I am a newbie who is unsure as to which Linux devices I should start with.Can anyone help me with this. Is Fedora the latest on offer? Is it suitable for a beginner? Thanks for any help.
Mike Pace
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Michael Pace wrote:
I am a newbie who is unsure as to which Linux devices I should start with.Can anyone help me with this.
Is Fedora the latest on offer? Is it suitable for a beginner? Thanks for any help.
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I suggest you go here
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora.html
and download one of the Fedora 10 live CDs. You can burn the image to a CD and run from it to try it out without any installation. If you like it you can install from the CD or download and burn the DVD, which gives you more flexibility.
If you decide to install Fedora, here are a couple of other helpful sites.
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 12:31 -0800, Michael Pace wrote:
I am a newbie who is unsure as to which Linux devices I should
start with.Can anyone help me with this. Is Fedora the latest on offer? Is it suitable for a beginner? Thanks for any help.
Mike Pace
Hi Mike, After nearly 10 years away from useful computing, I started as a newbie with Fedora Core 1 and am still here with Fedora 10. Be prepared to learn with Fedora since it regularly increments to the latest and all that flows from that.
On this list you will find a large community with an amazing wealth of knowledge going back to the early days of computing as we know it today. I just scratch around the edges, finding Fedora appropriate for our business and home setup. However, you will find that to attract their attention, have a look at the list guidelines, particularly the use of subject lines, since people with interests in certain areas will often skip over messages with subjects not in their field.
There are many good online resources. http://fedoraproject.org/ is a good place to start.
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 12:31 -0800, Michael Pace wrote:
Is it suitable for a beginner?
If you're not technically minded, or interested, then perhaps not. If you want things to just work without putting any effort in, I'd say definitely not (some things will just work, but that sort of expectation is bound to find disappointments). If you like experimenting, if you like being able to use some of the newest toys, yes.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Michael Pace mpace80@yahoo.com wrote:
I am a newbie who is unsure as to which Linux devices I should start with.Can anyone help me with this.
Is Fedora the latest on offer? Is it suitable for a beginner? Thanks for any help.
Mike Pace
You'll discover from the start that you need to do a bit of reading. Fedora is said to be "bleeding edge", there is a new release every six months. Much new stuff is in fedora, but it may be so bleeding edge that there may be hardware issues, so be sure to check some of the links I provide.
Some posters might volunteer information on the hardware they have succesfully used. For example, I recently installed Fedora 10 using an ASUS P5Q motherboard using a Nvidia GeForce9600 GSO card and Corsair PC 6400 DDR2 800MHz memory and a Intel Core2 Quad 8400. But the mobo does not like PATA drives. Many Asus motherboards require a BIOS update in order to use certain CPUs (go to support.asus.com, click on the Support tab and then select CPU Support to check) When buying your hardware, consider the type of video you'll use: DVI, VGA, built-in, additional card? Will it be PATA or SATA hard drive interface? Does the motherboard support PS2 or just USB keyboard/mouse?
A good place to start http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/
Click on the Hardware link here http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility.html
Other sites http://www.linux.com/feature/118497 http://www.linuxhardware.org/
Fedora is not very friendly for first time users, but you have this mailing list to help you along the way. Try the LiveCD to test it out. If you prefer, try out other linux flavors like Ubuntu or CentOS.
When you need help always be specific and clear on what you ask. Read http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Hope that helps. ~af