I have used linux a few times and like it a lot and wanna learn the complex stuff fast but also have a good enuff learning curve, so basically a complex os but that is easy to pick up if yall get me lol.
I have used linux a few times and like it a lot and wanna learn the complex stuff fast but also have a good enuff learning curve, so basically a complex os but that is easy to pick up if yall get me lol.
Debian in my opinion, you can get a very very basic version and just install whatever you need into it. There's loads of decent distributions of linux available though, pretty much whichever one you go for, you'll learn a lot, and once you learn one distribution, it's not going to be completely different from the next.
I found I learnt a lot from FreeBSD, its a bit more hands on than the other versions.
I very much agree, having been shown the many merits of Debian by Matt1eD.Originally Posted by KeZZeR
I would also recommend having a play around with various Live bootable CD editions to get a feel for a few distros through their slightly more basic counterparts.
I'd advise caution here.
I very much agree, having been shown the many merits of Debian by Matt1eD.
No dissrespect to matt1ed but he knows very little about debain or linux in general as most of his threas on the linux topics suggest, so being shown the merits of a distro by someone who doesn't even use a linux distro could be missleading.
I've not used debian for a while, but when I did used to use it, it was very good a very solid distro.The only advice I would say on debian is it was and still appears to be from reading a "no frills" distro, in that it doesn't offer you much help within its self. It expects you to have a certain level of understanding, I don't consider debian a "learning distro"
Directhex would probably offer a more rounded view on debian seeing as its his main distro.
Although I'm not personally a fan of it fedora or mandrake maybe a good intro to get you moving and as you gain confidence and start learning a little you could change distro's if you want, or you may grow to like fedora or mandrake.
There no real way to cut the corners and jump to learning the complex stuff first, practice and experience take time so just stick with it, its like the exams you can by a book to teach you the answers to the most complex questions, but it can't make you understand what your typing.
Hope that doesn't sound like a put down too much
It is Inevitable.....
evil, cheers. ikonia - I am a linux noo8; just showed evil Debian (As in real life) and likey.
that was my point - and no disrespect intended, you don't even use linux really so for someone to base a decision on your advice 'could' be missleading.
I've been stung a few times on this forum following peoples advice who to be fair really shouldn't have given the advice because they didn't really know.
However I'd also got some stunning tips and tricks because people have said what they know or think from experience not what it says on the box or what its cool to say.
It is Inevitable.....
Sorry, I didn't really word my post that well. I have actually done a bit of research into Debian, having been shown that its a good distro.
I have only actually used Mandrake, and it was fine, but refused to talk to my modem so no internet..... Might give it another shot now with broadband. Anyway, I think Debian looks like a good bet.
****I booted up MandrakeMove for speed and thats where I am now****
Last edited by EvilWeevil; 01-05-2005 at 11:08 AM.
If you want to get a feel for debian then Ubuntu may be a good starting point.
It has its roots firmly in debian and is optimised for the people new to linux, the commands differ slightly from debian in the terminal but there is a huge community supporting it and some very well written how to guides for various things you may wish to do. The current release is "Hoary Hedgehog" and you can get it here: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/
PCLinuxOS is a mandrake based distro, again optimised for the newbie with a gui install and is very simple to pick up and run with. What impressed me most with PCLos was the install which took a total of 11 minutes from booting with the CD in the drive to having a fully functional operating system and this is available from here: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/html/download.html
The other nice thing about Pclos is that the install cd is also a live cd, you can preview how stuff works before selecting the install option, a little like knoppix but the implementation is much better.
Hope this helps
Last edited by megah0; 01-05-2005 at 10:59 AM.
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