[Tfug] Where to start

[christ]

Well, I don't think most people on the list would
agree, but I would recommend FreeBSD. I warn you,
it's harder, especially compared to Ubuntu,
but I came into it with no experience
outside of Windows and I wouldn't trade the time it
took to learn for anything. I was patient though,
and not in school, so I could tinker, break and
reinstall a lot, and I did.

Notions like 'devices', and mounting them, are
just bizarre and daunting when you step into this,
but having had to deal with them has allowed me to
do some pretty cool things that a more user-
friendly environment might have shielded me from.

Those are my thoughts, but I would say that linux
might be the better choice simply because more
people use it. The people on this list are very
good at linux, and very few 'noob' questions go
unresolved. You also get very few 'RTFM's', which
is very nice of them.

Chris


On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:06:27 -0800
David <daviiid at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Where can I go to learn Linux??????
> I know Windows reasonable well and I am trying to get my feet into a 
> better system. How do I do it??
> Is there a school ----
> 
> I have loaded UBUNTU into my machine and now what. Looks interesting. 
> Dial up modem does not work.
> Wifi don't work. Scanners don't work. What??
> 
> I need help. I know that there is a world of knowledge if only I can 
> avail myself of it. I am sick to death of
> Bill Gates crap and Windows patches. What to do--------
> Someone give me a hand, I'll be happy to meet someone and pay them for 
> their time.
> No PDA is not one of my interests.
> Come back,
> David Jennings   Daviiid at worldnet.att.net.
> 


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christ <skeptikos at gmail.com>