>>>>> "Josh" == Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> writes: Josh> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:01:58 -0500, rbentz at dunwoody.edu Josh> <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 Josh> My thought would be to use gentoo. You'll learn more during an Josh> install than you will setting up redhat and using if for months. The Josh> install docs are very detailed, and explain how things work. I would actually recommend one of the more pre-built distros. Rob seems to want to learn about tools, processes, etc. I think it would be fine to first install a ready-built distribution, get familiar with using linux day-to-day, profiting from someone else having done a lot of the work, then move to gentoo. but then, I'm not sure what "intermediate" means in Rob's original message... But I had about a decade of work on Solaris before I started using Linux, and I sure wouldn't have wanted to jump right into gentoo! OTOH, for me that was a decade of USER work on Solaris, with not one day of sysadmin work, so YMMV. R _______________________________________________ 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