In agreement with Andrew and Eric. Installing Gentoo stage 1 helped me a great deal in understanding more about how Linux works. I would recommend trying this first before trying LFS. I haven't tried LFS yet, but it looks like it is chock full of geeky goodness.
http://www.gentoo.org/ John --- "Baudouin, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
