electro - 6:24 pm on Jan 8, 2002 (gmt 0)

Just jumped into the linux thing last week. Set up Red Hat Linux dual booting with XP here (after a 5 day download at 56k!). Everything running fine, I have to say that it would appear to me to be a better way to get into *nix than setting everything up from scratch. I don't fancy compiling the kernal or having to get my head into how to install programs. Red Hat comes with more programs installed than you can shake a stick at, including image editing, browsers, editors etc. The documentation is also worth the extra download, as it goes through the basics in a detailed manner. All highly recomended.

The main reason I got into it is because my sites are hosted on Red Hat servers running Apachie, and I fancied at least learning the basic file structure of Linux systems. I can safely say that I am already getting my head round it all. I also feel that it is better to start from a working system, and then learn how to mess it up, rather than the other way round!

All the best to everyone for 2002,
GTG, Simpsons are on...