Before I throw my linux computer out the window...

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< 2. Don't expect it to act anything like a Windows machine - Some things do work the same; others don't. No way is technically the right way, so don't get mad because the floppy is /dev/fd0 in linux instead of A: >>



that is really a great way to put it.

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< At the time I didnt have an extra machine (or a first machine for that matter), and definitely didnt have the funds to get one. But playing as you read is definitely the way to go. I learned more when I used slackware than I did with reading or playing with redhat. >>



god n0cmonkey you sound alot like me. i never even had a computer till 6 months ago but even back then i knew about a billion times more than the average pc user. of course i had no internet access so i watched the tv show "the screen savers" on techtv all the time. sometimes it was a bit too simplistic but thats where i learned all about hardware for the first time, learned about linux/unix/just *nix in general and all the other crap i know, it all started there. now i watch that show and they are like "lets learn how to make a VCD" and i'm like oh god shut up. i almost never admit that i never had a computer till 6 months ago, most people think i've had a computer forever. its a sick thing to be me 😉 >>



Ive been using computers since the 286 (maybe earlier on Macs), but I never had one of my own till college.

 

[Sunner]

Installed Slack on my Pentium 90 back in the day when the P90 was THE $hit 🙂

Purchased the Linux Bible and got Slack along with it, read the bible cover to cover, which gave a basic understanding, though I forgot most of it about as quickly as I read it 😀

Oh and the dude with the long name, clear your mind Yoda style, then start learning it all over again 🙂
*NIX is different from Windows in so many ways, there's not really a whole lot of use in trying to adapt your windows knowledge to *NIX(cept for the more universal stuff like basic networking stuff).