nixie21
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| What to try next?
Using Kubuntu on my main machine..Ubuntu on my usb drive..
I am bored and want to try something new, and will install it in virtualbox to try and play with.
What do you recommend? What distro is completely different?
What about freebsd (or is it to hard)?
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| In order of DoD: from my newb pov: this was close to how I found my limits:
PCLOS to see what you are missing lol.
SUSe and Mandriva for fun
CentOs to get feel for RH and then ? Fedora
Arch: pacman will open your eyes. Lovely.
Slack: pure Slack pkg mgt is a pain imo, but great system
PCBSD
Desktop BSD
Open BSD
CRUX
Heh heh: Gentoo in is here without doubt the least user friendly to learn . Flags ...?%#*
Will take literally days. But of course if you are a believer...
Try a few of the Slackware derivatives and experiment with pkg mgt tools. Wolvix : Rocks.
I just wandered around getting a feel for basic cli and package managers.
I run VMWare: has been a great buy in terms of $/hr used.
Then if you want to spend more time scratching: SOLARIS although not sure what this is really for yet.
Keep you busy ?
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DannyZ
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Actually, if you are comfortable with the CLI and can follow instructions, you will probably learn the most from installing Gentoo. That's how I finally wrapped my head around Linux. Take a look at the Gentoo handbook and give it a try if it doesn't look too scary 
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GILXA1226
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I'm really getting sick of people putting gentoo in to some impossible category. The current release is a breeze to install compared to version 1.4 or earlier. Is it harder than a nice GUI install, yes. It is an absolute must install if you want to learn more and delve deeper into linux. I've been running it since the pre-1.0 days. Haven't moved away from it.
If you want something even more indepth then gentoo and really want to start getting into some linux internals, try linuxfromscratch: www.linuxfromscratch.org
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| said by GILXA1226  :I'm really getting sick of people putting gentoo in to some impossible category. I agree, Slack is more of a treasure hunt than gentoo.
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JohnInSJ
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What about freeBDS? See how the other tenth live
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yock
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If you're bored, start trying to make your useful Linux install do more useful things. I don't see the entertainment value in installing new distros just to enjoy their custom eye candy. |
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yock
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For what it's worth, I miss Gentoo stage 1 installs. |
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GILXA1226
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| said by yock :For what it's worth, I miss Gentoo stage 1 installs. I did one recently just for the nostalgias sake into a virtual machine. Even that out performed when I used to do them on an old PIII. |
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nixen
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said by nixie21 :Using Kubuntu on my main machine..Ubuntu on my usb drive.. I am bored and want to try something new, and will install it in virtualbox to try and play with. What do you recommend? What distro is completely different? What about freebsd (or is it to hard)? Thanks VirtuaBox? Not looking to burn-down and start fresh?
Any way, if you want to go the full virtualization route, you might want to think about doing a Xen bare-metal hypervisor install, then provisioning your play OSes on top.
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KodiacZiller
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Another vote for Gentoo. It *is* very tedious to install, but once you spend a few days installing it numerous times you *will* come away with a much deeper understanding of how Linux works.
Yes, it sounds like work and it is (it took me several installs to get it right), but I won't ever use another Linux distro (BSD notwithstanding, as Gentoo is largely based off BSD except it runs a Linux kernel).
I started out with the Mandriva's and PCLOS's of the world, and while they are fine for a quick install and for someone inexperienced to use, they offer nowhere near the customization as does the source distros like Gentoo and Slack.
Just download the Gentoo handbook for your architecture (amd64, i686, etc), download the "minimal install CD" which is about 50 MB. Then insert the disc and follow the handbook line by line. It's not difficult, just time consuming. |
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i've said this before but, if you can run slackware, you can run anything.
freebsd is pretty similar to slackware also (slackware is probably the closest derivative to bsd out of the linux os's).
slackware though is a good os to learn, more command line and inner workings of linux and more 'hands on work', while still being secure and stable.
maybe try ext4 or btrfs with the new slackware install to have some fun and check out their performance.
but freebsd is a good os to try as well, maybe play with zfs if you try freebsd.
im in a filesystem phase hah
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ironwalker
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Keep the existing distro and pick 1 of a gazillion projects on the net to build,hack,run, and share you experiance with detailed how to on a forum.
I know unbuntu community has about 95% of the projects taken care of but, I am sure you can think of something that doesnt work and make it work.
or
Keep existing distro and spend time learning to code/script and help with device drivers or something like video card drivers.
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Merrick
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join:2002-09-25
Santa Monica, CA | reply to nixie21
Fedora 10 just came out |
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JustBill
join:2005-05-02
Bossier City, LA | reply to nixie21
Hey nixie21 I'm sorry your so bored. But there's more to life then Linux.:) |
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