Rob Smith wrote:
Hi,
As someone very, very new to linux I would appreciate a few pointers as to which direction I should be going in.
I recently acquired a copy of Mandrake from the PC Plus coverdisk, I intend to run this as dualboot on my AST Acsentia P200MMX Laptop. Is Mandrake the best release for a newbie to use?
Frankly, I think SuSE, but as Mandrake is based on RedHat, but unlike Redhat manages to work, you're better off with that than plain Redhat, and certainly, a lot of distros. For a complete newbie package, IMO, SuSE is pretty good: 6.4 is the latest.
I also would appreciate any URL suggestions as to good sites to get ideas from and books which I should read. Also as a complete newbie would it be
There are hundreds... I hesitate to mention specifics because one really has to choose ones own preference. That said, http://www.linuxnewbie.com is good, as are http://www.slashdot.com and http://www.freshmeat.com
Also take a look at http://www.suse.de/en
worth me coming along to one of your meetings?
Ab-so-'kin-lootely. Lots of skills, nice people, lots of support. If you're coming from a 'Doze background, don't underestimate the learning curve ahead. For that matter, don't underestimate how much you'll enjoy Linux, once the first hump is passed... A LUG is pretty important; come along!
Cheers, Laurie.
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