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elexes

right i wana learn linix and im wondering whats the best one to start off on . where can i get it and any sites r books i should have a look at ? thx lads

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what type of world will we live in when there is no world ?

Trojan

Install a copy of Mandrake on yer machine.

Go to www.linux.ie and www.linux.org for some starters.

Al.

elexes

right so .... now to find it .....

after running for the last 10:23:25 and ive got 79% of it downloaded . and thats cd 1 ooo i can see this is going to be connected for some time

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what type of world will we live in when there is no world ?

[This message has been edited by elexes (edited 11-08-2001).]

Loomer

Loads of PC mags have distros on the cover CDs also you should ask around in Internet Cafes. I have a copy of Red Hat7 and would have no problem if someone wanted to burn a copy

Wolf

Red hat of windows x is a perfect starter realy and can be found every where. Also try for book linux bible i found that very easy and useful

logic1

Yeah installing it and using it is the only way to learn. Any questions post em up here and we'll see if we can help u out

.logic.

flamegrill

elexes what ya want?
i got:
madrake 7.0/7.1/8.0
redhat 7.0 (spit)
debian 2.2r2
slackware 7.0/7.1/8.0
freeBSD 4.2
netBSD
corel (spit)


what ever ya want just mail me and ill send it on!

SantaHoe

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by logic1:
Yeah installing it and using it is the only way to learn.</font>

Hehe :X
Yeah I had a good 4-hour lesson tonight on how not to use xf86config to install your wonkey Nvidia drivers. (long story)
In the end I just managed to b0llocks up my config completely so I couldn't 'startx' without (untin' errors.
Luckily I installed it inside a fat32 partition... so I just deleted the whole mofo partition from windows explorer

Bye bye Linux (Mandrake7.1), I don't have the patience to deal with you anymore, come back when you're more like Win9x

SantaHoe

Having said that, Mandrake-8 looks pretty sweet, I'll always install a new Linux distro when I get my hands on one (out of curiousity - and for something to play with), but I've no time for them when they go wrong.
Can't be arsed spending hours configuring & trouble-shooting an OS if it doesn't deliver APPs-wise.

logic1

Well xf86cfg is the business for X setup. Not sure if it's on Linux but it's defo on BSD and it's pretty cool.

.logic.