Introducing myself, it's time for Linux

[NeoSNightmarE]

Welcome. I'm also interested in what distro(s) that you are looking into as one to use. Good attitude. Now to get some learning of the ropes in and you should be good to go.

and Stefann: Love that homework question source. That has to be some kind of new response...in pure source. New revolution in responding now that binary didn't catch on webwide?

[Stefann]

Welcome. I'm also interested in what distro(s) that you are looking into as one to use. Good attitude. Now to get some learning of the ropes in and you should be good to go.

Same here, remember if you want to start a LFS you need a distro to start with, but before your try LFS get to know your system better, it will require at LEAST a year, there is a pretty steady learning curve in Linux so start easy and work up.

and Stefann: Love that homework question source. That has to be some kind of new response...in pure source. New revolution in responding now that binary didn't catch on webwide?

I already saved the code to a cpp file on my home system and my home folder at school, any homework questions will recive the source with
badboy warn <user>
above it the code is under GPL so 'feel free to modify it' :P

[bigtomrodney]

Welcome! Good place to learn, I know it was for me

[Stefann]

Welcome! Good place to learn, I know it was for me

But only for personal use, as I posted above, homework questions are forbidden.

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

it's good to see another guy who isn't afraid to try something new.
keep your mind open and remember: linux is linux, not windows! don't expect everything to be the same (like so many close minded people). when you start, you'll not be able to stop.

[BradH]

Same here, remember if you want to start a LFS you need a distro to start with, but before your try LFS get to know your system better, it will require at LEAST a year, there is a pretty steady learning curve in Linux so start easy and work up..

Thanks Stefann. You read my mind. That's an answer to a question that I hadn't asked, yet. Didn't know if I could start straight at an LFS project or not. Now I know that I'll try that down the line.

it's good to see another guy who isn't afraid to try something new.
keep your mind open and remember: linux is linux, not windows! don't expect everything to be the same (like so many close minded people). when you start, you'll not be able to stop.

Not afraid to try and it looks like as long as I do my research first this Forum can provide answers.

[sepius]

hey if you want some honest reviews of linux distros, checkout techiemoe

http://www.techiemoe.com/

I think he will give you a good idea on what to start with, but dont be afraid to try the hard ones, it will allow you to get very intimate with your system.

And welcome to the world of choice

[Weedman]

welcome to the linux world!
remember, with linux never say die!

if you don't like the first distro you try, try another. you will find out a lot about linux going from one distro to another.

my example:
i started with mandrake 10 and got the basic gist of it. next was fedora core 4, which i learnt a lot about grub (the bootloader) and red hat based distros. next, slackware 10.1 was very good teaching me how to configure stuff by hand (and tought me how to use vi and vim). And lastly, ubuntu (which i installed not 2 days ago...) which has already taught me about ubuntu itself, apt and synaptic.

you may have your problems with hardware issues and so on.. but thats what this forum site is for (isn't it?)

something else: learn how to use vi and/or vim. it will come in handy one day (that day has come for me)

welcome to linux
weed