Kubuntu vs. Ubuntu

[Knapp]

http://www.gentoo.org/
This is there home page. You just download there live CD and follow
the handbook.

Please note that his is a big project and you may find it to much as a
total newbie! Even if you fail though you will learn something. Think
of it as wanting to learn about car repair you get a free kit-car with
a good manual.

Douglas

On 9/18/07, Andrew Burgess <ap_burgess at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > For all you trying to get a better understanding of Linux I suggest
> > that you make a very small partition so that you can duel boot and
> > install Gentoo Linux the long way. You might not get a working system
> > the first time but I guarantee you will learn a LOT! Don't think of
> > this as a one weekend project but a month long one, done one hour at a
> > time. It is fun and the system you end up with will be very fast. (at
> > the cost of lots of hours of your time). It is a great way to learn
> > Linux basics like a true hacker and come to love what Ubuntu has done
> > for you.
> > Douglas
>
> I think I might do that, since I'm completely new to Linux and keep getting
> crypitc errors when I try boot a Kubuntu live CD. How would I go about that?
>
> On 9/18/07, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
> > Derek Broughton wrote:
> > > Marti Andrews wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't know, you tell me! Is it hidden or something? Remember, I'm
> > >> BRAND
> > >> new to all this, I haven't done any reading yet, figuring it should all
> > >> be
> > >> intuitive. I'm clicking on System Menu, Users Folders, navigating to
> > >> the
> > >> etc folder, and looking for a folder called fstab. Looking
> > >> alphabetically.
> > >> Not there.
> > >
> > > Oh, oh.  This looks like a nasty bit of handholding that someone thought
> > > was
> > > a feature.
> > >
> > >>From a terminal session (I trust you can start konsole), try:
> > >
> > >  cat /etc/fstab
> > >
> > > and if that shows you something:
> > >
> > >  sudo rm /etc/.hidden -v
> > >  sudo rm /.hidden -v
> > >
> > > It's like Windows - they don't think you should be able to see "System"
> > > files, and someone in KDE development actually thought that was a good
> > > thing.
> >
> >
> > Hang in there Marti!!
> >
> > I'm learning a lot with this tread also. Stuff that's sort of bugged me
> > for a long time but wasn't really all that necessary to my own use.
> >
> > Anyway, I did some major digging and found something that might be of
> > help, to both of us.
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=137740&highlight=mount+hard+drives
> >
> > I haven't tried it myself yet. I found it late last night and was to
> > tired to trust myself.
> >
> > The one thing it doesn't really explain is how to add the other Linux
> > drive.
> >
> > As has been said, fstab is a file, not a folder. Konqueror has to be
> > told to show "hidden" files and directories/folders. [ View > Show
> > Hidden Files ]
> >
> >
> > --
> > (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o)
> > Billie Walsh
> > The three best words in the English Language:
> > "I LOVE YOU"
> > Pass them on!
> >
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Ein Leben ohne Mops ist möglich,
doch völlig sinnlos.
-Loriot