OK, if I'm overposting to the list, please tell me. I do not want to abuse the privilege.
Here's an easy one, though I bet there is no consensus on the answer. Which Linux distribution is ideal to get started with? RedHat dominates, but I get the feeling that RedHat is looking a lot like MS, so in that case I may as well continue with XP. I have Mandrake 9.0 on CDs, downloaded from OSU. I installed that some months ago, and it was (in the "easy mode") as simple as Windows to install. But I shortly ended up giving that machine to a friend in need (I put Win 2k back on it). I guess the other big choices are Debian and SuSe, right? I get the feeling that real geeks use Debian. Is there a big difference here between Debian and Mandrake? Perhaps I should explain that my primary aims are in web dev; I am presently on XP, using Macromedia Studio MX (no Linux port, alas). I had been going doing the WinServer/ASP/SQL Server model for some time, and am transitioning to LAMP, albeit haphazardly. I have plowed through some PHP books, and have Apache, MySQL, and PHP running on my XP laptop, as well as PHP & MySQL on an old tower (333Mhz Cyrix) running Win2k w/IIS. But there seems to be significant differences between Apache/PHP on Linux versus the same on Windows, plus I would frankly love to dump Microsoft schtuff altogether, starting with that old tower and eventually my laptop. Lotsa words for a simple question: Which Linux? Alright one more - I use Macromedia Studio, especially Dreamweaver. Does anything similar exist for Linux, specifically PHP? Zend Studio? Maximillian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cory Petkovsek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [eug-lug]A common question? > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:54:35AM -0700, Larry Price wrote: > > >Anyway, Tasha @ OPN mentioned a Linux Group meeting at efn on > > >Thursdays. I > > >hesitate to come to it, because aside from my MS web (Win2k/xp/ASP/SQL > > >Server) experience and a brief & bewildering tryst with Mandrake 9, I > > >am > > >largely a Linux newbie. So the question is, would it be productive > > >for a > > >neophyte to come to the EugLug meeting? > > > > The clinics are supposed to be *for* newbies, the fact that they > > often degenerate into geek social night is just a fringe benefit. > It's my personal opinion that the degeneration into geek social night > isn't really a fringe benefit. However, Max if you want to get the most > from your experience come regularly to the thursday nights prepared with > questions and preferably your computer, even if it is a tower. Perhaps > your first question you have your computer and you say how do I > install linux? Next, how do I configure my sound and video? How can I > get on the internet, how can I send and receive email, how can I mount > my nt drives in linux.. > > > > Or should I simply spend some > > >sleepless nights learning on my own, and then come to EugLug when I get > > >stuck? > You can do that, but what is your time schedule like? You'll learn far > faster bringing your questions to the clinic and the list. Don't waste > your time trying to figure it out on your own until you have developed > your foundation. Come to the clinic and the list as often as you have a > question. Later when you are more experienced with it you won't be so > dependent upon the lug. When will this be? When people ask a question > on the list and *you* answer it. > > Cory > > -- > Cory Petkovsek Adapting Information > Adaptable IT Consulting Technology to your > (541) 914-8417 business > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AdaptableIT.com > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
