Fedora Core 5 logon

[mikker]

I am new to Linux, I just installed Fedora Core 5 and when I rebooted it loaded up and came to a screen that read
localhost login I can type something in there but then it prompts for a password and I can't type anything in there. This is the first time I have ever tried to use Linux. During installation I had to create a root password but not a logon ID. Thanks to everyone.

 

[zeland]

use root as the login name and whatever password you keyed in during the nistallation.


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[iolair]

Be aware that when you type in the password, that Linux does not echo back your keystrokes for security reasons.

Iolair MacWalter
Director of IT

 

[smah]

And then immediately create a regular user account - don't keep using root

 

[mikker]

Thanks for everyones help. I would like to get a few other opinions. I would like to find out which distribution would be the better one to use. Linspire, Xandros, Ubuntu, or Fedora Core.

 

[sleipnir214]

Insufficient data for a meaningful answer. The word "better" or "best" is meaningless without context.

What constitutes "better", here?
What do you plan to do with the machine?



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[mikker]

i plan to use for home office not many games. wanting to learn more about the software.

 

[Grub3r]

Suse, ubuntu or fedora would be nice choices for home/office. Nice interaction with user and not hard to learn GUI.



Regards Dan

 

[iolair]

I have been using RedHat since version 4.2 in 1995. It's solid. They are the producers of Fedora. I have also tried FreeBSD (not Linux, but true Unix), Solaris (again, true Unix), and SuSE. For sheer breadth of applications and ease of use, SuSE is the way to go.

If you want to learn, use Fedora because the majority of folks are running it. I do not know much about Ubuntu, but it looks good from what I've seen. Have you considered Gentoo?

Iolair MacWalter
Director of IT

 

[Grenage]

I personally believe that Unbuntu is one of the easiest Linux distros to use, if you have no prior experience.


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[mikker]

Thanks for all of the replies. I tried severaly live cd's and trial versions. I started out with Fedora but I didn't fully understand the rpm and yum. Ubuntu was easier for me to use and I liked it ok. But since I have just migrated from Windows I found that Xandros was the easiest for me to use. It is a little similar to XP. You can even use Office Crossover to install some Windows Apps. But I haven't had any luck getting them to function correctly after installed. Maybe after I have been using it a while and read and learn more about Linux, later I'll switch to a more advanced distro.
Again, Thanks to all.