Well, I'm still learning. I picked up an almost useless book back in the
beginning: Linux complete compiled by Grant Taylor. I am recommending that
you do *not* get that one. I hear "Running Linux" is good, tho I haven't
bought it yet. Basically, I did just what Tom suggested, and read all the
posts here and on alt.os.linux.mandrake. I occasionally asked a question,
but mostly I just waited for someone else to ask first if I couldn't find it
in a search. Oh, and the best teacher has been to just go for it and even
mess it up. Fixing broken things is the best way to learn for me.
-s
On Thursday 08 February 2001 04:56 pm, you wrote:
> S:
>
> Thanks!!!
> But how the process of learning MDK has been?
> Did you bought books?
> Did you downloaded documents or what did you do?
>
> Chava
>
>
> From: s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Distro
> >Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:22:49 +0000
> >
> >I chose Mandrake because when my curiosity became aroused, I found a site
> >which people listed reasons why they thought a particular distro was good
> >for
> >newbies. I chose SuSe 6.4. I didn't have much luck. Never got the sound
> >or
> >modem to work. So then another site had people recommending Mandrake and
> >Corel, but something that I can't really express made me pick Mandrake
> > 7.1. Well it was pretty good, but still didn't have the time to devote to
> > it, and
> >as a result didn't get the sound or modem working. Not to give up, when
> >all
> >the press came out about 7.2, my spouse got tired of my talking about
> >wanting
> >it and picked me up a $30 boxed set from Babbages or somewhere. Well, for
> >30
> >bucks I wasn't going to give up til it was working. So it took me about
> > a week to get the sound and modem working, but now I know how and can go
> > from a
> >complete re-install to downloading the updates while listening to Mozart
> > in less than an hour.
> >Our local LUG gave me copies of Caldera 2.4 and Kondora Server 2000.
> > Could get the modem to work on Caldera, but no sound. And kondora
> > couldn't deal with my video cards and I was just to lazy to mess with it.
> > (I haven't given
> >up on those, they are just on a back burner for now).
> >I don't know why I love this OS so much. I can't put it into words. But
> >all
> >I can say is if I have to boot into windows for something, I can hardly
> >wait
> >to get back.
> >The guis are nice, KDE in particular. I enjoy how fast the Mandrake
> >updates
> >come out and that we can test the betas. The community is really cool,
> >especially the guys at Mandrake. Where else do the actual programmers
> > take the time to answer calls for help?
> >
> >In summary, I chose Mandrake because it's the best d*mnit! :)
> >
> >-s
> >
> >On Wednesday 07 February 2001 11:42 pm, you wrote:
> > > Knowing that this list belongs to Mandrake users. I want to know the
> >
> >bunch
> >
> > > of reasons why you picked up mandrake´s distribution.
> > > I am about to make my decision about wich distribution, that is why I
> > > joined the list.
> > > I am newbie not only to mandrake distribution but to linux as well.
> > > Of course I would like to know the downs of this distribution.
> > > I know that sometimes picking a distribution is matter of preference as
> >
> >is
> >
> > > choosing the flavor of an ice cream on a sunny day.
> > > So feel free to toss your opinions as silly or crazy as they might
> > > seem.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Chava.
> >
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