Wanting to dip my toes into the waters of Linux

basmic · 3 Apr 2006 at 13:01

Basically I have a spare machine I want to experiment with Linux on. AMD Duron 1300, 768mb RAM, 10gb HD, DVD-ROM, wireless and wired NIC.

I would like to try and become self-taught, but I hold doubts in myself - but we shall see. I don't mind reading books/quides.

At the end of the day, my main objective is to run AiroSnort - I've tried, failed and given up with Windows versions of AiroSnort.

Thanks for any help.

basmic · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:23

Ubuntu certainly sounds the most tempting. Does it have a command-line interface available, like the command-line shell in Windows (ie: Start > Run > cmd)?

Basically I want to run AiroSnort on Linux - but while I'm in the water, I may as well have a paddle about.

basmic · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:44

Clarkey said:
does linux have a command line interface, are you kidding?

can't say I approve of what you want to do, my best suggestion is that if what you intend to do is hack networks then you should learn yourself.

Who said anything about hacking?

All I want to do to is see how secure WPA keys are, on my own wireless network. Surely that's not breaking the law?

I meant does the GUI version of Linux have a command-line shell? I'm fully aware that command-line versions of Linux exist. Sorry, but I am a spaz when it comes to Linux.

basmic · 8 Apr 2006 at 14:05

Given Ubuntu and Kubuntu a try, and they both stay stuck at the same place "retrieving base-installer" at 4%. :mad:

Burnt CDs at 4x, 8x, 16x - same old story.

Going to try Gentoo now.

basmic · 8 Apr 2006 at 15:26

Greeny132 said:
see you in a few days lol And good luck, if you get nowhere you might wanna have a look at Slackware it isn't as easy as ubuntu but a whole lot less difficult than gentoo

Can't work out which one I need to download.

Looking into the slackware.

basmic · 9 Apr 2006 at 01:41

null said:
Exactly how I feel everytime I install Linux on a PC with the intention of learning. Invariably I give up and go back to Windows. This has happened probably 10 times at least, tried many different distros too.

Wish Linux was easier to get into.

Haven't had another since my last post in this thread.

But I agree. People whoop and cheer about how much better it is. Helps if it installs.

I'll say this for Microsoft. You can backup their £90 software, use your backup and no problems.

Download a free, legit ISO of Linux, burn it, and I have more problems than I can shake a stick at. :rolleyes: