Chris Schumann wrote: >>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:00:24 -0600 >>From: Joey Rockhold <joey.rockhold at gmail.com> >> >> > > > >>I am re-learning linux in my spare time (I used to know Unix a long time >>ago), and would like to set up a machine which starts with just basics >>of linux. After that point, I would like to install programs as I need >>them. For example, if I want to learn KDE, then only at that point would >>I download and install KDE. >> >>Right now the best way I have come up to do this is using Redhat Fedora >>Core 4, do a minimal install, and use yum to add packages as I want >>them. Does anyone know a better way to do this? I am open to any >>distribution that anyone thinks would be better at this also. >> >>Thanks. >>- Joey >> >> > >I think it depends on your goals. If you want to learn to *use* Linux >(some administration, configuring packages, get work done), then Fedora is >a great choice. I've stuck with Red Hat and Fedora for no good reason >other than I know them, and they take care of a lot of things for me, so I >can get to work. (Also, if I have a problem with Fedora, I can use Google >to find a hundred other people who've had the same problem, and five or >six who actually bother to write down how they fixed it.) > >If you want a deeper understanding, or a more generic approach (not so >Red-Hat-centric) then you want one of the many other fine distros. > >I've installed Gentoo, Debian and Slackware, and each has its own >strengths... and weaknesses, and it depends on what you want to get out of >it and what you want to put into it that will determine your best fit. > >Chris > > > > Right. How about adding an extra partition, or another disk? One for a working installation, one for tinkering. Kraig