[wplug] Linux newbie

[Darius Cardren]

I'm partial for Mandrake on home systems, seems  pick up hardware
better than the other s i've tried, and is easy to setup (even though
i hate rpms...)


On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:46:51 -0400, Embery, Nathan
<nathan.embery at crowncastle.com> wrote:
> Ahhh, that's easy. Dump windows and go full steam ahead with Linux, break
> stuff, then ask us for help :)
> 
> Your choice of Distro varies on what exactly you want to accomplish. If you
> want to be completely set up with a minimal amount of fuss go with something
> like fedora core 2 or 3. If you want to learn more about the internals, go
> with something more like slackware or debian
> 
> It depends though, is learning to manually setup your wireless connection /
> X server / whatever using only config files even worth knowing these days???
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-bounces+nathan.embery=crowncastle.com at wplug.org
> [mailto:wplug-bounces+nathan.embery=crowncastle.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
> Sino Kaya
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:38 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: [wplug] Linux newbie
> 
> For my own survival in the field, I feel that I need to have some
> experience using Linux.  I'm thinking of trying Linux for 2 purposes:
> 1. For regular Home Office PC use
> 2. For developing industrial-strength software
> I'll probably need to do no.1 first.
> 
> I've been developing factory automation software for many years -- VMS
> on Vax/Alpha, Windows, COTS, PLC, Fortran, C, C++, C# -- but have no
> experience with Unix; some experience using Open Source tools -- GNU
> GCC, Dev-C++, SharpDevelop.
> 
> I'm writing to this mailing list because:
> 1. There are overwhelming amount of information available from the
> many web sites.  Perhaps, I could take some short cut by asking tips
> from you guys/gals.
> 2. I live in the area and I am considering giving my own time and
> effort perhaps in the future when I would be in a position of giving
> any assistance.
> 
> I can pretty much learn new stuff with minimal hands-on help.  Just a
> little lead on what to read, where.
> 
> Too bad I missed the last "Free Linux Basics Tutorial".  When's the next?
> 
> I appreciate any comments.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sino Kaya
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Ben Beige
dariuscardren at gmail.com