A tip for Linux Newbies

[Dev]

For those of you who are new to *nix, want to give it a test drive or wonder what the hype is about there are a few bootable CD versions of Linux and FreeBSD. The best of these is by far Knoppix. Knoppix will actually boot into a fully fledged GUI (KDE) and have Office, Network and other nice programs available without you having to install anything on your hard drive. Use it with a USB "thumb drive" and you can even store what you do (Hard drives are mounted read-only and for newbies this may be hard to change).

Just a tip for you guys, if you haven't heard about it.

Dev

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[Dev]

Oh, and snarl was just released. It's FreeBSD based and aimed at security/forensics, but it still has some nice stuff. I can't believe I forgot that in the parent since that was the reason I posted with the devil icon. Doh.

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[jmecor]

i haven't tried linux,
any recommendations on what linux version i should try.

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[poorboy]

See other thread. Newbies would be wise to go with SuSE, Mandrake, or RedHat.

Edit: Or Knoppix.

<i>Knock Knock, Neo</i><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by poorboy on 09/03/03 06:48 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Tonka]

I really think that knoppix is a great way to start learning
linux, mostly because you never have to worry about partitioning the HD and/or dumping windows untill you get used to linux.

Just my 2 cents worth

Tonka

 

[jmecor]

how about LINdows 3.0?

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[poorboy]

It's not one I've used personally, but the review of Lindows 3.0 on OS News wasn't too glowing... Having said that, I see a few recommendations for Lindows 4.0, so maybe things are better now... <A HREF="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4378" target="_new">http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4378</A>

Maybe take a look at Lycoris too, if you want this style of OS?

I'm kind of old school myself, and prefer the older free-er distros I suggested previously, but YMMV. If you like what you find in Lindows, post and tell us about it.

<i>Knock Knock, Neo</i>

 

[jmecor]

oh wait,
it was lindows 4.0
The user interface looks cool than before

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