I would like to suggest putting Mandrake 8 on your dual boot and try setting Debian up on a booty box. Debian is a bit daunting at first. You would be smart to get your hands on as many dist. as possible and try them all on a booty box. That way you can really get a feel for what works and what doesn't. I was in your shoes about a month ago. I've tried Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, Linux PPC, Yellow Dog, and Mandrake... I went with Mandrake 8 because I was really impressed with it's performance, anti alias fonts, easy of install and polished tools... But like I said install as many as you can get your hands on... you won't regret it... That's my $.02 Good Luck Chris... "Why buy bugs when you can get them for free!" on 7/19/01 6:57 PM, Linux at linux@ultrasw.com wrote: >> From: Blake Barnett >> To: "'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'" >> >> Subject: RE: Introductions >> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:39:48 -0700 >> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us >> >> If you really want to _learn_ linux, not just how to use it, but the >> technical nitty-gritty --Go with Debian. If you want to simply use linux > as >> you would use windows then Mandrake is probably best. >> > > > I just bought "Bebian GNU/Linux Bible" from http://bn.com for 34.95 plus > $3.45 (I think) shipping (no Tax!!!!). It covers Debian Potato. In looking > at it, it seems very comprehensive. It covers most everything one would need > to be aware of. It does not get into depth on all issues. It comes with a > CD that has some of the Debian Packages. > > >> There's no better way to learn than diving in. Sink or swim. I must have >> re-installed Slackware 5,000 times when I first started learning linux. >> >> Blake Barnet >> Sr. Unix Administrator >> DevelopOnline > > > > > /---------------------------------------\ > | Keith Smith | > | Christian Information Exchange | > | (520) 298-2227 | > | P.O.Box 32158 | > | Tucson, AZ 85751 | > | Keith@ChristianExchange.org | > | http://www.ChristianExchange.org/ | > \---------------------------------------/ > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post > to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >