Like to try Linux

Again...OLD MAN. WTheck is BOFH??? Also, have you been able to open my PC, and check what I'm doing wrong?
 
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beans100 said:
Maybe a youtube video might be better (for you old people, I'll explain what youtube is, later ):

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So you can't open my PC? Us old people use a thing called a Mouse (I'll explain it to you). Wiggle around the screen (I can explain that too) then simply sort it out. JEEZ, what are you doing on this site?
 
BTW, you look just like me. I know I EFFED around, but FFS!
 
1cdorli said:
So you can't open my PC? Us old people use a thing called a Mouse (I'll explain it to you). Wiggle around the screen (I can explain that too) then simply sort it out. JEEZ, what are you doing on this site?
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I'm not quite sure what you are trying to ask here.

We can't just use a picture of your computer to somehow control it? We'd need to physically be there.

From the screenshots though, you are on the right track. You have a virtual machine.
You now need an ISO file to install Linux with. Pick a distribution. Ubuntu is a good starting point to see if you like it.
Then you attach that to your virtual machine as an optical drive (It's basically a DVD image, so Virtual Box uses the ISO file to simulate putting an actual DVD into your virtual computer.)

Then you follow the instructions on the screen. It's really quite straightforward.

If you would like to do a zoom or something at some point, to ask an actual human being questions, then PM me, I may be able to assist a bit later in the week,
 
newby_investor said:
I'm not quite sure what you are trying to ask here.

We can't just use a picture of your computer to somehow control it? We'd need to physically be there.

From the screenshots though, you are on the right track. You have a virtual machine.
You now need an ISO file to install Linux with. Pick a distribution. Ubuntu is a good starting point to see if you like it.
Then you attach that to your virtual machine as an optical drive (It's basically a DVD image, so Virtual Box uses the ISO file to simulate putting an actual DVD into your virtual computer.)

Then you follow the instructions on the screen. It's really quite straightforward.

If you would like to do a zoom or something at some point, to ask an actual human being questions, then PM me, I may be able to assist a bit later in the week,
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Het jy jou pilletjies vergeet vandag?
 
@1cdorli

Download and install teamviewer, select non commercial/personal

PM me your teamviewer ID and password, i can then remote desktop to your pc and get your linux VM running.
 
Nemoneiros said:


Imagine doing this without internet like olde irc days
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IRC ruled my world for a few years. Loved that. Went completely irssi. Had my own bot or two etc.

Used screen to command more "windows".

Only fond memories.
 
I have decided to give Linux a miss. Thank you so much for your help
 
1cdorli said:
I have decided to give Linux a miss. Thank you so much for your help
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If you did not like this experience you would not like Linux anyway.

The Linux community is notorious for "read the documentation before you ask questions".
 
Nemoneiros said:
or bsd: write your own manual and try again :laugh:
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I've used FreeBSD a couple of times. Really very different from Linux and on a few occasions it completely screwed up my HDD with its filesystem so much so that I lost my Win and other Linux partitions and it would not boot into BSD.

Really a different beast that, coming from Linux you expect it to be sort-of similar.
 
netstrider said:
I've used FreeBSD a couple of times. Really very different from Linux and on a few occasions it completely screwed up my HDD with its filesystem so much so that I lost my Win and other Linux partitions and it would not boot into BSD.

Really a different beast that, coming from Linux you expect it to be sort-of similar.
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Yeah, I enjoyed its rawness :thumbsup:
 
Anyway, @1cdorli , looks like you need to mount the .iso you downloaded. If you want I can assist you remotely. Send me a private message if you're up for that.
 
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