(begin quote)
I have put off, for more than a year, installing PM+ so I could then
install a pure Linux system along with DOS & dozerware [yech!].
Why?
It's simple: Linux isn't simple.
I want to learn how to make Linux jump through hoops, I can't deny that.
But I also want to be able to USE Linux before I start to learn it.
That's how I did it with DOS. Things worked, and I didn't have to learn
much at all to begin with. Once I was comfortable with knowing things
worked, then I started learning how to make them work better or make new
things work.
So here is my plea: Is there a Linux out there [I'll even pay for a CD
if I have to!] that I can simply run an install program for and have it
up and working for me? Something that has a user interface [GUI not
required] which will take me by the hand and walk me through to
successful use at the "dummy" level?
l.d.
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What is PM+? I think of PM = Presentation Manager (in OS/2), but that's
probably not what you meant.
There are some multiple-Linux-distribution sets of CDs. LSL
(http://www.lsl.com) had a Tri-Linux. There may be a few others. Slackware
seems to have an easy install program, but Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> thinks
"Distributions to stay away from are probably Slackware and Debian." (verbatim
quote). Maybe Steve could explain further?
I have trouble getting Slackware started, don't know if it's in the kernel or
the root disk, but accessing the CD-ROM (Texel, SCSI, on Trantor T130B SCSI
card) is tricky. I don't know where the fault lies, possibly the generic
NCR5380 SCSI support is unstable? But I'd have to see Debian or Red Hat do
better on the same hardware before I blame Slackware.
Another quote:
Here is *exactly* what you're looking for, LD...
Go to http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html
Run Linux from a floppy! Be online to the internet in minutes!
Regards,
Mike
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You really need a full-fledged Linux with the man pages, HOWTOs and FAQs. But
a mini-Linux or micro-Linux that doesn't require any hard disk partitioning may
be good for offering an introduction, see what it's like without disturbing
anything on the hard drive.
Slackware 7.1 comes with 4 CDs (also offered by LSL), and the second CD features
a live Linux file system, and the CD is bootable, good for a test drive as well
as a reference file system.
