Ross S. W. Walker wrote: [snip good advice] > Oh and don't forget virtualization is your friend in learning! > > VMware workstation, Parallels, Virtual Box, Xen, Hyper-V, they're > all good for learning! > > Create a VM per-distro, see how each distro installs, see how each > is managed. Take snapshots and play around with their configs, see > how they break, see if you can fix them, if not revert to the > snapshot. Get your feet wet. May I suggest that, if you really want to learn how a Linux system gets put together, and works, then get a copy of Linux from Scratch and build your own? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!