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<DIV>Michael I just started to get serious about learning Linux when I saw some of the best things being driven by Linux. </DIV>
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<DIV>If looking for support I would start with Suse or Red Hat.</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://support.novell.com/linux/index.html">http://support.novell.com/linux/index.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>My first venture was with the Red Hat Linux 9 Bible. With this detailed book I was very surprised how much I could accomplish just taking it chapter by chapter.</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.linux.org/books/ISBN_0764539388.html">http://www.linux.org/books/ISBN_0764539388.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>I am new to the OS but here are a few places that have helped me a great deal.</DIV>
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<DIV>TUX - New Linux User Magazine [pdf]</DIV>
<DIV>Check out the month of June for a good article about MEPIS <A href="http://www.mepis.com/">http://www.mepis.com/</A> . </DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV><A href="http://www.tuxmagazine.com/">http://www.tuxmagazine.com/</A>
<DIV><A title=https://www.ssc.com/tx/issues/GetDownloadTUX.php href="https://www.ssc.com/tx/issues/GetDownloadTUX.php">https://www.ssc.com/tx/issues/GetDownloadTUX.php</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Good reviews of different distros here:</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.extremetech.com/category2/0,1556,540430,00.asp">http://www.extremetech.com/category2/0,1556,540430,00.asp</A></DIV>
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<DIV>and my favorite place to visit</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.linux.org/">http://www.linux.org/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Good Luck !</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:mike1371@gmail.com">Michael</A>; <A href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">Central Iowa Linux Users Group</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 06/01/05 17:17:34</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">cialug@cialug.org</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> [Cialug] new to this group, and Linux</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello everyone,</DIV>
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<DIV>My name is Michael Davis -- I live in Urbandale and I'm new to this</DIV>
<DIV>list. I'm on the digest version for now, but I joined this list at</DIV>
<DIV>the suggestion of a friend because I want to install Linux on one of</DIV>
<DIV>my home computers.</DIV>
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<DIV>I was (a little bit) into programming on the Commodore 64 when I was a</DIV>
<DIV>kid in the 80s, and want to get back into programming again. All the</DIV>
<DIV>reading I have done recently indicates that my first step is to be</DIV>
<DIV>working in Linux, so here I am.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm pretty clueless at this stage. I'm thinking of buying Linux</DIV>
<DIV>instead of downloading it for free, because that way I'd get some</DIV>
<DIV>phone support while I figure out what I'm doing. Any thoughts?</DIV>
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<DIV>Michael</DIV>
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<DIV>ERROR 406: file corrupt: config.earth -- reboot universe? (Y/N)</DIV>
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