Become a Linux Guru

[devicerandom]

On 03/02/11 22:28, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:50 AM, devicerandom<devicerandom at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Agree.
>> And in any case , step 1 is ditching Ubuntu and going with Gentoo. I used it
>> for years, and it teached me much more about Linux than any binary
>> distribution could.
>>
>
> This is utter nonsense.  Most interested engineers can learn Linux on
> any Linux distribution.  What makes the difference is how much you try
> and dig in, not which distro on which you do the work.
>

I expected this reply.

Technically you're of course right. What I meant is that Gentoo *forces* 
you to try and dig in also things that usually would be taken for 
granted in binary distros (ever tried recompiling all your system with a 
new GCC with incompatible interfaces?) -and in doing so one learns a lot.

The first (teaching) asset of Gentoo is that *you* are the installer, 
not a program: you fire up any working live cd (I used Ubuntu to install 
it!), get to a command line, download a .tar.bz2 and follow the manual.

My personal advice to anyone using Linux first time is 1-2 years with 
Ubuntu, 1-2 years with a "hardcore" distro like Gentoo, all while having 
a spare system on which to try new and exotic distros; and then back to 
whatever you're pleased with once you're skilled enough (I'm with Ubuntu 
now, happily).