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- From: drmo@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Help Getting Started
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.082832.1319@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 13:28:32 GMT
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- I have been reading (well, skimming really) this newsgroup for several weeks
- now. I have read the FAQ file, and several other documents I was able to
- get my hands on. I am planning on buying a new system sometime soon, and
- am curious about a few things.
-
- First, I have read that it takes anywhere from 150 to 200 megs of free disk
- space to download and build X. However, I have also read that Linux and
- X can be up and running with about 40 megs of disk space. Is is possible
- to get X without having 150 megs of free disk space? Are precompiled
- binaries available? If so, how do you go about applying patches?
-
- I am planning on buying a 200 meg HD, but I would like to have an OS/2
- partition as well as a Linux partition. Will that be enough if I also want
- to run X?
-
- Also, as a result of reading this newsgroup and the FAQ, I feel more
- confused than when I started. I know very little about UNIX in any form,
- and even less about system administration, and the majority of the discussion
- here seems to be targeted above my knowledge. Does any one know of any good
- references for system administration and the like?
-
- If possible, please reply via e-mail, and I will post a summary.
-
- Thanks
-
- Drew Moseley
-