On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Patrick Bartek <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Thu, 4/14/11, Marc Shapiro <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek >> wrote: >> > --- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN GNU/LINUX (c. > 1999). It was a very good introduction and step-by-step guide to installing > and using Debian. I got it for free from the Debian booth at Las Vegas > COMDEX 1999. This was the first year Linux had a major presence at COMDEX. > Having the Linux people all in one exhibit hall greatly simplified my > investigations of making the switch from the Amiga. I still have the book. > However, ultimately, I chose Mandrake 7 as my first distro. Debian was not a > distro for the noobie, either then or now. >
yeah, but mandrake isn't a distro for any sane human :) that's ok, because back then, i think i was upgrading to slackware 4 (or maybe they made the jump in versions to 7 at that time). watch a newbie try to get x windows up on that stuff - that was fun. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
