Someone told me about this site: www.knoppix.org it has more than one language so pick yours from the top. I have not tried this but he said it's very cool, a bootable CD that runs Linux from the CD no changes to your hard drive. But FC2 is a good choice because this is a very good list to ask even basic questions. Tim... On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 16:46, Markus Huber wrote: > Am Mo, den 18.10.2004 schrieb Gary um 1:21: > > Is there a version of Linux out that is easy to get used to, coming from > > the ms world. I don't really want to have to compile and install and > > setup all the programs, or maybe I had better stick to ms. > > Yes. Fedora Core 2. > > The simplest: > you get a box already installed and configured (that's what you usually > buy when you buy windows). Then it's easier than windows - you do not > need to care about all the apps on your own, they are just updated > through the repositories. > > The normal: > read the release notes if you have hardware which might trouble you > (it's very few), read a bit about installing linux (you do not have > C:\), install (takes 15-35 minutes depending which applications you > want), boot. Off you go. > > Then: > Learn to use the update-"engines" up2date and/or apt and/or yum for > getting the multimedia files from the fedora.us (= Extras) and the livna > repositories and keeping the system up to date. > > That's all you have to invest, it takes a few hours learning (actually > less). > > After that: you can learn linux by doing, you can use google, online > books, this list, there is a huge "library" in the net. > > And I am not joking. I myself started using linux this february after 17 > years of ms, and there is no way back. It might be useful though to keep > a dual-boot in the beginning. > > Some links (sorry, I just copied them from my bookmarks, but they should > work): > Fedora Project > Mirrors > Fedora Extras Home Page > rpm.livna.org > > Give it a try, you might not regret it. > > -- > Regards, > Markus
