[nflug] Linux recommendations for new user

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Richard Hubbard wrote:
> I'm a little late to this thread, but I would like to add the idea of a virtual machine.  I have started playing with VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/). It may not be a complete replacement for Vmware, but for just trying stuff out, it is an amazing product. The cool part is how fast it is.  I have my first VM running about as fast as my regular machine.  Microsoft vpcs were always noticeably slower.
>
> Install virtualbox, then it will walk you through the procedure of installing and running a virtual machine.  This allows you to try all sorts of distros without messing up a hard drive, or needing reboots to get back to your normal business.
>  
> Richard Hubbard 
> Technology Solutions Inc
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Phillips <linux478 at yahoo.com>
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 2:26:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [nflug] Linux recommendations for new user
>
> yes
>
> --- eric <eric at bootz.us> wrote:
>
>   
>> for DSL I'd like to download the most current version and install it on
>> a hard drive would I download the iso that is called "current" ?  Is
>> that all I need?
>>
>>
>> Daniel V wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi Ryan,
>>> I'd recommend that you try a linux that you can run
>>>       
>> >from CD-ROM. When I first got into Linux, I would
>>     
>>> install, and then very soon have to re-install.
>>>
>>> I prefer three Linux distros...
>>>
>>> Knoppix because I can read/write NTFS reliably.
>>> http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
>>>
>>> Damn Small Linux because it's small and loads fast,
>>> also they have an iso that runs on old computers when
>>> I have a problem running Knoppix on said computer.
>>> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
>>>
>>> Red Hat Enterprise free version 
>>> http://centos.org/
>>> Version 5 should be forthcoming very soon, so I don't
>>> recommend bothering to download the beta. If you need
>>> it stat, you can get a 30-day trial of the real thing
>>>       
>> >from Red Hat 
>>     
>>> https://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/
>>>
>>> Have fun!
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> P.S. You can also check out Fedora (Red Hat beta
>>> testing distro for Enterprise), but I don't know how
>>> stable it is.
>>> See latest News section at 
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
>>>
>>> PS PS You will find that there are lots of distros,
>>> but the main ones that people fork off of that a new
>>> user will find easier to use are Knoppix and Red Hat.
>>> Debian is for Linux purists, but it has a learning
>>> curve.
>>>
>>> I mention Red Hat because I've used it in an
>>> enterprise setting and it's the first distro I really
>>> got into.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Ryan Slomiany <ryamigo at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>       
>>>> hi, my name's ryan.
>>>>
>>>> i'm new to linux and interested in learning it.
>>>>
>>>> which distribution do you recommend? how do I get
>>>> started? and when's the next meeting?
>>>>    
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>
>>>
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> Linux is my primary choice.
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This is a much better option than the bootable cd's but not quite so
easy for the beginners.
I've been meaning to jump into this thread to just say, their once was a
time when we would do installs at the meetings. People would bring in
their boxes and the lug members would help get it installed and then
they could have something to really play with. That's how I got into
Linux, back when the meeting were held at the Statler and Bob Meyer
helped me get my already installed Mandrake 7.2 configured.
I would vote for an install fest for one of these meetings. I have our
latest Ubuntu Feisty dump all tweaked and in one tar file that I could
jump dump on anyone's partition and configure to boot, dual or
otherwise. This would be way faster than trying a fresh install from a
cd/dvd. This is also completely tweaked for flash, java, fonts, you name it.
Now, if I could just make it to one of the meetings and we could get
some patch cables and a spare router we could do this up for a bunch of
people at once.
Just a thought, at least people could really see what Linux is capable
of this way. It seems we have way too many windows users on this list. ;)


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