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Op, how does one learn gnu/nix etc etc ? I just found this store one day on a side street, went in, had a seat and some dude plugged this cord into the base of my skull, 30secs later knew everything about gnu/nix, WHAM! Plus oddly now I can fly a helicopter, dodge bullets and beat up Bruce Lee and ...

Wow, what can i say. All these opinions Thank you all so much for taking time to answer to me .
They say "You cant teach an old dg new tricks" and ive been a windows user for 20+ years now (apart from the dos years) and never even knew how linux looks like.

Well I think OP wanted to read about the path-of-knowledge some experienced users here have been walking :) So yes, his question might be / seem silly, and the easy replies well they're already in this thread, i.e. install a distro & web search on how to do things if they're not user-friendly'e...

Thank you ! Ive googled and found this: https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ is that the one ? That's the correct program, but not the page I was thinking of. Go back and read my first reply again. I've added to it, and will add some more information to it in a few minutes. Phil Thank you Sir ! T...

I am not sure what am i doing wrong but it seems that i cant find a download link to the iso file

Thank you ! Ive googled and found this: https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ is that the one ? That's the correct program, but not the page I was thinking of. Go back and read my first reply again. I've added to it, and will add some more information to it in a few minutes. Phil Thank you Sir !

Dear forum members, My name is Constantine and i am new to this forum as well as new to linux. I installed Debian jessie 8 on a 2nd hdd not long ago. Ive been a dos user for a while as a kid and windows ever since. I keep hearing that linux is better and i a want to try . What would be your suggesti...

Your post is too prolix, please try to be more concise and avoid waffle in future. Could someone guide me on what to do to recover the floppy ? Search the interweb for a guide to "fix badblocks linux". I'm bored atm so I did it for you: https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/how-to-fix-repair-...

Hello to all the people of this forum ! As you can see im am not only new to this forum but also new to debian and linux in general. My name is Constantine and here is my short story with linux and how i got to install debian jessie 8 on my 2nd hard drive. Some person from where i work introduced me...