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skaman814

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Registered: 2013-03-25

Posts: 4

Hello #! World

I've been using Linux Mint DE for a month now, with a Windows 7 dual boot.  I decided today to wipe both of those and install #! stand alone.  The Debian repos and their .net site were down this afternoon, just after I installed #! so you can imagine the joy of trying to get my wireless working.  I know there's a bit of a learning curve with this OS, which is one of the main reasons I chose it, and I look forward to understanding it better.  I'm about to head over to YouTube for some tutorials, any suggestions to help a noob become more proficient with this OS?  It's super sexy btw (as sexy as an OS can get anyway, lol.)

Thanks for a great distro!

rkwurth

#! Junkie

Registered: 2012-09-04

Posts: 365

Re: Hello #! World

O hey, skaman814! I've been having trouble with the something.debian.org sites lately, don't know why. You may benefit by choosing a local mirror for your repos, I'm lucky enough to have one in my city : - ) A suggestion for becoming more proficient with this OS is to just use it. Anyway, welcome to Crunchbang!

VastOne

#! Ranger

From: V-Ger

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 10,165

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Re: Hello #! World

Welcome to CrunchBang and the Community skaman814, we are glad to have you!

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lcafiero

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From: Felton, California, USA

Registered: 2011-07-21

Posts: 2,217

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Re: Hello #! World

Welcome aboard, skaman814, and glad you're enjoying CrunchBang. One thing I would suggest is to make use of the looking glass in the upper right corner -- you can search for a lot of answers to your questions that way (I realize that's a real Captain Obvious suggestion, but a lot of times folks don't see the search feature right away). Good luck and let us know if you have any questions.

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jossemarGT

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From: Guatemala

Registered: 2013-03-21

Posts: 6

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Re: Hello #! World

I've been using Linux Mint DE for a month now, with a Windows 7 dual boot.  I decided today to wipe both of those and install #! stand alone.

I still remember when I did the same, I felt so manly lol but about your question...

Any suggestions to help a noob become more proficient with this OS?

You can choose the bleeding edge way, how about playing with software from sid repos or compiling a new custom linux kernel manually, teaching your self to be bash guru or just crashing your system... Is funny, sometimes.

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fatmac

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2012-11-14

Posts: 1,948

Re: Hello #! World

Welcome aboard skaman814.

A good general beginners book for Linux :-
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

A good Debian read :-
http://debian-handbook.info/get/now/

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A good general beginners book for Linux :- http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
A good Debian read :- http://debian-handbook.info/get/now/

skaman814

New Member

Registered: 2013-03-25

Posts: 4

Re: Hello #! World

Thanks to everyone!!!

@fatmac: these both look like great reads, I can't wait to dive into them.  I just finished reading "Linux Essentials" and these look like nice stepping stones from that.  Perfect!

Barnabyh

#! Die Hard

From: Church of the Subgenius

Registered: 2012-11-07

Posts: 825

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Re: Hello #! World

Welcome skaman, good to have you here.

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