SillyDog701 • Considering a Switch to Linux, what do I need to know?

by **iJohnE** » Tue 06 Jan, 2009 7:30 pm

All in the topic.

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by **Edward** » Fri 09 Jan, 2009 8:18 pm

What do you need to know? EVERYTHING.

Just kidding.

My advice is that if you do not know what something does, leave it alone, because touching/modifying it could quite easily "break" your system and the quick fix for that would be to reinstall Linux all over again from scratch (which I have done enough times in the past.)

EDIT: Corrected spelling in thread subject.

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by **iJohnE** » Fri 09 Jan, 2009 9:35 pm

Thanks.

Oh, and thanks for correcting my spelling.

I think for now I will stick with Windows.

And just play around with Linux in Virtual PC.

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by **Antony** » Sat 10 Jan, 2009 8:12 am

Back to original topic?

Switching to Linux? In my opinion, if you want to use the real power and have more control on Linux, you should learn some UNIX file structure and UNIX shell commands.

Of course, you need to set up an OS to learn it.

As for beginners, reading.

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by **iJohnE** » Sat 10 Jan, 2009 9:47 am

Thanks Antony.

Reading I suppose could help me a lot.

I wonder if there's a complete idiots guide to Linux?

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by **PaulD** » Sat 10 Jan, 2009 8:12 pm

A Google search for [ "idiots guide to linux" ] brings up 'about 3,330 English pages'. (I have my profile set to a preference for English.)
The answer to your question is 'yes'.

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by **iJohnE** » Sat 10 Jan, 2009 8:24 pm

Thanks Paul.

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by **PaulD** » Thu 22 Jan, 2009 1:38 am

Interesting article - Windows user testing productive use of Linux / Ubuntu.

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Considering a Switch to Linux, what do I need to know?

Considering a Switch to Linux, what do I need to know?

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