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Post by alexham36 on Dec 9, 2013 21:07:58 GMT
I shall soon be installing PCLinuxOS onto another, hopefully much larger, SATA HD. Is there a way to save and or transfer personal data that I have on the present HD? Do I install onto the new HD from the live DVD that I already have and then install all the updates or do I download the latest version, burn onto a DVD and use that to install?
Finally, my present version is KDE. What would I get if I went for the Whole Monty?
Best regards,
Alex
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Post by mikkh on Dec 10, 2013 5:01:28 GMT
PClinuxOS is billed as a 'rolling release' which in effect means if you keep it updated, there's no real need to get the latest version, however there's one caveat to that - the kernel is locked by default and doesn't get upgraded, and as the kernel is essentially the main driver database (among other things) it's important to get the latest version if the previous version wasn't doing something you thought it should - like the floppy drive in your case. As for keeping your personal data, that's easy enough if you have an external drive, or quicker still - assuming you're dual booting with Windows, transfer the stuff to the NTFS (Windows) partition. Linux can read and write to that with no problems. Always install from the latest version DVD to get the newest kernel as already mentioned. The 'full monty' is also KDE but... it uses the virtual desktops in quite a unique way. There are 6 with specific categories for each one. Desktop 1 for instance is all internet related while others are all audio, all graphics, all office etc This can be a help or a hindrance depending on how you work. I found it annoying after a while to be honest, but you might like it. The full monty refers mainly to the (over) abundance of software already installed. It comes with at least 3 browsers for instance - Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. I went for the full monty myself and luckily there's a way of turning off the 6 virtual desktops and reverting to a more normal KDE look. There's a slight problem in that it only applies to new users and not the existing one, but I simply made a new user and made it the default automatic login - problem solved Here's a shot of all the graphics programs it comes with .... i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/mikkh/fmgraphics.png |
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Post by mikkh on Dec 10, 2013 5:07:58 GMT
 You might notice the Windows XP icon on the desktop, you don't get that as standard, it's a virtual machine i keep a copy of running inside 'virtualbox' - which is included |
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