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Installation:::…
Let
me begin by saying I’m quite new to using Linux and installing
software on it. I
have dabbled with some Linux distro’s in the past but my
experience isn't exactly extensive.
Having
said that, let’s move on the installation itself.
Test
bed:
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Windows
XP SP2 running VMware 5.0 Beta RC2.
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Mandrake
10.1 personal edition
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Linspire
5
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Nerolinux
2.0
The
installation package comes in 2 choices, Debian package
or RPM package. To
my surprise, both packages installed very easily.
I
used the RPM package to install it on Mandrake and the Debian
package to install it on Linspire.
You
might notice that naither of these distributions are natively
supported by Nero.
This
is where a small problem comes into play, the package does
install but doesn’t show the link in the KDE desktops of
either distribution.
With
Linspire the installation package returned a notice/warning
message that the Linux version was not recognized and you
had to pick up the desktop link manually from the installed
location.
I
didn’t get that same message with Mandrake, which caused
me to start looking for it.
Once
the link is properly located, Nerolinux started up without
much fuss.
The
installation script can detect the dependencies needed for
Nerolinux to run, which is a blessing (for newbie’s).
It
saves you the trouble of sorting out the dependencies needed
should it not want install properly.
Certainly
I think for the more experienced users among us, installing
Nerolinux is a simple thing to do
so it’s not a real big problem.
Usage:::…
Both
distributions I have used to test Nerolinux are somewhat
more recent, using the 2.6 kernel of Linux. At
the time I wrote this review, I didn’t have any 2.4 kernel
based distributions to test Nerolinux with.
Some
behaviors displayed in this review might be different from
the older kernel based distro’s.
For
those of you with (extensive) knowledge of the Linux kernels
and the differences between them, you can probably make
out from the features what kind of behavior is to be expected
from Nerolinux on different kernels.
With
the formalities being out of the way, let’s get cracking.
When
you start up Nerolinux, it will scan your system for internal
or external supported burners to use.
It
will also warn you if your Linux system has enabled auto-run/auto-mount
services. This
could potentially ruin a burn being made by Nerolinux.
Not
all Linux distributions have this enabled at default, Linspire
did.
Once
you confirm this warning the main program starts and you can
make your compilation.
The
screen holds a file explorer type window, for you to select
you files from and the CD-layout screen itself where you
put the selected files on.
Many
of the icons you’d find in Nero for Windows are displayed
here as well.
Some
in different locations though, like the ones on the side
of the CD-layout screen.
Let’s
walk through them and see what use they have.
The
first icon is used as a file and folders explorer, to put
or delete files, create or delete a folder.
Below
that is the 2nd icon, to explore the file system
used on the CD/DVD shown in the picture below.
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