Newbie Linux Suggestions

coasterfreak212 · 08-29-2004, 02:11 AM

If you are new to linux like I am, you will love Linux Live Cds! For all your newbies, get Knoppix! Its great becuase you won't have to say bye to you current OS and it is in just one disk! Just bott the disk when you start you star your system. This way you can learn about linux. You can also google a search for other Linux Live CDs. Some of the few are SUSE Live Eval, Mandrake Move, Slax, and many more. Please try these newbs before you end up sorry.

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

heema · 08-29-2004, 03:46 AM

there is also mepis (debian based) and pclinuxos (mandrake based) which are livecd and has an option to install on the hard disk if u liked them.

I installed pclinuxos before and it got everything installed and setup for you like : apollon (P2P connects to fasttrack , gnutella , openft) , java , nvidia drivers and many other programs and plugins

atom · 08-29-2004, 06:18 AM

i dunno if this is the right place but anyway... here are some helpful links i found useful when i was a n00b.

Bash (linux shell) commands:
http://www.ss64.com/bash/

Advanced bash scripting guide: (great for reference, still use it)
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

For distro choosing and other stuff:
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/

Kernel rebuild guide:
(It's not pure gold and my kernel's still not working (damn redhat managers) but i've learned a lot. Not reccomended if you want to boot a vannilla kernel on RH... I mean at least it booted but IPtables were not working etc...
http://linuxreviews.org/howtos/Kerne.../en/index.html