BackTrack 4

[Bluedot]

I've just installed BackTrack 4 along with Windows 7. Can someone tell me how to operate this? I'm quite new to Linux and know absolutely NOTHING about it.

[Alboguy]

BackTrack is meant for penetration testing and security auditing. If you're new to Linux you should start with something basic and simple like Ubuntu.

[Bluedot]

How about Mint?

[Alboguy]

Yeah Mint would be a good start if you ask me. Mint is Ubuntu-based just bundled with more bells and whistles. There's no really big difference between em.

[hellnoire]

Mint or Ubuntu are both good launching points, just keep in mind there are other distros out there.

I say this because I started with Ubuntu, and with my new computer, I'm dualbooting with Debian. And Salix was on my old one, and it worked beautifully. So if you're not happy with one thing... move.

One more thing: never install Backtrack to your hard drive. Not only does it make you look like a fool, but it's not user friendly and is meant to be a testing OS as Alboguy pointed out.

[Alboguy]

Mint or Ubuntu are both good launching points, just keep in mind there are other distros out there.

I say this because I started with Ubuntu, and with my new computer, I'm dualbooting with Debian. And Salix was on my old one, and it worked beautifully. So if you're not happy with one thing... move.

One more thing: never install Backtrack to your hard drive. Not only does it make you look like a fool, but it's not user friendly and is meant to be a testing OS as Alboguy pointed out.

Ah let me introduce to you hellnoire the most radical Anti-Ubuntu (or Anti-GNOME) guy of the forum.... Hellnoire makes a good point but you stick to Ubuntu or Mint at least for a couple of weeks that is enough to learn the basics of Linux. After that you can switch to other distros or desktop environments without any difficulties.
Cheers!!

[hellnoire]

I'm anti-KDE/GNOME/Ubuntu.... but my point being is simply stick with an easy distro like Mint or Ubuntu for a few months, learn the basics, and then you can start applying them to other systems.

[johnshaw1917]

I personally think Fedora is also a fairly easy Distro to get the hang of.

[Bluedot]

I personally think Fedora is also a fairly easy Distro to get the hang of.

You may have a point, but I personally I have a grudge towards Fedora. I'll try mint.

[johnshaw1917]

You may have a point, but I personally I have a grudge towards Fedora. I'll try mint.

I would be very curious as to what you mean by this. I've been running Fedora for quite some time now and don't have any complaints. It's lighter on resources than either Mint ot Ubuntu, but still does everything I need for an OS to do.