Brigitte wrote:
>
> I have to agree, although I'm sure "Running Linux" is an excellent book, I
> found it to be too advanced. I just bought "Red Hat Linux 7 Weekend Crash
> Course" which comes with a disk and I plan to read through it over the
> weekend. One of the problems I had reading through "Running Linux" (and I
> have to confess, I didn't read it cover to cover) was that it often used
> programs as examples which I didn't get with Mandrake, so I think perhaps
> for a beginner a distro specific book is less confusing.
>
Without a doubt, though general GNU/Linux books allow you to play with
diferent distros that have differing philosophies (Debians, Red Hat
compatibles, Slackware..) with ine common ground for information (I'm
thinking here the McGraw Hill "The Complete Refference: Linux"). But
hey, what ever floats your boat.
> In the interim I've put Windows back on the computer I plan to use for the
> install, should I leave it on or remove it before installing?
Leave it on, wipe it out during install. It'll only bring you viruses if
you leave it on (it's like leaving meat in the counter after you've made
the meal - it makes no sense to keep defrosting it when it's no longer
useful). However, for the duration, there's this nifty little program(?)
called Litestep (I think, Bill Preece can tell you more about it than I
can). It replaces the Windows GUI (Explorer, is it called? or is that
just the browser?) with a really really cool X-type interface (kinda
like a cross between Enlightenment and WindowMaker, more like the first
from what I've seen).
> As I said,
> this is an old computer and I can screw up all I want. My goal is to first
> learn Linux from the command line and install a desktop interface once I
> understand the basics. I know basic UNIX commands and I'm not intimidated
> by a non graphical interface.
>
If you want to screw it up, meet my friend, Sub-7... ;)
Norb
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