Thanks for the websites....I'll jump on 'em right away. I downloaded the Gentoo live cd and was really impressed. I'm glad they had that little splash screen about the network, pci and x-setup....wouldn't have figured that one out myself. I'll give Gentoo a try....the only Real problem I have is lack of time. I have actually narrowed down what exactly is keeping me from my jump to Linux completely. The VPN stuff, (VNC will probably not be a problem), cdburning (I understand that this should not be an issue....I've just never done it in Linux), finding a Linux replacement for the Webcam32 or CoffeeCup Webcam software that takes pictures of my dog "Jake" and ftp uploads them to his website (also, probably not an issue, I just haven't found a good replacement in the Linux environment yet, and also Mozilla's fonts and plugin issues. I followed the thread about using M.S.'s Truetype fonts so that is probably ok and the plugin thing probably has a solution out there too. So I would guess that the only big thing is the VPN connectivity. I haven't implemented the IPSEC stuff at work..just doing pptp and the Cisco Linux client is IPSEC only I think. There is probably a pptp perl script for Linux out there in the Ether...just need to find the time. Ain't that always how it is? At any rate, thanks for the sites......I'll be haunting them soon. Cleve
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] dual-booting W2K with Mandrake > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
