Looking for a LINUX interface on the internet. 1

[Recce]

Good day,

I am new to LINUX and I know nothing about it and I am having some trouble finding a website with a LINUX interface where I can learn LINUX.

Could anyone please suggest a site where I could register to learn ?

Thank you

"We know nothing but, that what we know is not the truth..." - Me

 

[itsp1965]

The best bet would be to download a Linux distribution and install it on one of your machines (or in a Virtual Machine using VMware for instance)
There are plenty of free guides available and in this case Google is your friend.
HTH

 

[Recce]

That is one idea. Thanks !

"We know nothing but, that what we know is not the truth..." - Me

 

[gb0mb]

Recce,

In my opinion a good distro to start with is gentoo. I am sure allot of people will say no way but you build it yourself. There is the gentoo handbook that walks you through every step. I am sure it will cause you to pull some hair out but in my initial linux experience I felt that since I manually did most everything I obtained a better understanding of how linux works. If you want a gui it is a little painful in gentoo.

If you want to just through a distro on a sytem to play around I would then suggest Ubuntu it does it all for you.

Hope it helps

Gb0mb

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[sillyVM]

you need a cup of ubuntu...

 

[Recce]

Thanks gb0mb ... I am going to try this. It looks nice !

"We know nothing but, that what we know is not the truth..." - Me

 

[warmongr]

I hate to fire one over the bow but if you're a newb stay off of Gentoo unless your into general S&M. There are live CD's such as SUSE or UBUNTU has one as well. This will introduce you to the interface. If you want to proceed on to how to install and configure, consider itsp1965's advice with a Virtual Machine. The VMWare software is free. So long as you have the disk space and memory requirements you can install over and over again/snapshot, dork it up and start all over again. Once you've got a taste for the sweet life and you want to proceed to the dark side then you should try the gentoo option. My fear here is that as a newb, following miles of instructions will only result in your frustration and you may leave the open source world with a bad taste in your mouth. I work with software engineers that are hard core and they know the deep, dark, inner sanctum of linux because they use gentoo however they did not start there.

Nothing personal to gentoo users by any means.

Warmongr