Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:15, Jeff Fuller wrote:Is there an installable version of Knoppix? It's install seems so idiot-proof that I would offer it ahead of one that re-compiles itself. Unless, of course, the installation manual says something along the lines of 'now's a good time to go to bed, and see whether it's finished in the morning'? I do think time to install should be taken into consideration when suggesting a starting point... the OP described himself as 'new to anything other than point and click', waiting for hundreds of lines of geek code to scroll over the window isn't too good a start (:
Christopher Sawtell wrote:Installing Gentoo would give you that understanding. The installation hand-book is totally explicit, intended to educate, and all-in-all pretty well written.
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:13, Jeff Fuller wrote:Thanks for the info Christopher but as i am new to anything other than
Yes! interested in buying CD/CDs(no DVD) Have to have some tuition on
installing as i am very new to Linux------Thanks jeff
There are several of us on the list who have found Gentoo to our liking. I have no idea as to your general knowledge about computers, but if you have a reasonable understanding of the lore, you might find Gentoo appealing. ( It might be a bit of a baptism of file / jumping in at the deep end :-)
If so have a look at:- http://www.gentoo.org in particular:- http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml
You will need a fairly grunty machine. 600 ~ 700 MHz is a realistic minimum. Under 400MHz is totally unworkable.
I can offer CDs for this Distribution.
Like all Linux distros, there are a ( very ) few points of failure, but in
my experience fewer than most of the others. They have completely fixed
the RPM hell & upgrade nonsense.
point and click, I will wait till get more understanding of how to work
things(am a newbe)
$0.02
Steve
