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Linux Newbie
Alright, time for me to come clean and admit something that I should have faced up to a long time ago.
I don't know sweet FA about Linux. I'm going to ramble on a bit here so feel free to skip to the end of this post where the **'s are for my point.
Sure I took a basic UNIX course in college when I got my network admin course, I even learned a fair bit about Novell. That was about 5 years ago and now I don't know a damned thing. Everyone tells me that Linux has changed since the days I had to learn a wack of esoteric commands just to open a text editor, and I'm ready to get back into it.
Currently I have an XP PC as my main computer, I'm running an Athlon XP 2400+ with 500MB of RAM, I have a GeForce 4200ti, Creative DVDROM, LG CDR, dual-monitors bla bla bla. I built it myself, I do have a wee bit of skill but it's all Windows-centric. Now don't get me wrong, I have no intention of dumping my Windows Box, I play tons of games on it, I work on it, even my girlfriend uses it to look up recipies. Hell, I'll even come right out and say it: I like windows but I need to broaden my horizons.
I have an old PIII 800 with 64MB RAM that I just dug outta my closet it's up and running right now with no O/S. I just need to know where to start.
******So here's the point.
Where do I start? It's my understanding I can download Linux Redhat...Mandrake...whatever, for free. What do you suggest? In the end I want to use the PIII as my firewall, can I get this for free? What would you suggest?
Sure I could have gone to Google and poked around there for a few days, but hey, this is a community right? Guide me my brothers and sisters, show me the opensource light.
And please, let's not make this into an M$/UNIX flame war.
Thanks in advance.
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