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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter  You opened a great wide door, Will. I will add my input as well.
I want to learn something about Linux too, but I haven't a clue where to start. Command Line especially so I can properly utilize it when I need it. I know how to open it and it stops there. Even though FTP is somewhat obsolete I am still having troubles connecting my 2 desktops and my Xbox on the same network for easy transfer. I know virtually nothing about networking home computers, but eager to learn.
The main thing I would like to learn is multimedia and photoshop. I want to learn how to encode movies e.g. creating .avi/mpeg/x264/ from source material to no illegal end. I just want to experiment doing it. I would also like to learn how to create ISO's and what are the best programs/tutorials. I need hands on training and or videos because the written word only conveys to the an adept.
On the photoshop issue, I would like to splint together movies/pictures/and sound to create my own videos for personal and recreational use. |
There are other reasons to run linux/unix/amiga/BeOS/Hailku/ReactOS besides the ones you mentioned. As far as geek cred goes... your more likely to get it helping out on software or writing documents than you are running the OS :P If I ever hear the expression "becuase it makes me a cooler geek" I think I will have to retire my commission lol. If you really want "geek cred" though I will show you how to compile your self optimized kernel, strip windows drives and use a wrapper to enable the function of nonfunctioning hardware (might not be able to do this, the old laptop that I had to do this for died a year ago lol) and Ill show you how to compile custom patches in Wine to update bug fixes so you can game in Linux :P