I just wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions. I decided to go with Ubuntu to start with (gave up on Fedora for various reasons), and I will give the "Linux From Scratch" a try in the near future. On 12/8/05, Kraig Jones <jkjones at tcq.net> wrote: > > Chris Schumann wrote: > > >>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:00:24 -0600 > >>From: Joey Rockhold <joey.rockhold at gmail.com> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>I am re-learning linux in my spare time (I used to know Unix a long time > >>ago), and would like to set up a machine which starts with just basics > >>of linux. After that point, I would like to install programs as I need > >>them. For example, if I want to learn KDE, then only at that point would > >>I download and install KDE. > >> > >>Right now the best way I have come up to do this is using Redhat Fedora > >>Core 4, do a minimal install, and use yum to add packages as I want > >>them. Does anyone know a better way to do this? I am open to any > >>distribution that anyone thinks would be better at this also. > >> > >>Thanks. > >>- Joey > >> > >> > > > >I think it depends on your goals. If you want to learn to *use* Linux > >(some administration, configuring packages, get work done), then Fedora > is > >a great choice. I've stuck with Red Hat and Fedora for no good reason > >other than I know them, and they take care of a lot of things for me, so > I > >can get to work. (Also, if I have a problem with Fedora, I can use Google > >to find a hundred other people who've had the same problem, and five or > >six who actually bother to write down how they fixed it.) > > > >If you want a deeper understanding, or a more generic approach (not so > >Red-Hat-centric) then you want one of the many other fine distros. > > > >I've installed Gentoo, Debian and Slackware, and each has its own > >strengths... and weaknesses, and it depends on what you want to get out > of > >it and what you want to put into it that will determine your best fit. > > > >Chris > > > > > > > > > Right. How about adding an extra partition, or another disk? One for a > working installation, one for tinkering. > > Kraig > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20051216/0ed066a1/attachment.htm