datawolf@ibm.net writes:
> OTOH, you may learn a lot by using something that's harder to use.
> Trial by fire. I started off with Slackware, myself, mostly by
> accident/ignorance.
I agree. I also started with Slackware, and I learned a lot from it.
Nothing quite like having to write your own XF86Config file after
having just entered the UNIX world. :)
>
> Another option is to install a bunch of different stuff. I just got a
> new 15 GB drive, and am trying to figure out how many different OS's I
> can get on it. Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Plan9, BeOS, and Linux are my
> choices. (No Window$ in my house!)
You might also want to try out SCO. I haven't used it myself, but as
commercial *nix's go, I've heard that it's quite good. Most of the
people I've talked to prefer it over Solaris. And you can get a free
non-commercial license for it, and then you only have to order the
media (which is like $10 or something).
BTW, are you doing the free Solaris 8 thing, or are you actually going
to buy it?
> One of the things I definitely want
> to do is create a Linux install from scratch, without a distro. That
> should be a learning experience, and a step up from making custom rescue
> disks from scratch.
Have fun. :)
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