What should I do?

[CP]

I have been using Linux for about 18 months now, and feel I am not getting as much out of it as I would like. I am running RH6.1, but think I should move on. I am currently downloading LinuxfromScratch, and will install in roughly 2 weeks when I have all files. Is this a good move, I am just feeling a bit bored. At the start I loved playing around making it work, and now it is working. I can't find anything to fix or make work. I even reinstalled about a month back, but I have learnt so much I had it up and running well in about 3 days. What can I do to kill the boredom, please help me before I return to windows, which always requires me to fix it.

[NGene]

As root, execute rm -rf / , wait for a couple of seconds and hit Ctrl+C. That should give you something to fix. If that's not challenging enough, wait for a longer time before hitting Ctrl+C. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

JUST KIDDING!

No, seriously, Linux From Scratch seems to be a good way to learn. I've considered that myself, too, but haven't tried yet.

[jayAEU]

Originally posted by CP:
I am currently downloading LinuxfromScratch. Is this a good move, I am just feeling a bit bored. At the start I loved playing around making it work, and now it is working. I can't find anything to fix or make work. I even reinstalled about a month back, but I have learnt so much I had it up and running well in about 3 days.

Download the latest ISO image of Debian 2.2 from www.linuxiso.org (http://www.linuxiso.org) instead. You will be able to do all the learning you want on Debian, as it is very open and clearly structured. You will have access to the best software package manager suite there is, dpkg, apt-get and dselect! You will certainly enjoy the wealth of preconfigured programs, acheing for your fine-tuning. You will discover tons of new things to do.

The bottom line is, go with a decent distribution, like Debian or Slackware, and you will definitely get the most out of Linux for a long time.

[BK1]

I agree Debian has been really good for learning. I went fom Drake 7.0 to Debian and have learned a lot.

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[ph34r]

Go for the LFS system - you will learn tons.

[0be1]

How about a raid configuration both a hardware, and a software raid. How about High Availability, squid, Apache, PHP. Go to sourceforge.net and do a search for IRM (information resource manager). Get all of this istalled and configured. How about MySQL. This should keep you busy for a little while. And if this isn't enough and you know how to code, hows about helping one of the many ongoing linux causes http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

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Linux, is there really any other OS worth using?

[mdwatts]

How about writing a bunch of really nice apps for all of us.

Ask us and we can give you a list of what we need.

Nothing wrong with learning C. Good sources on the web. Kdevelop etc.