Right. Gentoo truly is building a system from scratch without some of the headaches of LFS. I use it heavily on all of my systems ;)
Andrew Baudouin Applications Programmer AWC, Incorporated [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Eric G Ortego [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] new to linux, suggestions for learning how to use it? I'd have to agree with ryan on the linux from scratch. Also you might want to try a stage1 gentoo install. It not quick but should help to see more of what a system actualy consists of, not quite as indepth as linux from scratch but verbose none the less. On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:03:15 -0600, deathfalls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi guys, > > i'm relatively new to linux, i've basically just messed around a bit > with it before - installing a few different distros, trying to get > hardware working with it, etc. i've fooled with redhat in the past, > but lately have been playing around a bit with ubuntu. > > i was wondering, what are some suggestions for ways to learn more > about linux? any book recommendations or "exercises" i can do? any > advice would be appreciated. > > thanks, > seth > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
