>>>>> "smac" == smac <smac at visi.com> writes: smac> Been a while sense I've seen a question that will stir the smac> pot like this one :-O What do you want to learn? smac> If you want to learn "Linux" then install a base system (no smac> X-windows) and grow it to where you want to go. For this smac> Debian would be a good choice because it has apt-get and smac> other tools for installing applications over the wire that smac> are very easy to use. [I hope this isn't a flame] I can't imagine anyone wanting a non-X windows linux system. Even if your Mr. Text Mode like me, and mostly use the command-line and emacs, X is too handy to give up. E.g., I love hopping back and forth between multiple konsole tabs, like having bigger console and Emacs windows, like having multiple emacs frames, like having my choice of readable black fonts on nice mild gray backgrounds, etc., etc. And I'm MORE of a text-using geezer than just about anyone I know! I don't see that no X means "learning linux" --- it sounds more like learning pdp-11 Unix to me! :-) Note that this would NOT be true if you're interrested in learning to run a secure, production-quality SERVER. In that case no-X is perfectly reasonable. _______________________________________________ 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