On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, H.C.Lai wrote: > I know some people would say one doesn't need a book cause there > are all those guides that come with the distribution. But for people > who are new to Linux or who are reponsible for setting up and > maintaining a network of Linux boxes, a complete reference book is > a very attractive thing to have.
Two problem(s) with a book: (a) you're really only buying a few pages of Debian-specific stuff which (b) is almost out-of-date before it's published. I'd far rather have just a good annotated bibliography of all the Debianised documentation. As I think I've said before, one really needs to be able to track down and consult documentation in the order Debian-specific Linux-specific Unix-specific > I am about to install Linux on a Pentimum II box with 512MB of > memory for some people. One of the thing they demand is the supply > of a few reference books on the Linux distribution that I have > installed so that they can learn to use and run the system themselves. If you want a /few/ books, you're going to have to widen your selection to Linux (generic) and probably even to Unix. Mind you, you could do this all from one publisher's list - O'Reilly (www.ora.com). -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
