Too many of you alleged 'nerds' have to learn that assembly language is WHERE IT IS AT; a core kernel of whatever design written in hand optimised assembly will rear up and piss all over the gooey mess which comes from the rear end of an optimising compiler 100% of the time! So what if it isn't portable? Its SMALL ENOUGH to rewrite! Its probably more secure than openBSD too...
I wonder if it is running a monolithic kernel. [Cymbal crash]
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Its good to break stuff with Red Hat; its easily re-installed and after a while you start not to panic when you've just broken something important. Debian on the other hand is meant more for Gurus (just ask MY Guru!). I personally run Slackware 4.0, but I spent about six months breaking Red Hat. I don't have anything against Debian for power users, but remember that this fellow is switching from Win98; its all well and good to shout 'RTFMYSC! Start with Debian!' but the sheer amount of options with Debian and the fact that you have to know something about linux to begin with to use it properly means...
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No, I disagree! Some are easier than others due to the style of documentation available and the community behind it.
You should start with linux; the sheer number of new users it is gaining means that information geared to the new user level is abundant. This isn't saying anything bad about the *BSDs available... its just that linux is easier to start with. And what you learn will help you figure out a *BSD when you eventually do decide to try one. I'm currently trying to figure out how to mount volumes with openBSD; I know, I know, 'man mount' but whatever I try doesn't work! Linux is easy to start with compared to the *BSDs. I recommend the Red Hat distribution to begin with if you are pretty new to computers - it easily installs. If you've been playing with these beasties since 1983 (like me) then go for Slackware as it installs less junk on your hdd. STAY AWAY from Debian if you are a new user, unless you live in a country where it is dark and snows for 8 months of the year and you can lock yourself in your room. I haven't tried Caldera, Turbo linux etc. etc., but you really can't go far wrong as a new linux user if you pick Red Hat. It takes a while to get into linux if you switch straight from windows and you've never had any dos experience; and if you have any subtly broken hardware (like I did when I first installed linux) then you'll find out about it when linux crashes! Linux uses hardware more intensively than windows, but you shouldn't have much to worry about. Good luck!
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Too many of you alleged 'nerds' have to learn that assembly language is WHERE IT IS AT; a core kernel of whatever design written in hand optimised assembly will rear up and piss all over the gooey mess which comes from the rear end of an optimising compiler 100% of the time! So what if it isn't portable? Its SMALL ENOUGH to rewrite! Its probably more secure than openBSD too ...
I wonder if it is running a monolithic kernel. [Cymbal crash]
Its good to break stuff with Red Hat; its easily re-installed and after a while you start not to panic when you've just broken something important. Debian on the other hand is meant more for Gurus (just ask MY Guru!). I personally run Slackware 4.0, but I spent about six months breaking Red Hat. I don't have anything against Debian for power users, but remember that this fellow is switching from Win98; its all well and good to shout 'RTFMYSC! Start with Debian!' but the sheer amount of options with Debian and the fact that you have to know something about linux to begin with to use it properly means ...
No, I disagree! Some are easier than others due to the style of documentation available and the community behind it.
You should start with linux; the sheer number of new users it is gaining means that information geared to the new user level is abundant. This isn't saying anything bad about the *BSDs available ... its just that linux is easier to start with. And what you learn will help you figure out a *BSD when you eventually do decide to try one. I'm currently trying to figure out how to mount volumes with openBSD; I know, I know, 'man mount' but whatever I try doesn't work! Linux is easy to start with compared to the *BSDs. I recommend the Red Hat distribution to begin with if you are pretty new to computers - it easily installs. If you've been playing with these beasties since 1983 (like me) then go for Slackware as it installs less junk on your hdd. STAY AWAY from Debian if you are a new user, unless you live in a country where it is dark and snows for 8 months of the year and you can lock yourself in your room. I haven't tried Caldera, Turbo linux etc. etc., but you really can't go far wrong as a new linux user if you pick Red Hat. It takes a while to get into linux if you switch straight from windows and you've never had any dos experience; and if you have any subtly broken hardware (like I did when I first installed linux) then you'll find out about it when linux crashes! Linux uses hardware more intensively than windows, but you shouldn't have much to worry about. Good luck!