Re: Slugnet Digest, Vol 61, Issue 2

Thank for all the info. Specifically, I want to linux to help me learn
certain proggraming language. I want to hack the code and modify them. What
should i do first?

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

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> From: "P. Mazart" <pmazart-S0/[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 13:44:45 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Slugnet] Hello!
> Hey Felix,
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> Am Sonntag, 3. Januar 2010 schrieb Felix Valianto Halimawan:
> > Hello, i am new to linux. I want to learn by doing with linux. Could you
> > suggest what steps should i do ?
>
> This roughly depends on what you want your unixoid system to work as.
> As Desktop?
> As Server?
> As Laptop?
> As Router?
> As Telephone server? :-)
>
> The most important thing is to get away of the GUI and try to move around
> your
> filesystem and copy or edit text files…
> You should also get to know the way unix handles disks and cd-drives and
> other
> basic concepts like e.g. “everything is a file”… (Google helps with that)
>
> Please get to know what “free software” / “GNU” is… Get the idea and the
> philosophy…
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> Best Regards
> P.M.
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> From: Nick HS <nickhs-GeWIH/[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:00:20 +0800
> Subject: Re: [Slugnet] Hello!
> On Sunday 03,January,2010 05:37 PM, Felix Valianto Halimawan wrote:
>
>> Hello, i am new to linux. I want to learn by doing with linux. Could you
>> suggest what steps should i do ?
>>
> Heya Felix,
>
> Well I might be a little biased but I would recommend starting out with
> Ubuntu on either your desktop or laptop, its install is nice and simple and
> things like codecs, drivers and package management is handled nicely. Plus
> it has a fantastic forum [0], great IRC channel [1] and an even better LoCo
> here ;) [2]. You can get Ubuntu at [3], I would recommend the latest version
> (9.10).
>
> Thanks Nick
>
> [0] http://ubuntuforums.org/
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat
> [2] http://ubuntu.sg/
> [3] http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
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> From: Mark Philip <[email protected]>
> To: Nick HS <nickhs-GeWIH/[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:39:37 +0800
> Subject: Re: [Slugnet] Hello!
> I second that. Ubuntu works very well on desktops and notebooks. I'm using
> Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 on my Lenovo S10 & it is really very good - way
> better than the Windows XP the S10 came with. It's a lot faster too.
>
> Best, Mark.
> On iPhone.
>
> On 03-Jan-2010, at 21:00, Nick HS <nickhs-GeWIH/[email protected]> wrote:
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>  On Sunday 03,January,2010 05:37 PM, Felix Valianto Halimawan wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, i am new to linux. I want to learn by doing with linux. Could you
>>> suggest what steps should i do ?
>>>
>> Heya Felix,
>>
>> Well I might be a little biased but I would recommend starting out with
>> Ubuntu on either your desktop or laptop, its install is nice and simple and
>> things like codecs, drivers and package management is handled nicely. Plus
>> it has a fantastic forum [0], great IRC channel [1] and an even better LoCo
>> here ;) [2]. You can get Ubuntu at [3], I would recommend the latest version
>> (9.10).
>>
>> Thanks Nick
>>
>> [0] http://ubuntuforums.org/
>> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat
>> [2] http://ubuntu.sg/
>> [3] http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
>>
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