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Old 04-23-2006, 01:21 PM   #1
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I'm a noob and I don't want to be


I've been on the linux scene far too long to still be a noob. I've almost got all of my sources and such together to start my own business. I'm going to be building, repairing computers, and web design. When I build a computer I want to give the customer an option between Linux and Windows. I can't do that unless I can help where help is needed. Does anyone see my problem? I need to learn as much as I can about Linux. All I know is how to use KDE. I don't know how to make a Windows game work in Linux or other simple things like that. Does anyone have any sources or guides to...not be a noob?
 
Old 04-23-2006, 01:52 PM   #2
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for linux games you need wine or cedega which emulate windows and let you run windows programs. You should also be good at CLI not just GUI. linuxcommand.org is a good starting place for that. You might also want to take a look at tldp.org for various resources to get you started.

If you want more information it might help to ask more specific questions
 
Old 04-23-2006, 02:04 PM   #3
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http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

Is also a fairly comprehensive guide to Linux -- it is also fairly Distro neutral.
 
Old 04-23-2006, 06:26 PM   #4
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Switch no a distro that doesn't cover your ass for you then like Arch, Slackware or even a BSD. You'll have to learn to work to use them and then you'll have plenty of self-taught knowledge to pass on

Learning from your own mistakes is roughly one bajillion times more likely to stick in your head than a lesson you read on rute.
 
Old 04-23-2006, 06:47 PM   #5
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All I know is how to use KDE. I don't know how to make a Windows game work in Linux or other simple things like that. Does anyone have any sources or guides to...not be a noob?
You need to identify what specific things you want to learn about and do them. (Also discover things do not work the same on different hardware, kernel versions, and distros.)
Try multiple distros, do Linux from scratch, install that Windows game on Linux...
 
Old 04-24-2006, 02:32 PM   #6
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I'd decide what distro(s) you offer for installation on users machines first, then get as familiar as possible with the specific one(s) you choose, as well as with Linux in general. Perhaps reading books specially targetted at the distro would help. Maybe you could take a course in Linux/the distro(s)- such things exist. In particular, look at what comes with each distribution- particularly the desktop environment or environments it offers. So for example, Vector offers about 5 different DEs/WMs (If I remember rightly from the brief period I had it installed). Obviously, most/all major desktop distros will have extra software, including DE/WMs available in their repositories. I'd generally assume though that if a user knows enough to know the difference between different environments and why they'd want to get another that they understand what they're doing too.

A good set of tutorials for the new can be found at http://www.tuxfiles.org. Still reading them, and they are proving pretty good help

I also think 2damncommon has a good idea about looking into LFS- even if you don't build your own LFS, I read some of the documentation and it did help my understanding of the internals a little. Perhaps slightly more friendly would be to install Gentoo (from source of course) without the new graphical installer. I found that by following through all the instructions as I went about installing it, I was able to learn a fair amount about Linux "under the hood" so to speak. I also gained a lot of confidence around a few of the common and some of the slightly more advanced command line programs, which can't hurt.

Finally, once your done, break your system in a way a user might concievably manage (and maybe some that they probably wouldn't) and then try to fix it I have found one of the best things for learning something about Linux in the early stages was fixing the problems when an installation went wrong, or hardware didn't get auto-configured. I fixed my mouse in Ubuntu (with GNOME) by learning the important keyboard shortcuts in GNOME (I didnt' think about dropping to a virtual terminal because I didn't know about them at the time ) to get myself to a virtual terminal.

Good luck

(P.S- After all I've done so far- I'm still quite a newb. But then at the minute I don't really get much of a chance to use Linux, whereas you will presumably be able to devote a good amount of time to learning

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