<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Edward Crawford <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ecrawford@ejccompany.com">ecrawford@ejccompany.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Folks,<br><br>Thanks for all of your feedback regarding my query on upgrading Firefox. In reviewing the responses, it seems that it might help if I define my goals in further exploring the Linux platform. I have been developing apps in the Windows world for 10 years... mostly Visual Basic & SQL server (I hear the moans going up from the crowd :-). I'm currently studying Java & I want to set up several PCs, network them, use one as a Tomcat server & work toward using open source tools for developing scalable applications (web based). I took a couple of C++ courses & have been working on getting my head around object oriented languages.</blockquote>
<div><br>You might like BlueOnyx, a ready-made CentOS, Tomcat, webhosting platform: <a href="http://www.blueonyx.it/">http://www.blueonyx.it/</a> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br>Needless to say, I'm feeling pretty frustrated with my inability to update a program. I'm willing to study what I need to in order to have a solid understanding of the Linux platform, but I'm not sure where to start. Any links, books, sources & suggestions will be VERY much appreciated.</blockquote>
<div><br>There is no single authority of documentation. The <a href="http://tldp.org/">http://tldp.org/</a> is the best first reference.<br>This site indexes what's available on the web:<a href="http://www.makelinux.net/reference"> http://www.makelinux.net/reference</a> <br>
<br>The Rute manual is old but is still a nice newbie Ref:<a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz"> http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz</a><br><br>Learning Linux is different than learning a Distro. I believe something closer to <a href="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">Linux-From-Scratch</a> like <a href="http://www.slackware.com/">Slackware</a> is better for learning Linux. I'm thinking of exploring the new v13 x86_64 release.<br>
<br>I enjoy <a href="http://www.foresightlinux.org/">http://www.foresightlinux.org/</a>. It's a great *mostly* ``just works`` Desktop system and eliminates most of the Distro gripes that seem to echo on this list. It always has the latest FireFox. The main Java platform on Foresight is the free Icedtea java, but it's trivial to switch to SunJDK. <a href="http://forum.foresightlinux.org/index.php?topic=42.0">http://forum.foresightlinux.org/index.php?topic=42.0</a><br>
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<br>Thanks again,<br><br>ejc<br>
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