Thanks for this D. It is a great place to start. But since the original post
asked about websites and such, I thought I'd post a simple list to help:
http://www.linux.org - The home of Linux, with some basic information and
links on a multitude of Linux distributions and some documentation. There is
even a generic "Getting Started with Linux - Beginner's Course" under the
courses link.
http://www.tldp.org - The Linux Documentation Project. - Pretty much the
place for documentation on your favorite software. Great place to look for
HowTo's. In fact, this is my FAVORITE place to start looking for any HowTo.
I found the HowTo on building my first Beowulf cluster (long ago in RHL 5.1
land).
http://www.justlinux.com/ - I've poked around in here before. You should be
able to find some basics here as well.
As for distros, the big "3" (at least in my book) are:
http://fedora.redhat.com - Home of Fedora (Red Hat community based distro).
I do run Fedora Core primarily. This is an RPM based distribution that is
the "replacement" (term used loosely) for Red Hat consumer Linux.
http://mandrake-linux.com - Home of Mandrake Linux. I've not tried Mandrake
since 7.x so I'm not an authority on it, but I do know that quite a few of
our fellow triluggers run Mandrake so you should be able to get excellent
help here. This is also an RPM based distribution.
http://debian.org - Home of Debian GNU/Linux. This distribution is a deb/apt
based distribution. I've used this distribution quite often and have been
pleased with it. But as it is a little different in configuration file
location and is not RPM based it's not as easy for me to use than Fedora.
There are a few that have been mentioned that are CD based, aka "Live CD"s,
you just run them from the CD, no installation needed. I would recommend
downloading one of these and playing with linux in general before you
actually try installing one.
Knoppix is one - It is debian based and uses KDE as the GUI. This site
includes a "tutorial". http://www.knoppix.net/
The unofficial Fedora Live CD - ftp://ftp3.tnc.edu.tw/Fedora/live-cd/ - I
haven't played with it, and I believe the primary language is Korean.
Mandrake Move - A Mandrake Linux "Live CD". -
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3#move
I hope this helps you get started in the wonderful world of Linux.
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. McLamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Linux Newbie Resources
Also from the Linux Documentation Project, check out the Introduction to
Linux:
http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html
In my experience, this will give you enough information to start
asking yourself more questions about specific areas that interest you
so you can then research those questions.
Good luck!
--
Cheers.
D. McLamb
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