--- On Fri, 4/15/11, shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, > Patrick Bartek <bartek...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > --- On Thu, 4/14/11, Marc Shapiro <marcns...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek > >> wrote: > >> > --- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh<rishabh.anim...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > > FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book > LEARNING DEBIAN GNU/LINUX (c. 1999). It was a very good > introduction and step-by-step guide to installing and using > Debian. I got it for free from the Debian booth at Las > Vegas COMDEX 1999. This was the first year Linux had a > major presence at COMDEX. Having the Linux people all in > one exhibit hall greatly simplified my investigations of > making the switch from the Amiga. I still have the book. > However, ultimately, I chose Mandrake 7 as my first > distro. Debian was not a distro for the noobie, either > then or now. > > > > yeah, but mandrake isn't a distro for any sane human :)
At the time--circa 2000--Mandrake was the overall recommended distro for the Linux tyro. The most "plug-n-playable" distro of the day. I used it through version 9, IIRC, before tackling Slackware to really learn the ins-n-outs of Linux. > that's ok, because back then, i think i was upgrading to > slackware 4 > (or maybe they made the jump in versions to 7 at that > time). watch a > newbie try to get x windows up on that stuff - that was > fun. I think 7 debuted late 1999 or early 2000. Right about the time I began checking out Linux as my new OS of choice. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/494189.79181...@web31002.mail.mud.yahoo.com
