Become a Linux Guru

[Doug]

On 02/03/2011 05:28 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:50 AM, devicerandom<devicerandom at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Agree.
>> And in any case , step 1 is ditching Ubuntu and going with Gentoo. I used it
>> for years, and it teached me much more about Linux than any binary
>> distribution could.
>>
> This is utter nonsense.  Most interested engineers can learn Linux on
> any Linux distribution.  What makes the difference is how much you try
> and dig in, not which distro on which you do the work.
>
I agree.  But actually, it would make the most sense, in my view, to use 
Ubuntu
or Debian, because these are the most popular and widely used, and therefore
have more readers and solvers on their mailing lists, which the newbie 
should
definitely subscribe to--both, at a minimum.  (I subscribe to Debian, 
Ubuntu,
Kubuntu, SUSE, and the Forum for PCLOS, which is my distro of choice.)  My
own opinion is that forums are more difficult to use than mailing lists, 
because
you tend only to get answers to your specific questions, rather than an
overview of what's on everybody's mind, and where you can tap into things
of interest even if they're not on your agenda "right now." Granted, there
are a few mavins who read and answer the forum on a regular basis, but it
would seem to the casual observer--me--that they _are_ few, and that they
_are_ mavins, not regular readers.

--doug

Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. 
--A. M. Greeley