From: "Sla#s"    
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   Subject: Re: Where to start?   
   Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 14:47:07 -0000   
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   Wolfgang Lindner wrote:   
   > Hello Sla#s,   
   >   
   > I try some answers.   
   >   
   > Sla#s wrote:   
   >> OK you've convinced me to escape from the clutches of M$.   
   >> So where should I start?   
   >> Googling that question does not produce a straight answer. Yes, I am   
   >> beginning to realise that's what Open Source means :-)   
   >>   
   >> As I have an old PC (900mhz, 512mb etc)  I though a good project   
   >> would be to turn it into a media centre - so got hold of Ubuntu   
   >> Media Centre and tried to load that ... But it didn't and as I   
   >> became engulfed in  heavy duty (to me) command line stuff I realised   
   >> I better start with something easier.   
   > Without more information nobody can help you. What the hell is in the   
   > statement (900mhz, 512mb etc) meant with 'etc'? Graphic card? Which   
   > one? What's about the produced error messages during installation?   
   > Questions over questions....   
      
   Sorry - (AMD Athlon 900mhz processor, 512Mb memory and  Nvidia GF FX5200    
   128MB graphic card). But I didn't want to get in to fine detail untill I    
   know what questions to ask.   
      
   I want to know; where to learn - not what to do.   
      
   >> Is there a site, book, version you would care to recommend to learn   
   >> the basics?   
   >> (I went ordered The Official Ubuntu Book - then realised I should   
   >> have asked here first.)   
   >>   
   > I think a good book will help, but just try some of the   
   > preinstallation CD/DVD shipped with various magazines. If this   
   > preinstallations won't boot in graphics mode, your hardware is too   
   > poor/old.   
      
   Magazines disks - good idea - I will try that... (And be back in a month or    
   so :-)   
      
   Thanks   
   Slatts    
      
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