10/19/2002 17:02, "Cleve Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... >than WinXP; WinXP is looking more and more like spyware to me at this point.
Windows eX-Privacy >This little project is actually part of my personal migration off of Windows >altogether. I don't feel that I am proficient enough to completely make the >move yet but I plan on using Linux at all times when MY training allows. Keep plugging, it'll happen. > As >I learn more then my need to boot back into Windows will lessen, until its >no longer needed. >Next week some time I'm going to be searching, probably at Barnes and Noble, >for a Linux book that will explain the basics......understanding the file >systems, basic command line utilities, etc. I want to get to the point >where I know what files to go edit to make configuration changes, and also >to the point where I am better at troubleshooting things. Any suggestions >are appreciated. I suppose it doesn't have to be a book....could be a >website. http://rute.sf.net and http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/index.html will help, and they are both free and Free. >I'm ready to put the time and effort into getting to the place I feel I need >to be to move to Linux completely but I'm not yet certain of the direction I >need to move. Read the two above, it will help you figure this out. >I can install various distributions, set up email, networking, printing, >etc......but I'm not really there yet because I don't understand the file >system, and I don't know what tools are available to me at the terminal >prompt. You may wanna try installing Gentoo for the experience, or especially the Linux From Scratch project. These will give you a good feeling for how the kernel and filesystem work on a Linux box. >I thought I was ready to make the move but then I couldn't get the VPN stuff >and VNC to work.....well, maybe VNC was working fine but since I couldn't >make it through my Cisco C3005 VPN box I wasn't able to test it. Thus, I >decided I might be putting the cart in front of the horse and I re-evaled >the situation and decided to start from scratch....going back to basics and >learning from the ground up. I had problems getting Cisco's VPN Linux client to work as well, it wants a kernel compiled with gcc-2.x.y, so the new gcc-3.x.y kernel didn't work. :P I'm monitoring the Cisco site for an upgrade. I will try to get an old kernel working with it when I get a chance. Also, I would like to use the free VPN tools available out there, but I barely know what they are called. There was a discussion about this awhile back here. -- John Hebert
