On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:01:58 -0500, rbentz at dunwoody.edu <rbentz at dunwoody.edu> wrote: > If you were to recommend a distro for someone to learn on what would it > be? > I would like to understand the common things about linux -- tools, > processes, setups, and other geek stuff. > Skill area is intermediate, mainly confused about the things windows > does easily - drivers, updates, kernel compiles, dual boots, network > configs, (the list goes on) > > Goal: Build an optimized home system (very curious about gentoo but > think I might drown in steps) and it would run on a laptop. With the > thought in mind to get rid of windo$e for a while and learn a new set of > skills/methods for computing. > > Too broad of a question? Thoughts? > > Rob My thought would be to use gentoo. You'll learn more during an install than you will setting up redhat and using if for months. The install docs are very detailed, and explain how things work. -Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list