-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/04/07 17:50, blues wrote: > 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
Unmentioned is networking gear. > 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. It's definitely a start! Remember, though, that every computer is a server and every computer is a client. It all depends on what service(s) you run on each box. And, of course, some OSs are not so good at multi-tasking. They are (obviously) not good at being servers. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG3fXCS9HxQb37XmcRAmqmAJ9DiQ5n3TQi7X7N4sRkFRgZG6oD0ACg2pfc 5m/CWpSZVBlCMCQHikyUMHQ= =FRYI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
