I'm taking the plunge and installing Fedora Core 4 on my PC next week.
My nebulous plan is to choose the 'standard desktop PC' installation which should give me OpenOffice, Firefox, Gaim and Gimp with Gnome as a desktop (as I understand it).
After I've got that lot working, I'll be installing Thunderbird as my email client.
Then I want to install Apache, Perl, MySQL, and PHP5 so that I can test my websites locally before uploading them to my web host.
So ... does this sound like a good plan, or should I install things in a different order? Do I need to know anything else (remember, I'm a Linux newbie for all intents and purposes)?
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I have a spare hard drive that I'm planning to install Linux on. I'll probably accept the default formatting/partitioning suggested by the installation process.
If all goes wrong in the early days, then I can stick my Windows HD back in and run my W2K system.
My plan is to get rid of the Windows system entirely and run Linux solely.
If all goes wrong in the early days, then I can stick my Windows HD back in and run my W2K system.
My plan is to get rid of the Windows system entirely and run Linux solely.
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it's a (NTL) Cable Modem on an ethernet connection - I'm hoping it'll just plug into the network card and work immediately (which it did in Windows - I don't run any special software in Windows and no password is needed)
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Do I need to install KDE as well, or is Gnome sufficient?
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KDE is easier to use if you're used to windows but Fedora isn't that keen on you using it. I prefer it to Gnome.
A bog standard installation should be fine to start off with but you may find yourself experimenting with different distros and configs for a while to come.
A bog standard installation should be fine to start off with but you may find yourself experimenting with different distros and configs for a while to come.