John, I can't thank you enough for pointing out these two websites. I've been goofing around with Linux off and on for about 4 years with many false starts and absolutely no direction at all. I know that I'm going to learn more in the next few months than I have learned in the last 4 years. Its one thing to install an OS with its auto-install wizard and its something altogether different to be able to use it effectively once its installed. You've provided me with the direction and the path....thank you. Now I just need to find my walking shoes, a good walking stick, water bottle, need to find Jake's lease....maybe I should pack a lunch.................. ;> 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
