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Hi Y'all<BR>
I am filling a list of the community top ten packages or areas of the Linux environment and I am asking for your assistance. I have a Wiki set up for this at <A HREF="http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com/">http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com/</A> and I have started it off with a couple of things: (this is a page from the site - probably internal links will fail from this email)<BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">===Linux Top Ten===</FONT></B><BR>
There are over 16000 packages available on an average Linux Distro. What are the top ten packages or area you would counsel a beginner in Linux to fully master.<BR>
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For example, I would counsel a beginner to fully understand <A HREF="http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com/tiki-index.php?page=apt-get">apt-get</A> and <A HREF="http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com/tiki-index.php?page=aptitude">aptitude</A>, because I am an <A HREF="http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com/tiki-index.php?page=Ubuntu">Ubuntu</A> user, and yum, because I manage a few <A HREF="http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com/tiki-index.php?page=Centos">Centos</A> installations. I would probably also suggest they get a handle on the sheer quantity of distributions by going to someplace like <A HREF="http://Distrowatch.com">http://Distrowatch.com</A> I might even try to get them to see the difference between <A HREF="http://wiki.sourcefreedom.com/tiki-index.php?page=FLOSS">FLOSS</A> and proprietary software work.
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