On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Rob wrote: > Just a comment about the BasicLinux. For a computer newbie dummy like > me, who is still trying to comprehend different file systems, commands, > structure and all sorts of acronyms and jargon, and with extremely limited > resources, like a free, ten year old [I guess that's seventy year old] > computer, BasicLinux is perfect, no matter what the kernel, libc glibc > thing is. At least for now, while trying to work a job and go to school > I have something to work and learn with. Once I have learned enough and > have enough resources, then maybe I can move on to the KDE, GNOME latest > and greatest thing. But for now I'm darn glad something like it is > available! > Spouting off; Rob:
Absolutely. My first experience wasn't with library incompatibilities, but with a FreeBSD shell account at my ISP. BasicLinux gives you all that, PLUS root privilege. ;-) It certainly has a lot more going for it than Monkey Linux which was the first Linux I installed. - Steve
