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Ok I'm convinced, what next?
AlexMax:
1. Read the DOS/Windows-To-Linux-HOWTO
2. Have a little patience
3. Do NOT listen to XP Poser #299329936969 and take ANY of his advice. He will discourage you and is a mindless follower of the Windows propaganda machine. I have reason to beleive, by just watching him, that perhaps he is a Microsoft employee trying to discredit people, though like all other M$ tactics it is misgiuded and doesn't do shit.
4. When in doubt, read the man pages...or a HOWTO
[ July 21, 2002: Message edited by: AlexMax ]
creedon:
quote:Originally posted by AlexMax:
1. Read the DOS/Windows-To-Linux-HOWTO
2. Have a little patience
3. Do NOT listen to XP Poser #299329936969 and take ANY of his advice. He will discourage you and is a mindless follower of the Windows propaganda machine. I have reason to beleive, by just watching him, that perhaps he is a Microsoft employee trying to discredit people, though like all other M$ tactics it is misgiuded and doesn't do shit.
4. When in doubt, read the man pages...or a HOWTO
[ July 21, 2002: Message edited by: AlexMax ]
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What ever distro you eventually decide to use will have an absolute TON of information available; they're gonna help you use THEIR distro, and that's a GOOD thing (sorry Martha; BTW: when you get to the big house, DON'T bend over!)Where was I? oh, yeah; most distros have more documentation than you'll ever need, many have the ability to help you set up devices, but one thing you want to MAKE SURE you do before you attempt to install Linux; KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR HARDWARE; LINUX ASKS QUESTIONS!!!
creedon:
quote:Originally posted by Saddle Magic:
A couple questions.
What's the story with Debian GNU/Linux "Potato"?
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I have run Debian since "slink"; "potato" was, until this past Friday the stable release of Debian. Pure Debian is a handful to install as a first distro, but if you decide to choose it, and make it through the install, it is probably the most reliable distro available, plus its package manager (or updater, if you will) which is called 'apt" is the best of all Current package managers.
Because of a personal conflict, I hesitate to recommend Libranet 2.0, however, since you're a newbie, and it IS a personal matter, I'll suggest it to you, because it's the best way for someone to get an introduction to Debian. Libranet is based on Debian, with a few Libranet apps thrown in. It's fairly easy to install, and configuring devices is a snap thanks to the adminmenu feature; Id suggest you go to their website and look it over. http://www.libranet.com
It's a 2 CD set, and it costs $35.00 US
sporkme:
make sure your ISP works with linux. this in sot so much in hardware as it is in software. also, your modem may be a winmodem, in which case mandrake (i reccommend mandrake) may not be able to drive it because M$ owns some of those things.
stick around the forum! we need smart people!
choasmaster:
lwinwithux asks questions, well maybe for some hardware, but ever since i started using linux, i havnt had to bother with stupid irq conflicts, it understands that fact that if my video card is on irq 10, DON'T PUT ANYTHING ELSE THERE.well, have fun, and read a book, i would recommend the books on redhat like the redhat bibles and sorry if somepart of this post is messed up a bit, im useing links/ChaosNETOS/*its a linux distro, but i want it it id itself as ChaosNETOS, and i changed the name again*/
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