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MasterHacker

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« on: 26 March 2002, 19:06 »
Well, you can tell by my name I thought I knew a helluva lot about computers, but I've used windows all my life  :(
So, does anyone know of a good site, or someone on these forums, that can help me out. It took me 1 hour to do all that history clearing stuff, and I can't find any good sites. Also, any free GOOD OS's? I can't afford a switch right now.

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« Reply #1 on: 26 March 2002, 19:19 »
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So, does anyone know of a good site, or someone on these forums, that can help me out.



errrm .... help you out with what?

 
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 It took me 1 hour to do all that history clearing stuff, and I can't find any good sites.



errrm ..... good sites about what?

 
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 Also, any free GOOD OS's? I can't afford a switch right now.


Why ask for a good free OS when you also say that you can't afford to switch right now?

I'm a little confused  :confused:
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« Reply #2 on: 26 March 2002, 19:28 »
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Why ask for a good free OS when you also say that you can't afford to switch right now?



when i meant i cant afford to switch, i meant i dont have the MONEY to pay for a switch, which is why i asked for a free one.

as for the sites, i mean to, umm..err, help me unlearn what i have learned about windows etc, plus, i was always a little clueless on comps, so, i just wanna know more. i know some programming languages, i just want to know more about computers in general

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« Reply #3 on: 26 March 2002, 19:43 »
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Originally posted by MasterHacker:


when i meant i cant afford to switch, i meant i dont have the MONEY to pay for a switch, which is why i asked for a free one.

as for the sites, i mean to, umm..err, help me unlearn what i have learned about windows etc, plus, i was always a little clueless on comps, so, i just wanna know more. i know some programming languages, i just want to know more about computers in general



Well almost 3 weeks ago I installed SuSE 7.3 Pro ($70.00) and have found that there is a ton to learn but that everyone seams to be willing to help.  As far as sites to learn from.  Start at www.linux.org or www.google.com

I've read alot of people say they like Mandrake and they seam to like.  I believe you can get a copy from www.download.com (that is a good site!)  I've learned alot from friends online.  I use yahoo messenger alot (installs easy on linux) to talk to a friend I met by looking for online people with interests in Linux.

Also if you are wondering about a good book to read Voidman has talked about a few books under http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=000084

Anyway hope this helps.
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« Reply #4 on: 26 March 2002, 19:45 »
http://www.linuxiso.org

http://www.linuxdoc.org

http://www.linuxnewbie.org

and last but not least :

http://www.google.com

(google knows more then all forum visitors here combined)
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« Reply #5 on: 26 March 2002, 20:02 »

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« Reply #6 on: 26 March 2002, 20:42 »
well i think you should get linux. you need to download it though if you want it for free. get a big name distro like mandrake, suse, red hat, turbolinux or slackware if you are only used to windows. i have only used turbolinux and red hat so i know little between the different distros.

for linux training, i find that linuxnewbie.org has a lot of good articles, easy to understand for the beginner, and linuxquestions.org/questions is a really good forum where whatever question you have will usually already have been answered in full. Also, try our very own unix/linux forums here at fuckmicrosoft.com. When i got linux, i read through every single back post in that forum, and it helped a lot.

good luck and hope you enjoy whatever alternate OS you go for!
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