Chuck - could you please remove your reply-to line in Evolution? It causes replies to go to you instead of to the list.
On Monday 16 February 2004 17:28, Chuck Mattsen wrote: > > A question ... what would y'all recommend as the best book for a > complete newbie to both Mandrake and Linux; I know there are the > Mandrake-specific "Definitive" guide books, and other 3rd-party > general Linux books ... which would offer the most in-depth info > (for later on > There's a lot on-line - the Mandrake User docs are somewhat out of date but a great help for all that. > :-), as well as the most simplified explanations and walk-throughs > : for > > the Linux beginner? Is there something like the Que "Using..." > series that do such an excellent job on the Windows side of things, > or a "... for Dummies" that isn't /too/ dumbed down? > I bough teh Que Using Linux back in the days of RH5, and have found it to be an excellent help, despite its age. I know there are later versions. I would highly recommend that. Then, Linux in a Nutshell has to be the best general reference book. Those 2 have kept me going. One I *definitely* don't recommend is the Osborne 'The Complete Reference - Linux - 4th Edition'. Many parts of it are explained better in the Que book, and on one occasion I tried to follow TCR-L, and when it didn't work asked on list. The reason it didn't work was that it was plain wrong! Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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