On Sep 4, 12:30 am, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linux and Open Source in general are definitely the future. > > First step will be to use Linux full time as your main system. I recently > started using Debian Etch full time and I have definitely learned so much > more. > There is always something new that you will learn everyday. > > Next step would be to read up on how linux works. Great place to start would > be > the /usr/shar/doc/FAQ and HOWTO directories. I guarantee you if you read every > single document there, you will a linux guru in no time. > > Then finally of course, would be to play around and build your own linux > system. > The best place to start would behttp://www.linuxfromscratch.org/. > > Of course, intermediate step would involve building your own kernel and > compiling programs from source. > > And Debian is definitely the right choice. > > Amit > > --
The most popular business distro is some form of Red Hat. I don't like it but that is what the suits go for. A very popular one among the programming community is Slackware. As an old (in all senses) programmer I find Slack congenial to those of us who like to "touch the wires together by hand." For a pure learning experience there is gentoo (vaguely debian-like) or Linux From Scratch. If you fight your way through one of those installs you will know a lot of the tearful side of Linux. They don't hide the details, they glory in the low level nuts and bolts. I admit to prejudice. Debian and Ubuntu manage to hang up on my particular system. I can make a new install of Slackware 12 run by copying over my old /etc directory. Debian has an entirely different /etc structure so that trick won't work with that distro. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
