Not to start an RWAR here, but as much as I promote RHEL for my enterprise clients, when it comes to a home system, I really prefer slackware... Not that I haven't tried my share of Distributions either, but in practice, I find that slackware will teach you the most about how the internals of Linux work. Every roadblock I ever came across was well documented in the pertinent config files, and I find it closer in "feel" to the big-iron unices, like Solaris. RHEL (and SUSE, and Debian,) hide too much of the config behind other applications. Not to say that's a bad thing, but if you want to really _learn_ how your machine works, clicking buttons won't teach you anything. For instance, find out how to rename a RHEL machine after the installer has finished, or change the network config. It's all under /etc/sysconfig in RHEL, but in slackware, you edit the script that brings up the interfaces, (etc/rc.d/rc.inet1) where the real magic happens. Same thing with getting X running. Maybe I'm a little crazy, but I really liked XF86Config, once I knew what I was doing. Regards, Gavin McDonald ======================== EVI Logistic Enterprises email: me@xxxxxxxxxxxx phone: (604) 313-3845 > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of StephenW > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 3:49 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Any home users on the list? > > Home ueser and learner for about three years now... > > In that time I have tried uncounted distros (checkout > http://www.distrowatch.com - especially look for LiveCDs, that is they run > from > the CD and do not need to be installed on your HD to experiment with them) > Each > one has taught me a little more. > > Rummage the used book stores (and the name brand stores too) for helpful > books > - I still use RedHat Linux 9 Bible to look up lots of things. > > StephenW > Sarasota, FL USA > > --- Jason Riker <jasonrkr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello again. I'm relatively new to the list and was wondering how many > > (if any) others are using RHEL as a home OS? I'm using it 1) as a > > Windows replacement and 2) as a means of learning Linux. I wanted to > > see if I'm crazy for doing this. :-) > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jason > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
