Re: [tlug] Classes

[Edward Middleton <edward.middleton@example.com>]

On 05/26/2012 11:08 PM, Attila Kinali wrote:
> On Sat, 26 May 2012 22:37:27 +0900
> Lewske Wada<ryu@example.com>  wrote:
>
> > On May 26, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Josh Glover wrote:
> > > I was more referring to the fact that even 5 years ago on TLUG, One wouldn't have seen "if you're compiling or setting up Linux from scratch, you're probably doing it wrong" as an answer to "how do I learn more about Linux". :)
> >
> > You'd better learn about packages first.
> > There are a lot more to learn and you have to try them
> > more quickly than, say, 10 years ago.
> > It holds the same whether you use deb, rpm or macports.
>
> Actually, i think LFS isnt a bad way to learn linux, still today.
> The knowledge of how linux works on these low levels gives you a lot
> of leverage when debugging problems at higher levels.

I would say LFS, Gentoo or Arch would be one of the better ways to learn 
Linux.  If you got with any of the "dumb it down for simple users" 
distributions, your install might be slightly faster but you will learn 
very little about Linux.

Edward