Ailwyn Burgess wrote:
>
> I realise that this will probably start world war 3, but here goes anyway
>
> Which version of Linux for x86 is best to start on? I have used Redhat 5
> (very) briefly but I want to start getting into Linux in a serious way.
>
> Also, does anyone know of a good book for learning Linux, but also takes you
> pretty deep into the system, so by the time you've finished your more
> intermediate than beginner. Please include ISBN No if it's a non-UK book
> otherwise it'll be murder to get hold of it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ailwyn
Ailwyn,
not to make a too fine point of it, Linux� most recent version is 2.2.6
. By this I mean to say that the word means "just" the kernel itself,
and the point I *am* trying to make is that all distributions that use
the Linux kernel are basically the same. As long as you get a working
system through a reasonably easy setup procedure, you can start to learn
from there. And you can tweak any distribution to behave and look as you
want. Now, where did I put my asbestos longjohns?
P.S.: Read "Running Linux" by Welsh and Kaufman from O�Reilly, ISBN
1-56592-151-8!
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