> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Garrett
> Ellis
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:37 AM
> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject: RE: Introductions
>
>
> Hear hear!
>
> My first distribution of linux was Debian 1.3.1 and I am very
> glad that was my choice.
>
> Garrett
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Blake Barnett [SMTP:Blake.Barnett@developonline.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 19, 2001 12:40 PM
> To:	'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject:	RE: Introductions
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
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I'm a RedHat fan but that's what I learned first. It makes sense to me.
Everytime I have sat down with SUSE 7.2, I am struggling to find where they
put things, I can't believe that they have included every module under the
sun in /etc/modules.conf and I cringe looking at Yast2. At least with OSX,
there is so little open source stuff included that each new piece that I end
up getting installed is a thrill.

Regardless of whichever distro you use - eschew / shun / stay away from the
GUI as much as you can. It will slow the learning process. As much fun as it
is to sit back and click, the education will come from the console not from
clicking. If you know how to work Windows NT/2K from the command line and
I'm not talking about xcopy...then you understand the power of the command
line.

and Mr Windows security dude - nmap is your friend.

Craig