I will call up the school and ask them, that is a good idea. However, the purpose of me getting into linux is for me to expand my knowledge of computers and software. I really just inquire about how the actual system works and how programming may be different or maybe how things work differently. To tell you the truth, I like to figure stuff out, and I like to be able to say that I have learned something on my own. Computers are really the only thing that has ever made sense to me, and I'm trying to build a career/life off that. So, all in all, im simply looking to figure it out, see why people perfer linux and open source programs to closed source and why programmers run linux more often then not. I want to be able to program well enough on linux before I go to Iowa State.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Theron Conrey <<a href="mailto:theron.conrey@dice.com">theron.conrey@dice.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span>Is there a specific tool you want to learn to code
with that's on linux only? If you already are comfortable with
windows, and you're just looking to expand your coding knowledge
with java and php, switching to linux to do that may not be that productive
in the short term, as you'll be spending alot of time figuring out how to get
things to work the way you expect them to work. In this situation, your
experience with windows may work against you.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span>If there are other reasons that you want to learn
linux, this may help define what you're really looking for in a linux
distro.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span>If you're still unsure after some of the
comments made in this thread, I'd call up the school that you want to go to and
ask them what distro they use and/or recommend. Getting experience with
the distro your college uses wouldn't hurt.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span>-Theron</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Nick Johnson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 07, 2008 12:04 AM<br><b>To:</b>
Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cialug] Which Distro is
best?<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
<div></div>No, i am not new to computers. I know, but not fluent yet, in Java
and php coding. I am also figuring out html and other web based programming. I
am going into college to be a programmer/tech guy. And i would say that i know
almost all the ins and outs of windows. So i would say im maybe a bit above
average in computer knowledge (not meant to be condesceding).<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Todd Walton <<a href="mailto:tdwalton@gmail.com" target="_blank">tdwalton@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div>On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Nick Johnson <<a href="mailto:mainbass64@gmail.com" target="_blank">mainbass64@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>> hey im a new user for the linux system, and i am wondering
which distro<br>> would be best for someone that is new to linux. I am
looking to start using<br>> linux to better my programming knowledge, and
coding. Just email me back<br>> with your reply,
thanks.<br><br></div></div>Are you new to computers in general? What has
been your experience so<br>far? You're best bet is probably
Ubuntu.<br><br>-todd<br>_______________________________________________<br>Cialug
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