DLloyd;228340 Wrote: > And probably the most important question I have right now, which > distribution of Linux should I be looking at running ?
Have you installed and configured Linux before ? If not, listen to Pat's advice, choose a distribution which you have some friend that runs who can help you when you get in trouble. I say "when" because, you are, it's just a matter of where it happens. Some people are lucky with their installations, but my experience is that there is always something that will require some work. It might be some hardware in the box or it might be some default behaviour that isn't like you want it. If you don't know any Linux friend that is able to help you, I would personally choose Ununtu. The main reason is that it is simple to setup and their installation packaging works so you don't get dependencies problem unless you are doing something really special and finally their discussion forums are very active. If you aren't experienced with Linux I would also suggest that you install the desktop installation and connect a monitor and keyboard during the installation. Setup everyting as you like it and when you have everything working, start to think how to make it work without the monitor or keyboard. For a beginner it is a lot easier to use the graphical configuration tools while the more experienced users tends to like vi and manually editing of the text configuration files. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38519 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
