Greg,
for linux questions.. these are the best places i have
found:
http://linuxnewbie.org/
http://linuxcentral.com/
http://www.linux.org/
and you are not alone, linux is difficult mainly
because of all the different variations. i use RedHat,
7.2 at the moment. and as an example, i've been trying
to install Oracle 8i Enterprise and the install has
failed a number of times. it turns out that Oracle used
the 2.1 kernel on their install, but most flavors of
linux now use the 2.2 kernel.. and the difference is
significant. to get Oracle installed i have to
*rebuild* my kernel back to version 2.1 !! not a minor
alteration to the OS for a newbie!
thanks,
eric kundl
http://www.kundl.org
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Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:28 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Linux for Newbies
> Pardon me for yet another OT post, but I think that
this one might be
> relevant to some list members. As I'm floundering
around two flavors of
> Linux, several things occur to me. The most obvious
one is that I have
> almost no idea what I am doing, or I at least feel
that way. I am struggling
> with tasks that I regard as simple and
straightforward for MPE, or any OS
> with which I would claim familiarity. Consequently, I
am almost embarrassed
> to ask 'How do I bring up the "classic X windows"
interface on Caldera
> OpenLinux?', or, 'How important is the choice of
groups when creating new
> users, and how should I use them?', for instance.
>
> The other thing that occurs to me is, even if I
overcame my embarrassment,
> and thought I could get such newbie questions
answered, I would have no idea
> in which forum I should ask them. When I think of
newbie-friendly forums, I
> think of the 3000-L. So, it occurs to me, since many
of us in this forum
> feel compelled to learn new things, at least some of
us need to have a means
> to ask such newbie questions. Now, should these go on
the 3000-L at OT? If
> so, do when then tag them, [Linux], [W2K], etc? Can
anyone recommend
> another, friendly forum in which to ask such specific
questions? Or, am I
> thinking about this all wrong, and should I be
looking to the Interex Linux
> forum to do this? Or does Interex limit us to Red
Hat?
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
>
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