New to linux

jajohnson · 08-31-2016, 07:02 PM

hi ;

I'm new to linux and looking forward to learning some new things.

Ztcoracat · 08-31-2016, 07:14 PM

Hi & Welcome to LQ!

If you need help running Mint I'd be happy to help you:-

linustalman · 09-01-2016, 08:25 AM

Greetings jajohnson.

Happy computing.

offgridguy · 09-01-2016, 10:03 AM

Welcome to the forum.

ardvark71 · 09-01-2016, 01:34 PM

Hello and welcome to the forum

kgtuning · 09-01-2016, 01:53 PM

hello! welcome to LQ!

Belikewater · 09-01-2016, 03:37 PM

sorry wrong thread

rtmistler · 09-02-2016, 11:29 AM

Welcome to the forums!

Chuck34207 · 09-03-2016, 10:50 AM

I am also new to this forum and to Linux. I am curious to know if you have Linux up and running yet? I am planning to use the DVD included with the 9th edition Linux for dummies to get started. I'm using a refurbished lease computer I found on Amazon. This seemed a lot easier that trying to partition my hard drive on my windows laptop. Good luck, Chuck

Jjanel · 09-07-2016, 05:42 AM

Welcome ja & Chuck! I too am curious about PC/OSes used (&goals).

Mine is a poor ol' netbook; I'm afraid to disturb XP (cuz my XPcd &ext. dvd drive got stolen),
so I use VirtualBox to try small-medium .iso 's (from DistroWatch). Unfortunately 1024x600;
I rarely 'do' GUIs (X11/Xorg) cuz I'm interested in just booting ...[thru/up-to-a] shell.
I had success with NuTyX: put grub on separate .vdi, w/only 12 i386pc .mod for linux&normal
My next 'goal' is: making a minimal initrd [or no! initrd]. For NO initrd, I suspect I'll need to
learn to build a kernel (goal: *abs min* config for Atom N270, VBox video&e1000)

FUN!! Best wishes!