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Originally posted by cX_GX:
I wish linux was easier to use and there wasn't 12938798379 versions of it out there and just learning how to use seems to be proven hard enough. I spent hours with mandrake 8.0 trying to figure out how to run simple programs, mount/unmount cds etc... I use Windows 2000 for now even though it sux but not nearly as bad as XP crappiest bloatiest yet.
Son, the key is to read. Read everything you can get your hands on. Once you've gotten the hang of just one distro (gui and terminal), then the rest are easy. Get a Linux book of some sort - as long as the word 'Linux' is on the front, you can learn something cool from it. If you want to use redhat, go to
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/ and start reading. Surf to
http://www.tldp.org and set a bookmark immediately. Open a terminal and type "man x", where 'x' is some word or command or phrase you've heard somewhere. "man mount" might be a good place to start in your case.
Once you're done reading, start writing. Get a pencil and a spiral notebook and write down all the commands you use and what they do. Also, start yourself a vocabulary sheet, where you learn new terms and their definitions. What does mount mean anyway? If you know, the answers to "how do I mount X" will make more sense, and you can take your new knowledge and figure out how to mount a zip or USB stick.
And please be advised that asking random and stupid questions is encouraged (as long as you take good advice and learn from it). Nobody was born knowing Linux, we all had to learn.
