Re: NEWBIE wants older LINUX for learning the basics
- From: General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 21 Dec 2006 13:26:42 GMT
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:23:48 -0800, Patches Forever wrote:
I learned MSDOS and Windows by tinkering and asking questions. I am looking
for an older version of LINUX that I can install and tinker with as a
learning tool. Maybe there's something comparable to MSDOS 5.0 and Windows
3.1. Something that has documentation - like MSDOS always came with a
manual that explained different options for setting up your system and
explained how to use the utility programs.
With MSDOS I learned the commands and syntax, then batch file programming,
response files for programs like DEBUG and EDLIN, programming with
interpreter BASIC, and also about how to configure the system - all from 2
or 3 books. All I needed was MSDOS 5.0 installation disks, the user manual
and a couple of third party books. From there I learned about Windows 3.1
using another couple of books. It was enjoyable and it was a good
foundation for the more advanced stuff that came out later.
Can someone here recommend an older version of LINUX that would be good for
this purpose? Something I can tinker with and learn like MSDOS and Windows
3.1 and that has good documentation or third party books available. I don't
mind if it's complicated as long as there's a good source of documentation
available - and hopefully it's not too buggy. I anxious to get started but
I don't want to waste time.
TIA. Bill S.
What you want is a simple system not an old system. An ancient copy of
Linux won't run on modern hardware. Since you want the basics I'd suggest
that you download a copy of Damn Small Linux. DSL has been stripped down
so that it runs really well on the most feeble hardware. It comes with a
light weight Window manager but like all Linuxes you don't have to use it,
you can just run the system in command line mode which will give you that
MS DOS feel that you are looking for.
.
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