On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're right, I do come from a Window background, and I'd rather start > with being able to see the structure and be able to easily copy files > to a safe location before I mess them up, and using a graphical text > editor (hmm, sounds daft) rather than trying to get to grips with VI > or similar. > > My plan now is to reconfigure the router for a different IP to my > existing windows network, it already has a domain controller etc on > it. I'm thinking if I reinstall with just the very basics of the > server options, but manually specify the IP and gateway then when it's > done it should able to see the internet. I should then be able to use > the sudo....... something command I have at home to download the GUI. > > From there I can move on to set up the DHCP server and other network > services, then move on to Samba etc afterwards. > > Seem logical? > > Once question, is there any clever way that I can acheive something > like an image or mark point of the system as I make changes? I'm > thinking that way if I get so far then screw it all up I can revert, > to the last milestone and see if I can't make a mess of it in another > and more interesting way? > > > Tom > > Unlike Windows, Linux doesn't really have an equivalent for Restore Points. The best advice that I could give would be to keep a diary of changes that you could refer to and undo. Keep a copy of this on a machine other than the one which you are building.
Also, if you would like a GUI, but don't want to devote a huge amount of resources to it, you might want to take a look at #!CrunchBang, a distribution derived from Ubuntu that makes use of the lightweight Openbox Window Manager. This way you get the benefit of the Ubuntu repositories without all the bulk of a full-scale desktop. -- Rob Smith Posted via #!CrunchBang Linux (v.8.10.01) A lightweight Ubuntu distribution. Because software, like people, should be allowed to exist in an open, sharing community, and not kept contained by corporate greed! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
