Why Linux?

Hi guys,

Thank God for this site .... am new to linux... what should i look out for?

Welcome first of all. Your question is abit vague because "what should i look out for?" could mean several differrent things.

Here a general linux/computer tip. Don't try suggestions off any board on a production machine unless the machine is already down. Try making changes on a test machine first, see how it goes and after some period of time put the change on the server while renaming files to be altered/replaced rather than overwrite them. This applies to any type of servers or NOS.

This may not have been your question, so if not please repost another with a detailed question on what you mean by "look out for"?

flw - this should happen for anything related to computing in general - although it often doesn't :!:

A quick couple of tips from me:

1. Learn about what hardware you have/plan to use for running Linux on.
   Avoid internel modems (more specifically software modems).
   Don't install everything. Before installing a Linux distribution, write down what you want to do with it, then do a bit of research about what applications might be best for you. (eg: web browsing, file downloads, music playing, cd burning, documents/spreadsheets, development.

PS. My tips for the items I listed:
Phoenix/Mozilla,
wget
xmms,
XToaster (or however it's spelt :?: )
OpenOffice
Sun JDK1.4 :wink: