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RE: [PLUG] Noob linux user wannabe who wants to know WHERE to be
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I see two answers to this question.
Do you want to just use Linux on your desktop with a GUI? If so then I would
suggest any of the three you mentioned and buy a book. I believe a good book
for such a need is "Point & Click Linux!"
If you want to use (and administer) linux on the server side of the world, I
think it is a good idea to start off with two good books "Linux in a
Nutshell" and "Running Linux" (both available at amazon.) I would also
suggest a distro that isn't meant for new users. Download the iso of your
choice **slackware anyone?? :)** and just start from scratch.
It all depends really on your ultimate goal. If you just want linux on your
desktop then go for Mandrake, SuSE or Debian. If you want to learn HOW
everything works and how to administer such a network then I would suggest
challenging yourself a little bit.
Again this is just my opinion and I am sure some will disagree, but hey,
that is what this list is for, right???
Cheers everyone.
Chris.
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of The Dark One
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:52 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] Noob linux user wannabe who wants to know WHERE to be
Ok everyone, I know that you've probably heard this
question a million times from a million different
people so please forgive me for being #1,000,0001. I'm
a resident windows user who is seriously ready to
switch things up and jump ship to linux. Now, for the
research i've done so far, the consensus on the best
distro's for newbies who really want to learn the OS
like me are debian, mandrake, and suse. So, if anyone
could offer some extra advice on exactly which "ship"
I should jump to here, or what the majority distro
used here in philly is so i'll have some people to
talk to about it, i'd really appreciate it. Later days
:)
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