Learn Linux

[bofhrevenge2]

I'm wanting a fairly easy to use Linux distro to learn can anyone make any suggestions?

Also is there a feature similar to terminal services in Windows so i can use it graphically remotely?

Thanks.


"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

 

[franklin97355]

Knoppix
VNC

 

[pcunix]

The LTSP (Linux Terminal Services Project) is the most similar to Windows TS, but you can also tunnel X or use VNC as the Franklin97355 suggested.



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[bofhrevenge2]

I've seen Knoppix before but i have a spare box so was hoping to go for a full install, is it worth downloading Debian for a try?

"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

 

[pcunix]

If you really want "hold your hand" easy, Mepis is a good Debian choice - see

http://aplawrence.com/Books/pointlicklinux.html

or just download it from

http://www.mepis.org/

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[bofhrevenge2]

It's not really easy that i'm looking for, more a good starting point e.g. a popular distro that has pleanty of online support.

Cheers.

"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

 

[stefanwagner]

Linux distros don't differ very much from each other after installation.
Documentation for CLI-programs is usually found in man-pages (man bash, man man, man /etc/fstab), and sometimes in info-pages (info textutils).

X11-Programs sometimes have their own help-system, sometimes use html-pages and open a browser, to browse it.

There are thousands of possible starting-points.

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[bofhrevenge2]

Think i'll download Debian and dive in then.

Cheers.

"Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

 

[jstreich]

Distros only differ in where they put things, how packages are handled and what is in a package and what you have to compile. Remember that to get the latest and greatest in Debian you'll want to run testing or unstable.

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[aftertaf]

bofh...
go debian dude...

i can help you with beginners problems... had my fair few

Aftertaf
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[stefanwagner]

Additional hint:

Linux has a system to use it from remote, which is called X and installed by default, but often not configured to use it remotely.

This will work best for Linux<-->Linux connections. You may use ssh on the remote machine, to connect.

For Windows<-->Linux connections, Putty is a very popular terminal, but only text-based.
I didn't work with VNC, and don't know how fast and easy to install it is.

Most things to learn are from CLI.

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[lgarner]

VNC works well and is easy to set up, but fairly slow.

Cygwin is another way to get a Linux GUI on Windows, by running an X server on the Windows computer.

 

[jstreich]

Forget all that, use SSH to connect to the Linux boxen, and install Cygwin on the Windows to use X11 applications.

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[Trevoke]

If you want a good and solid starting point, and if you don't mind sweating, and if you know your hardware, and if you want to compile your own kernel, then go for Gentoo. The forums (

http://forums.gentoo.org)

are very, very active and helpful, and you are quite likely to find the answer to your questions by searching the forum. (Do a full search not a quick search)

If you're completely insane and want to learn as much as you can, go for LFS (

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org)

-- warning, this is not for the faint of heart, it has caused cancer in laboratory mice, is not for oral ingestion and may cause hairiness.

Debian is a good starting point but don't expect to compile anything on there as it's a binary distribution (meaning it has pre-compiled packages) and won't come with any headers you might need. It's also one of Gentoo's grandparents

And as everybody else said.. yeah.. VNC..

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[Chacalinc]

Debian.... ...and won't come with any headers you might need.

form what planet? Debian rules! you could try ubunu, another Debian's child, very good, quite easy to install, quite confortable.

Cheers.

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[Trevoke]

Ubuntu, I hear, is quite good, but I've never tried it

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[Chacalinc]

it's veeery good... same as Debian, but the install process is confortable.

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[jstreich]

You can get Debian as source, it's not binary only... It's Linux, it's GPL'd -- it has to have source somewhere... And you can get it just by asking apt to get the source packages of the application in question.

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[Chacalinc]

do you know [tt]apt-cache[/tt] command? man apt-cache

apt-cache search source
apt-cache search header


Cheers.

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