[CS-FSLUG] Add-on to my previous message
Ruth Marlene Friesen
bouquet at ruthes-secretroses.com
Thu Oct 7 12:44:49 CDT 2004
Thanks, gentlemen!
>>As you gain experience with Linux, you may begin to ask questions about
>>how this or that is done on the command line (which is used to see the
>>internals of what is going on and to catch errors). After a while,
>>something like a Knoppix or Lunar lunux may interest you, or perhaps a
>>minimal disktop, where you can do command line or GUI. Later, you may
>>delve into debian. You will eventually be alot better informed and
>>ready to take on linux on any terms without fear. You will also
>>probably settle on a distro that you like best for whatever reason or
>>another. Until then, have fun!
>>
>>
That learning process is what I've imagined will happen. Sometimes I
just get a bit impatient. :)
>
>That's true of ALL Linux distros......including SUSE, which I'm so fond of.
>The bottom line is you MUST know the distro. of choice......period. The
>differences simply are how easy a distro. makes it to setup a system, how
>stable it is, and how quickly a distro. is with updates. SUSE excels in ALL
>areas and is one reason why I use it in businesses and homes.
>
>Fred
>
>
Okay. So for now I'm committed to leaning to work in Mandrake. I hope I
don't wear you folks out with my questions. After my session yesterday
in the "other computer" I have some new questions.
1. How do I format or get to use my CD drives to copy files for another
computer?
2. for that matter, my printer doesn't seem to catch on to commands well
there either.
3. In Jan. another man on our Board at the mission, gave me his
computer, (he said he knew I'd put it to good use!) I installed Mandrake
on it too, but made Gnome the main desktop there to be able to compare
it to KDE. Whenever I go to open that computer I get this big warning
message that my /var is too small, but when I go into the Mandrake
Control center,
and want to adjust it, I get lost. The partitioning windows come up
fine, but I don't know how to set it. Fortunately, I haven't built up
any files of my own there except for a few I was hoping to print out, so
I CAN re-install if I need to. What's my move here?
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