[Nottingham] Introduction (repeat?) Text only Linux

[Martin]

Peter Chang wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 14 May 2004, Michael Whitby wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>get too "to grips" with it, i reckon thats because the distro i am 
>>getting to me seem too full or bloated, i would prefer a simple command 
>>line no gui distro so i can get to grips with the CLI before going too 
>>graphical ( i like to learn from the bottom up).
> 
> I think the two issues (distro and learning CLI) are orthogonal. So for an
> easy start it's probably best to pick a distro that is easy to
> install. All distros (I should hope) provide shell/term windows so 
> learning to use the CLI is the same on them all.
[...]

I agree, and would add that there is lots of excellent online 
documentation. Probably the best for you is the one describing the boot 
up process "From boot to shell prompt" or some such.

Even Mandrake can operate 'text only' if you wish, even throughout the 
install process. You also get the choice of whether or not you want to 
install X, a graphical login manager or any desktops. You can stay 
command-line text only, or just do the ctl-alt-F1 trick to bring up a 
full screen tty.

Myself, I prefer a BIG text terminal window as part of a nice lazy KDE 
setup...


Have fun,
Martin

Mandrake 10.0.1 GNU Linux

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