gOS and two distros to be named later. I figured out how to set a static IP while in the live CD environment, and the settings surprisingly stuck after the install. They didn't work, however. I had to comment out all the other interface information in /etc/network/interfaces and then restart the network.
Way too hackish for Ubuntu. And way, way, way too hackish for a OS designed for people who've never used Linux before. I've never had to get this deep into the console with a Ubuntu install. Of course, if you have a dynamic IP, you'll escape all of this.
Now I'm doing the first software update -- 55 items. I'm gonna let it run and get the hell out of here. It's Friday after Thanksgiving, after all.
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"leaving space for gOS and two distros to be named later"
Unless you have seen it before then DO look at Dreamlinux.
It's xfce (so it's not too heavyweight) with icons and a nice dock. A Brazilian distro...
Posted by: arochester
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November 24, 2007 7:28 AM