French Newbie there.
It’s been a long time now since I’ve been using a Linux OS. Unfortunately, I’ve never had enough time to learn how it works exactly. I’m tired of using an Ubuntu distro, even though it is quite convenient since we don’t have to tweak a lot to get simple things work easily/quickly. But I’d really like to learn more and be able to fix some problems by myself. I build a new computer recently, with a 120Gb SSD dedicated to the OSs. So, There’s an Ubuntu MATE installed as the main distro (for the moment). I plan to install +1/2, just to play a little bit. I will probably try Archlinux (in a VM), and I am also interested in a Slackware OS. So… Salix sounded good!
I’d really like to be able to get involved in some open-source OS one day or another, and Ubuntu didn’t seem to be appropriate for that (learning how to build packages, etc.; I guess you know what I mean). For now, when I have time, little by little, I study The Linux Command Line, by W. Shotts. In the upcoming weeks, I’ll give a try to Salix with a Live DVD, and then… well, we’ll see.
), and I thought that it could be the perfect occasion to install something else than Ubuntu. This computer will be useful for development and some IM, so its purpose is not to host too much personal data (not too much data at all, actually). So, here I am again, willing to ask you a couple of questions.