> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 01:51, Chadley Wilson wrote: >> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 04:43, Chee Kiong Ong wrote: >> > Thanks alot David =) i juz didn't want to offend anyone here, coz i'm >> really new to tis and >> > hmm... guess i'll start with Fedora, which seems to b a very popular >> choice. >> Welcome to our world, I believe that that we are all here for two >> reasons. >> 1) To Learn and grow wise. >> 2) To teach others so that we can further our own skills. >> >> If you are ever in doubt just remember there is always some one behind >> his or her PC who will see your mail. >> This list is so active that I have close to 300 mails a day and the >> truth is I don't have to post as many questions, because alot of >> questions are already answered. Check the archives first. > > EXCELLENT advice! > >> I just think you should wait about 6 days before downloading the FC disk >> images as FC2 will be released then, well we hope so anyway. > > As a FC2 tester, I'd still have a hard time recommending FC2 for a > newbie - still too many rough edges. Check out FC1, some of the distros > jdow recommends, and consider looking at some of the RHEL rebuilds if > cost is a significant concern. > > http://whiteboxlinux.org/ > http://www.taolinux.org/ > http://www.centos.org/ > >> Have a great day and good luck > > Yes, and welcome to the wonderful world of open source. > > Phil I'm sure many of those rough edges will be removed by next Monday, but it certainly isn't worth getting FC1 this week with the iminent release of FC2. When I was a newbie I liked to play with the latest bits and pieces I found in the new distributions like the KDE 3.2 and Gnome 2.6 integrations in the upcoming Core 2. I think that if you went with FC1 you would miss out on this sort of experience. Don't forget that there's a lot of Fedora help out there, with this Fedora mailing list, IRC in #fedora on irc.freenode.net , the community at FedoraForum.org and the many tutorials and helpful hints at www.fedoranews.org Other valuable sites you may find are www.justlinux.com and www.linuxquestions.org I'd also recommend to you the Fedora Core for Dummies book for a newbie. Good luck with you Open Source Quest! Gareth FedoraForum.org Administrator
