On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 12:13:26PM -0800, Rai'da Al-Zu3bi wrote: > > Shukran Mohammed for the useful tips and info. Glad you enjoyed Open Source > Asia and I hope that we can manage to hold a similar event here in the Arab > region. > Yup, I did, And reall I miss these days :| > I'm almost there w/Linux inshallah.... > A friend helped me partition my drive and install Red Hat 9. To be honest, > he didn't help, he took the laptop and *did* it =) > Redhat 9 is very very old, I really suggest you install something recent Mandrake 10.1 "I really recommend this" or Fedora core 3. > He's now looking for a driver for Linksys WPC54G for Linux (I have a > wireless network at home), so any tips would be much appreciated > Oh no! I really hate wireless when it comes to Linux. OK, Can you send me the output of the command "lspci" ? > I hope to be fully operational and ready to translate by next week... > > Oh and I've also reminded Honza about the PO files. > Any news ?? > All the best, > > R Good luck, > Mohammed Sameer <msameer at foolab dot org> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:29:52PM -0800, Rai'da Al-Zu3bi wrote: > > > > Thanks for this useful advice and information Ahmed. The scariest thing > to > > me about moving to Linux (as convinced as I am in the importance of FOSS > > particularly for Arab non-profits/voluntary societies) is the lack of > > readily available support/experts for it nearby. > > > > > I have no idea about your local LUG, But feel free to ask on EGLUG or the > IRC chnnel #eglug @ irc.freenode.net > > > > I think I can borrow a copy of "kiss the blue screen of death goodbye" > from > > a friend. I'll take it from there and see how it goes. In any case, I'm > > "sacrificing" my old Pentium II laptop for this experiment. All in the > name > > of FOSS! > > > > > > > > Salam, > > > > R > > ahmed naqsh wrote: > > > > Umm , but be sure to do your homwrok beforehand , since it won't be time > > for it when you face a ciomputer that won't work for some reason or > > another . I remeber spending over 3 days trying to get redhat9 to > > install and failing , each time for a different reason , to get it to do > > that . > > If you want my advice , get a good book beforehand , like "Running > > Linux" from oreilly , it's excellent and will help you throuh the > > installation . You can download it , illegally , from various sources > > around the web , in .pdf or .chm format . And also there is one titled > > something like "Leave the Blue Screen of Death behind : go linux " , > > which is also ok . I do not know whether it is legal to download such > > books , but come on , who's gonna pay a month's salary for a book when > > it can be downloaded in five minutes ? > > There is a very interesting s ite called sleekfreak ( that isn't the > > exact address ) , which will let you download many books , only if > > you're running linux , which is no good , if you *want* to run linux . > > But you can cheat it easily , get a download manager and make it > > identify itself as , say , Lynx , and download away . Getright should do > > the job . > > Rai'da Al-Zu3bi wrote: > > > Excellent. If I manage to do it myself, I shall pass on this knowledge > > > to others, particularly the Arab NGOs I work with. One of the things > > > I'd like to eventually do is to get Arabeyes to give a training > > > workshop on Arabic FOSS to NGOs here in Jordan...but let's take it one > > > step at a time =) > > > > > > Thanks again. > > > R > > > > > > */Nadim Shaikli /* wrote: > > > > > > --- Rai'da Al-Zu3bi wrote: > > > > Thanks so much. Will do this weekend. Just one > > > > question: will this partition my drive or turn it into< BR>> > a > Linux > > machine? If it's the latter, any tips on how > > > > to keep both Windows and Linux? Sorry this is turning > > > > into an on-line course on Linux installation =) > > > > > > This is all an investment in getting people to the RIGHT > > > side of the fence :-) You have 2 options, you can install > > > linux on your HardDrive and have it be the sole partition > > > there (ie. it will occupy and take-up the entire drive) or > > > you can have a dual-boot machine. Your best bet if you want > > > to go the dual-boot route is to already have your windows > > > installation there and then you simply load-in the Linux CD > > > and follow the directions (you'll want to make sure you have > > > a partition you can install linux on and you can repartition > > > your drive using fdisk and/or "partition-magic", etc). Once > > > Linux is installed, it will detect the other windows partition > > > and add it to a "lilo" boot menu which will give you the option > > > to choose what it is that you want to boot into once you turn the > > > machine on. > > > > > > There are a number of very good sites out there on the web that > > > are worth a quick read (google is your friend); here is one, > > > > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO > > > > > > Salam. > > > > > > - Nadim > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Doc mailing list > > > Doc at arabeyes dot org > > > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/doc > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! 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