Re: I want to migrate to Linux

pcbldrNinetyEight wrote:
Aragorn <aragorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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pcbldrNinetyEight <pcbldrninetyeight.com> wrote:

I want to migrate from WIN98SE to Linux and am looking for advise.

<big snip of things about which I am unqualified to make any intelligent
comment about>


Most desktop-oriented GNU/Linux distributions are extremely
user friendly these days and allow you to set up the system through a
mouse-driven graphical user interface.>
Can the partitioning be accomplished by point and click?

On most modern systems it can be done or you can get
a distribution that is only a kernel and a partitioning utility
with a GUI, GPartEd.

Edubuntu is aimed especially towards children.

I'm feeling particularly dim now so this might be for me.

Assuming I can come to grips with all of these concepts I can't picture
being able to sit in front of a PC and make any practical use of this at
the command line given my current lack of experience. I don't want to
sound like a broken record but how much of this can I do while still
avoiding the command line?

Get the current Linux+ magazine and use the Mandriva Free 2008
distro. I did my upgrade from it and while it was slow it failed to
show a shell prompt until it was finished and I opened a console window.
It did take a couple of hours.


Are there any online step by step walk throughs that would be suitable
given what I want to do?

Can you recommend any beginner books like "Linux for the totally
clueless" ;-) Thank you for your help.

There is a line of Linux for Dummies books. These can be
useful for the beginners who are totally unfamiliar with anything
but MS product. I used to use Amiga OS and learned the shell
there so I had some experience with lower level stuff as well as
using several gui/wimp hard disk partioning utilities. Knoppix
is a distro that has definite advantages for beginners along with
the book.

I had no problems except getting my hands on Mandriva 2006
distribution and since have use Linux on several machines.

I can do shell stuff but I hate it because I am a rotten
keyboarder/typist.

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