Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 21:49, Michael wrote: On Saturday 05 July 2003 08:47 pm, walt wrote: I am not a big fan of the dummies books, but I was in a book store at the local mall today and saw redhat Linux 9.0 for dummies and it included 2 cd's. I didn't see one for mandrake. I own an old copy

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-06 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Saturday 05 July 2003 21:17, Todd Slater wrote: I'll go farther than saying I'm not a big fan--I despise them. Check out Linux Administration for Dummies, it's great. I have Using Linux, Linux in a Nutshell, Running Linux, Linux Desk Reference, Linux Essential Reference, etc. and I often

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-06 Thread Eric Huff
The best book that I have found so far is The Rute Users Tutioral and Exposition BTW it is on your (.0 and 9.1 CDs or you can doenloadit from http://wwwacs.gantep.edu.tr/linux/rute/ also the hardcopy is remarkably inexpensive I also like this book. Didn't know it was on the cd's! Want to

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-06 Thread Aron Smith
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 07:45, Eric Huff wrote: The best book that I have found so far is The Rute Users Tutioral and Exposition BTW it is on your (.0 and 9.1 CDs or you can doenloadit from http://wwwacs.gantep.edu.tr/linux/rute/ also the hardcopy is remarkably inexpensive I also like

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-06 Thread Eric Huff
I also like this book. Didn't know it was on the cd's! look for rute Already done! It's nice having it all in a searchable pdf, instead of the html that came with the book... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 06 July 2003 12:47 am, walt wrote: I am not a big fan of the dummies books, but I was in a book store at the local mall today and saw redhat Linux 9.0 for dummies and it included 2 cd's. I didn't see one for mandrake. I own an old copy of Linux for dummies and found it a little

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-05 Thread Todd Slater
On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:47:27 -0400 walt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not a big fan of the dummies books, but I was in a book store at the local mall today and saw redhat Linux 9.0 for dummies and it included 2 cd's. I didn't see one for mandrake. I own an old copy of Linux for dummies and

Re: [newbie] dummies books

2003-07-05 Thread Michael
On Saturday 05 July 2003 08:47 pm, walt wrote: I am not a big fan of the dummies books, but I was in a book store at the local mall today and saw redhat Linux 9.0 for dummies and it included 2 cd's. I didn't see one for mandrake. I own an old copy of Linux for dummies and found it a little

RE: [newbie] Dummies Books Rock

1999-08-18 Thread Ken Wilson
I have to agree with you. It's the only thing that got me through the Cobol section of a programming languages survey course. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ty Mixon Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Dummies Books Rock

1999-08-18 Thread Steve Philp
DoC wrote: Hi, Err...not always. I agree some of them are quite good but some are..well...'error prone'. Eg the Perl 5 one isn't that good. Neither is the C/C++ one. There better ones avaliable on the market. For Perl books, stick with the O'Reilly series -- Learning Perl, Programming