Hey Guys I need some product reviews on the newst
versions of linux what have you hear about SUSU 8.1
and the new kernal what do that mean for linux users
and this it wortth price $99 than purchaseing red hat
8.0 $39 and has any one heard of xandos linux used to
make by corel people ?
--- Ronan Heffernan <ronan@iotcorp.com> wrote:
> casey fraites wrote:
> > thank you for your time Ronan
> >
> > For your insite on networking with linux I am
> college
> > student and I help out at a local computer shop
> in
> > town I am looking to network a small amount of
> > computers what brand of linux would you recommend
> I
> > hear that redhat is used mostly in enterprise and
> > small businesses Is there tutoruals on the net to
> > help learn the basics of operating linux ??
>
>
> What kind of user do you want to be? Do you want to
> help your computer
> shop by installing and supporting Linux on white
> boxes (major
> involvement)? Do you just want to use Linux as a
> Desktop for word
> processing, email, etc. (very little tutorial
> needed, especially if
> someone else sets-up your box). Software Developer
> (a special breed of
> insanity on any platform)? Do you want to set-up a
> home LAN or your own
> ISP? What you want to use Linux for will dictate
> what kind of
> books/tutorials that you need, and should influence
> how you initially
> approach Linux.
>
> There are many books on learning Linux or using
> Linux. The O'Reilly
> books are solid, but they seem a bit technical for a
> first book. The
> Hillsborough County Public Library system has quite
> a few
> introduction-grade books on Linux (including Linux
> for Dummies). If you
> need to pick-up an elective, or a CS class, any
> basic course on UNIX
> will teach you a lot about the underlying structures
> of Linux (commands,
> filesystem layout, lore, etc.) in case you want to
> know the gory details.
>
> I have used SuSE for the last five years. I like
> the installer (which
> does a great job of recognizing your hardware and
> configuring your
> system to match) and the packages which are
> installed and configured
> automatically. Honestly, once a machine is
> installed and configured the
> way that you like it, all of the major distros work
> in pretty-much the
> same way (which is no surprise when you figure that
> the most important
> differentiating factor between distros is the
> installer software). Red
> Hat is not only common in Enterprises; it is very
> popular for home use,
> and Mandrake which is popular primarly in homes is
> based on Red Hat.
>
> If you want to play with Linux without a major
> investment of time or
> knowledge, you can bring your box to a SLUG meeting
> and you should find
> someone who will help install and configure Linux
> for you. Then you can
> use it as a Desktop and let your learning be driven
> by your needs. If
> you are going to do this, you should coordinate on
> the list to make sure
> that someone will be at the meeting who can help,
> and that someone will
> be bringing a distro to install.
>
> --ronan
>
>
>
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