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[roseway]

I've locked the tutorials to keep them from possibly getting overwhelmed with comments.

Please post any comments here. Thanks in advance.

[Astral]

An excellent start, Eric. A quick scan through has brought to light several things I wish I'd known before I started to play with penguins before.

I suppose I've got no excuse not to give it another go. I'm going to miss pulling your leg though.

[roseway]

Thanks, but don't feel pressured, and my leg is available for pulling any time you like.

[Astral]

Thanks, Prof!

[kitz]

Very Impressed Eric - Excellent Tutorials

It seriously has made me think about wanting to try linux again.  Thank you for doing them 

[Floydoid]

I dunno if this would be any good for inclusion:

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

(Linux Distribution Chooser)

[roseway]

That site has been discussed in Linux forums many times, and the general consensus is that it's an amusing bit of fun, rather than a useful tool. I don't expect that anyone has been harmed by taking its advice, but it's really only another opinion among many.

Really I think that the best unbiased advice is to pick one of the top few in the Distrowatch listings and give it a real workout so you get used to it and can do useful things with it. They all 'work' but they all have their quirks and foibles, things you like and things you don't, and only you can ultimately decide what you prefer.

Sorry, I didn't mean to shoot your suggestion down in flames

[Floydoid]

No offence taken.

[guest]

Excellent tutorials Eric and (as said in PM) you don't mess about do you? Suggestion to articles how fast?

Not wishing to seem like your ex-boss - and you might have this in hand anyway - but how about when things "go wrong"?

In my opinion this is the biggest problem if the uptake of Linux is to expand beyond niche markets. Everyone knows "someone" who can look at their (Windows) PC - yes OK most of them will make matters worse but there is a "knowledgebase" within the community. Not the same for Linux really although it would be SO much easier to do as there's less to go wrong.

[roseway]

Thanks Yes, troubleshooting is on the agenda. I'm doing hardware configuration at the moment, then troubleshooting will be next.

[Astral]

>but how about when things "go wrong"?<

That's my problem with Linux. I bought a pukka copy of Suse cos it had two big fat manuals, but the things that went wrong were not mentioned anywhere so I gave up.

[roseway]

The best general answer to that question is to join the support forum for the distro in question. All the mainstream distros have lively forums where beginners are welcomed and not generally treated to 'RTFM' replies. The one caution I would give is that you should normally do a forum search before asking your question, because some questions get asked over and over again, and that does tend to irritate the regulars.

[jazz]

Wow! These are great - thanks very much Eric for all your work.  I've been away for a bit so haven't yet had a chance to try the Fedora live CD that I was given - and probably won't now until the New Year but these tutorials will do so much for my confidence in giving Linux a go.

[kitz]

Excellent work 

[roseway]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Now that the tutorials are completed for the time being, I would really appreciate any comments about things that are not clear, or are incomplete, or are not there at all. I'm looking for constructive criticism, not compliments.