I did try sudu su- It asked me for a password. I entered the same password I've always used for root activities, and got an error that the password was wrong.
Yvette On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 08:51:21PM -0500, Yvette Davis wrote: > > > I've tried logging in as root. It seems that whatever my husband did > locked > > me out of root, too. > > I would think you could use chattr (change attributes) or something > similar, but really don't know. > > > It's not recognizing my root password. > > Did you set one? Have you tried, just for fun, sudo su - > > > > data. I'll use Ubuntu 11 on one partition, and either OpenSuse, Debian or > > Fedora on the second. > > > > Any suggestions? I want something that will force me to learn my way > around > > the command prompt without being super frustrating. Basically, something > a > > step or two up in difficulty from Ubuntu but still usable to a newbie > > willing to fight with it. > > If you don't require point and click, I'd recommend Arch. It gives a > small install, but the docs are excellent. It might seem, with its text > based installation, and, after install, booting into a console, as if > it's something really difficult, but the documentation is very > good--just look at the setup guide, and it's all there. > > The others. Debian might be the step up, you'll have to do some > googling, and find the instructions to get the various things that > aren't open source. I believe it's super easy to do, but I don't > remember the procedure. > > The nice thing about Arch is that it has great docs and a good forum as > well. > > Fedora is pretty much like Ubuntu in many ways. The internals are > somewhat different, but if you use the GUIs, to a non-Gnome user like > myself, Gnome 3 and Unity seem quite similar, both aimed at the > smartphone user. > > Their forums tend to react harshly to criticism of Fedora, in most cases > calling the complainer a whiner or troll, suggesting they ask for a > refund, or similar. Despite this, there's a bunch of nice helpful > people, and if you ask a question, as opposed to saying, what a piece of > junk, you'll almost always get quick and useful help. > > To me (and remember, this is just one person's opinion, and that of a > person who prefers the BSDs, but has been stuck in Linux by a job > change), Arch will probably teach you more, and really not be much more > work than Debian. My second pick would be Debian (though if I were > truly objective, it would probably be closest to your stated > requirements). Fedora, as another desktop oriented distro, is, when > working right, about the same as Ubuntu save for the fact that you have > to add some 3rd party repos for things like flash and other > non-opensource things. > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > Willow: I just talked to Buffy, and yeah, I think she's feeling a > little... insane. No, not bitchy crazy, more like homicidal > maniac crazy. So I told her to come see you, 'kay? > > > -- Yvette Davis Natural Health Consultant, Herbalist, Writer www.msquill.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
