I read O'reilly's "Running Linux" and "Understanding the Linux Kernel" (www.oreily.com)
Joris On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:50:26 -0600, John Michael Schneiderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 21 February 2005 23:55, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Monday 21 February 2005 09:35 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > > On Tuesday 22 Feb 2005 18:33, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > On Monday 21 February 2005 08:30 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > > > Just wondering if there is any recommended texts suitable for > > > > > beginners. I know there's heaps of stuff on the web, and I do > > > > > download and print stuff. I like to have a written reference to > > > > > follow when doing new things. > > > > > > > > Rute > > > > urpmi rute > > > > or download it > > > > http://rute.2038bug.com/rute.html.gz > > > > or just read it online > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Rosemary > > > > > > Yes I am wading through that and have some printed. > > > > Linux Etudes is also good but very basic > For very beginners there's Linux For Non-Geeks by Rickford Grant. It's based > off of Fedora, but much of the information can be gained from it. It's > written in a very informal style. For a more in depth, but not too in depth, > I liked Linux Administration: A beginner's Guide by Steven Graham and Steve > Shah. It gives a few Red Hat information, though they confesses to love and > use Mandrake, but what I love is that he also shows how to administer using > the actual configuration files. > > -- > "Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to > make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics > to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral." > Richard Stallman > (Slashdot interview 1 May 2000) > > >
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