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Hello all, I'm a Windows user who's recently started researching Linux. I'm in the midst of getting Ubuntu up and running. And i'm excited! I'm looking for ideas on how ...
  1. 03-08-2011 #1
    nscherneck
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    New to Linux - ideas for learning

    Hello all,

    I'm a Windows user who's recently started researching Linux. I'm in the midst of getting Ubuntu up and running. And i'm excited!

    I'm looking for ideas on how to learn as much as possible as fast as possible. I have access to three P3 towers and am planning to utilize them as best as possible. I can do whatever I want with them. Any suggestions? Create a LAN? Any particular or intersting distros recommended? Any interesting utilities?

    Much thanks.
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    Welcome to the forum. which version of ubuntu you are using?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sougatain View Post
    Welcome to the forum. which version of ubuntu you are using?

    In the midst of installing Desktop 10.10 and Netbook 10.10
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    Hi and welcome,

    For beginners Ubuntu OR it's more user friendly fork - Linux Mint is what I recommend. Now you have installed Ubuntu and have 3more P3 towers extra, I would suggest to go to
    DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
    and check amongst 100's of Linux distros out there.
    Though that much depends on how much RAM your other PCs have. Personally I would suggest to install any light-weight Linux like - Puppy / Slitaz / Mint-lxde / or any source-based linux.
    And have a general Linux-e-book handy.
    Good luck .
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    With 3 identical systems like your PIII's I would suggest building a cluster. A lot to learn there. Get Scientific Linux 6 - it should work well on 32-bit PIII systems like that, and because it is based on RHEL 6, it is very stable. The physics labs that use SL6 do a lot of clustering for parallel programming applications. Although their inter-nodal bandwidth will likely be limited by the 100mbps ethernet ports you probably have, it should still be enough bandwidth to be useful. You can get some inexpensive gigabit ports and a gigabit switch for interconnecting them, even better. I think you can get these cards for under $50 USD each. Here is a link to a generic gigabit intel pci board for under $35 USD including shipping: Buy.com - Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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