Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
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Step 1
Log onto the Linux Documentation Project at the URL http://www.linuxdoc.org/
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Step 2
Visit the newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc
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A 'meta eHow' for Linux.
Log onto the Linux Documentation Project at the URL http://www.linuxdoc.org/
Visit the newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc
eHow Article: How to Learn how to use Linux
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genehoffpauir said
on 1/13/2009 I am running KDE Linux & love it. It's a lot like Windows but it never crashes. I can do almost everything with KDE Linux as I could with Windows. It is a Debian based Ubuntu Kernel. I've been running it for 4 or 5 months. I don't intend to ever go back to Windows. Uncle Sam doesn't have a back door into Linux like they do in Windows. If Uncle Sam can't get in, neither can the hackers. Linux is GREAT! Try it. There are many different versions that you can burn to a live CD. I think I might try other versions, but I'm hooked on the open source, free programs.
HelpDesk said
on 9/15/2008 And by the way, how did you get only 2 steps......
HelpDesk said
on 9/15/2008 Way too brief. I think that this article could be focused on a completely novice user and written from that standpoint. It wouldn't be too hard and it would be very useful.
ntrval said
on 5/19/2007 Learn without installing it - If you have an older computer that cannot even run Windows XP, do not despair! There exist Linux live cds that will work on your computer. Try the Mepis Live cd for free.
( http://www.mepis.org/ )
Following the instructions above, you can boot your computer into a shiny, light-weight distribution of Linux repleat with a fully functioning Firefox web browser (try going to YouTube.com and watching a video!).
The file to download for creating your Mepis Live cd is 682 MB for the iso image file your cd-burning software uses to make the cd. The download time for a high-speed broadband internet connection is about an hour, if you are not sharing your internet with any other downloads at the time. This download time also depends upon where you download the file from; in other words, the "mirror" site you choose from the list of hosting servers. Choose one near y
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Aside from Knoppix, you can also try Puppy Linux, which is also a "live cd" version of Linux. It is a comple desktop environment with the look and feel of "Windows 95" but it's cd image is only 50 MB. The latest version supports "Open Office", the free Linux counterpart of M$ Office. You can also download a 98 MB cd image with the "Open Office" pre-installed. You can download it from the Linux Archive of http://www.ibiblio.org or from its website http://www.goosee.com/puppy/. It is a great distribution of Linux. It is the one that convinced me that Linux is not as hard to use and learn as it is touted to be and that Linux has some advantages over M$ -- less blue screen of death. Linux is as hard to use and learn as the first time you used M$. Your only enemy is complacency or fear of stepping out of your comfort zone.