On Sep 4, 5:10 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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]
OK. Point taken. I will try to communicate as though I would like to be taken seriously. Here is what I have done today to further my dream: In my room, I have four computers: My favorite desktop pc - - AMD 1.24 Ghz.....1 Gig of RAM.....Windows XP My laptop -- HP Pavilion zv6000 AMD 64 3200 (2Ghz) 1 Gig RAM .....Windows Vista Home Premium A pieced-together Gateway Intel 733Mhz 256 RAM that I am currently installing my only copy of any Linux distro, which is Fedora Core 4 A really old PC with 96 MB of RAM that I am running Knoppix Live I also picked up a copy of A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming by Mark Sobell. After getting Fedora installed. I hope to be able to upgrade it without much trouble and begin setting up my server to practice my networking skills. I will start with all of your suggestions, which I honestly appreciate, and will check back very frequently. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
