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 <Blake.Barnett@DevelopOnline.com>
>> To: "'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'"
>> <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
>
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