What Linux OS?

[AlienDB7]

Originally Posted by DeMoN in other words, i got a p4 so go for the 686 huh? where can I got to learn the commands? I have no idea how to even do a screen shot of the comp! I dunno how to install or uninstall... dont now anything =(

Yes, go with a i686 one if you have a P4. However, I would rather go for a better distro than one specifically compiled for i686. It maybe faster but you won't see any difference on a P4.

There should be a few RPM tools included with both redhat and mandrake. Just look for them. I know, there're way way too many choices to make in linux, that's what make them hard to use IMO. But then linux is probably more targetting the geeks than needs.

To make a screenshot, you have to use that screen dump program. Can't remember the name off my head but you just have to go through all the programs one by one.

As for commands, do you mean the console ones or things to run in the GUI? For console, you should print out a reference card like http://www.indiana.edu/~uitspubs/b017/b017.pdf

Hope this helps.

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[AlienDB7]

Oh yea, if you don't want to mess up your computer, you can always try something like Knoppix, which is CD based. You run everything from the CD so you can't mess up any setting on your computer. It has basically every tool you'll need since the CD volumn is compressed.

[SFDMALEX]

Originally Posted by AlienDB7 Oh yea, if you don't want to mess up your computer, you can always try something like Knoppix, which is CD based. You run everything from the CD so you can't mess up any setting on your computer. It has basically every tool you'll need since the CD volumn is compressed.

I also have SuSe 8.2 which runs off the a CD.

[DeMoN]

i suppose that by messing you dont mean, totally fucking it up? I mean, chipwise?

If by messing you men having to repartition and reformat, that is no problem.

[SFDMALEX]

Originally Posted by DeMoN i suppose that by messing you dont mean, totally fucking it up? I mean, chipwise? If by messing you men having to repartition and reformat, that is no problem.

By messing up I think he means partition wise...You can fuck up your hardrive so bad that you wont be able to fdisk, or see its existance in DOS. The only way is repartitioninng through linux it self.

With my first Linux experiance I fucked up bad...but then got out of the mess after 5 or so hours.

[T-Bird]

Originally Posted by SFDMALEX Originally Posted by DeMoN i suppose that by messing you dont mean, totally fucking it up? I mean, chipwise? If by messing you men having to repartition and reformat, that is no problem. By messing up I think he means partition wise...You can fuck up your hardrive so bad that you wont be able to fdisk, or see its existance in DOS. The only way is repartitioninng through linux it self. With my first Linux experiance I fucked up bad...but then got out of the mess after 5 or so hours.

Yes that's what I meant. And One of my friends accidentaly reformatted his hard drives and lost everything, thankfully he had hard copies of most.

And I've used Suse and Knoppix aswell and i would recommend them for beginners If you're a Hacker :roll: try Phlak I've used it to hack hot spots takes a while though.

[AlienDB7]

Originally Posted by DeMoN thanx t bird before I start on this quest, how much time do you think it will take me to learn linux? I know dos, c++, c, and java.

2 hours? Linux is just another OS, nothing special...

When you're pissed off, you can always do a rm -rf /
Just joking, don't try that!

Forgot to mention, if you have a LG cd-rom, don't try a certain version of mandrake. I believe an early version of 9 or 9.1 can "accidentally" overwrite the firmware of the cdrom. But since you're using it on your laptop now, it should be fine. Doubt they use LG cdrom for laptops.

[DeMoN]

When you're pissed off, you can always do a rm -rf /

well weel, now you KNOW I must ask what this does huh?

Ok, so here is the thing. I have a 40GB hard drive which I want to use ONLY for Linux, so I want a dloadable version, no running from cd (cuz I assume it is much slower). I dont need any gaming or any of that crap. I just want to learn Linux. Is sorta in my to do list. The only OS I have tried is mandrake 9. I am not sure why, but it does not like my laptop's keyboard. I cannot type anything without a key being repeated twice. You know how annoying it is to type very slowly and gently (it is not a keyboard malfunctioning cuz I am using windows right now on the same laptop but with a different hard drive) in an OS which requires you to type it all huh? Needless to say, I got bored of deleating and decided not to attempt anymore.

So I have narrowed it down between

Red Hat Feudora (since they dropped updates for version 9)
Mandrake 9.2 (and pray to god that if I use this, it will accept my keyboard)
Gentoo (even though they say its harder to install)

If it helps, my laptop is a P4 1.8GHz, 512 DDR SDRAM, GeForce 4 go 440 64MB, 40GB 5200rpm Toshiba HD

Whatever I get as an answer, I will try! Please also post which version I should get

for example, Mandrake 9.2 has three different version and Gentoo hast plenty too ( http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=45 )

Thank you in advanced.

[DeMoN]

N E 1?

help plz?

[The Transporter]

Linux gentoo since 2 years