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rurib.

Thanks for this useful reply! Sorry I am so late in replying, health issue.

Decisioneer

Relative to Clint’s reply, how do I set this up in a software such as Macrium Reflect or True Image i.e., for my Windows 7 single partition, what are the names of the folders to select for imaging and which ones for file backup?

Thanks for the replies. I am sorry I have not been available to give a more timely replies. I will look into the new suggestions and get back to you all. Also, going to look into doing a System Restore, should have done that immediately.

Joe.

I have that lined up to do if I don’t find something that will fix it otherwise. Definitely will remove the nonworking one(s). I’m afraid a file in windows has been corrupted and removing a program will not fix it.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Thanks to JoanRC. I will look at the Slackware distros’ and I especially appreciate the identification of the O”Reilly “in a nutshell” series of books .

I have been looking for a book or two to start with and two that seem good are:

Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, by Mark G. Sobell

Linux Administration: A Beginners Guide,Fifth Edition by Wale Soyinka

Any help in selecting some reading material?

Snapafun, PCLinusOS looks great aslo. I downloaded Volume 42 of the magazie, very nice and interesting.

Now how do choose from all these great options?

Thank you to StarvinMarvin and Dean Lind.

I have looked at both of your recommendations and believe I will download each and try them.

Dean I am thinking of trying Mandriver One and then Mandriver Free later. Does that seem right?

As my real needs are to keep a linux OS and Apps on a “Smartphone” working and up to date, should I place my emphasis on learning scripting and shell programming? I am not desiring to learn to write programs, etc., just make the phone work.

I too am a newbie to progamming and I am interested in what linux verson to start learning. I am thinking of getting a Nokia N900 phone that is using maemo linux for the OS. The OS and Apps are not well developed and is basically open for development by the community. I go on sites relative to maemo/meego and read what they are developing and they give some programming steps or comment to install fixes, new tools, and apps, etc. What software and book (s)/web material would most help me to be able to keep the phone up to each new development?
Thank you.

Another option is DVD RAM which is rewriteable and may, I say may, be quite long lasting. Data shows them to provide more rewrites than flash memory.