1. Go to store and buy a boxed version of linux for $19.95 with the money you made mowing lawns and walking dogs this summer.

2. Read the manuals in the box, maybe even twice

3. Install it

4. Don't secure it

5. Compile your .c script and become a packet monkey

6. Log on IRC and brag about your fresh linux install

7. Get rooted and locked out of your own box by a 13 year old with his fresh winlinux install

8. Reinstall windows 98 and go back to playing quake

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