How can I start to learn Linux?

[Chris Wong]

How can I start to learn Linux?

I want to learn linux, but I don't know how to start.

and I also don't know which Linux OS should I choose

pls give me some suggestion.

[DragonNOA1]

Well, I don't know where to go to learn (besides getting a linux book), I have heard of Mandrake being a good Linux distro.

[ZeratulsAvenger]

Look in teh FAQ... Bunch of links. LinuxIOS.org for downloads and forums. Just search around and read a lot.

PS-Debian I would go for to learn more.. more arcaic in some instances, but not as easy to use I guess ya could say as RedHat, Mandrake, or Suse, which area ll good choices as well.

[StickEGreenleaf]

You don't have to go any further than PCmech. There were several articles on the subject of switching to Linux.

Here is the first
http://www.pcmech.com/show/os/357/

[mikeL]

Welcome to PC Mech, Chris the link below is one of the best linux books I've found.

as for which distro to start with knoppix runs from a cd-rom also

Mandrake, Fedora, and SuSE are good starter distros.

http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

Mike

[Karnevil9]

Along with what has already been posted about where to learn to Linux there is also www.linuxquestions.org, www.linuxjuinor.org, as well as a slew of others posted in the linux links section of the alternate operating systems right here. In fact, I don't know of one in existance that is not included there.

As for the question of which Linux Flavor to use, that depends on you. If you want an OS that is up and running very quickly and easily and then start to leanr how to use Linux, then Mandrake, Fedora (what used to be Redhat Personal) and SuSE are the best choices. Knoppix and Libranet are also very good in this area, and knoppix lets you learn linux without installing it on you hard drive if you don't want to. If you want to LEARN Linux. That is have am OS that will take a little more work and time to set up, causing you to leanr as you go, then you have the pure flavors, for lack of a better word. Those include Debian, Slackware, Gentoo. There is also FreeBSD, which is Unix, not Linux, but since Linux was spun off of Unix there are similarities.
Since most Linux Flavors are free to download, I recommend downloading a one of the easy flavors, and see what Linux is all about. If those systems fit your needs, great, but if you get to where you want to learn more then go to one of the others.