linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How to learn Linux

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How to learn Linux

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 02:30:54PM -0600, Michael Sullivan msulli1355@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> On 02/25/2016 02:13 PM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 01:59:27PM -0500, HalX halinux@frontier.com
> > [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> > >
> > > I'll go out on a limb to recommend, at your point in time, fetching the
> > > Slackware 14.1 iso file or purchase a DVD; installing it on a HD..
> > >
> >
> > Are you familiar with Gentoo? It's another very handson distribution.
> I'm using Gentoo right now. I think the learning curve is too steep for
> me. I hate asking for help, and half the times when I ask on the forums,
> I get flamed for being a know-nothing. No one will tell me how to NOT
> know nothing.

Ahhh-they've changed since I was active there. BTW, the Have you used
Gentoo question was to HalX.

If the Gentoo people are being angry teenager-y, then, yeah, Slack might be
a good choice--more grownups. Heh, now that I think of it, in the early
double oughts, many of us used it, then got married, some had kids, jobs
took more time, and no one had too much time for it anymore.

>
> > Slackware is another great system too. Arch isn't bad for learning either,
> > though my personal opinion, (and it's no more than that) is that from the
> > 3, I felt I learned the most from Gentoo.
> >

As for Arch, even more angry teenager populated forums than Gentoo, so I
withdraw that suggestion. :)

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