--- Charlie Schlieper n5td@vvm.com wrote:
I was still using FEDORA 7 (or Core 7) at the time. I think they took the "CORE" term out finally. I had taken a LINUX 101 course
from
HP, and was trying my best to learn LINUX. I started with Fedora Core 5.
One of the problems I've seen individuals trying to learn Linux from a feature-rich, point-and-click, distribution is that they tend to learn the details about that particular distribution, rather than the operation of the Linux OS itself.
Personally, I prefer distributions such as Slackware, that install the components necessary to build a complete Linux system, and then get out of the way! :-)
Yes, the learning curve can be steep in the beginning, but at least you're not being sheltered from what's really going on in the system. In that way, you might have a much better understanding of its operation, and can later apply that knowledge toward doing some really neat things.
73, de John, KD2BD
Visit John on the Web at:
http://kd2bd.ham.org/ . . . .
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