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Nastassja Riemermann
tsukikage85
19 January 2006 @ 03:00 pm
stepping into a brand new world  
Okay, I'm already getting a lot of advice from [info]aluminumstudios on this (mainly that I sould use SSH and not even bother installing it), but I need to learn how to use Unix for my c. sci. labs, so I bought myself a book at the Coffman Bookstore and am thinking of installing some freeware version of Linux so I can practice what I'm reading. Anyone have any reccommendations for me?
 
 
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Will[info]aluminumstudios on January 19th, 2006 02:49 pm (UTC)
Ahh! I know what you need!

You need to find a Linux "live" CD. This is a bootable CD with Linux installed on it. YOu can boot into a fully functional Linux OS without having to install it on your hard drive!

Knoppix is one Live CD that I know about. A bunch of organizations and people have made them. I'll see if I can link you to any later ...

NOrmally they come in the form of an .iso image that you burn and viola! A bootable Linux OS on a CD!
Mouse: Garden State[info]musing_mouse on January 19th, 2006 05:41 pm (UTC)
My roomie did C. Sci. She might know something if you need help.

Julia says: ACM (Association for Computing Machinery or something like that) is offering free UNIX classes next week and the week after. You would go to one of them, and it should probably last an hour. I was thinking about going to one. They have the room and times listed on http://acm.cs.umn.edu/classes/
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