I guess you must have missed the hundreds of other messages asking the same
thing, and the thousands of responses (well, perhaps I exaggerate a bit)
go back to where you subscribed (in the mailing list section on the
Mandrake homepage) and follow the directions....
philomena
At 12:19 PM 9/13/00 -0500, you wrote:
>If there is another way than this to remove myself from this list can
>someone please let me know.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>Behalf Of Larry Marshall
>Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:56 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Learning Linux?
>
>
>"Daniel J. Ferris" wrote:
>
> > Three methods I found:
>
>While I would agree with your methods to some extent, I'd modify them
>just a wee bit.
>
> > 1. Loose X windows for a little while and learn some command
> > line
>
>This is where I disagree. There is nothing better when learning than
>to have 2-3 xterms open. One holds man page lookups, the other the
>actual working commandline and a third....just in case. It's sortof
>an analog to the days when I had a commandline and a whole bunch of
>manuals open on the desk :-)
>
> > 2. Take a class :-)
> > 3. Buy lots of books and learn to use man
>
>A good start on the books would be Running Linux and Linux in a
>Nutshell, both by O'Reilly press. Linux in a Nutshell is the best
>reference around and the other one provides some good insights into
>how Linux works and why.
>
>A fourth "method" I'd add to your list is "Don't forget everything you
>know about Windows." I know that's probably heresy here but I'm
>watching two Linux newbies now and if they'd just think, "What would I
>do if I were in Windows?" they'd be less confused about some of the
>stuff. If you view /mnt/windows as equal to C:, it's not so wierd to
>have to either click on an icon to get there or cd /mnt/windows to get
>there. But one of my newbies asked me what the difference between
>these two were and yet he's comfortable at the DOS prompt as well as
>on the Windows desktop. In short, yes, Linux does a lot of things
>different from the way Windows does them (and better too) but file
>handling and stuff like that is very similar.
>
>Hmmm...I'll add a fifth method. If you're coming from Windows and run
>into a problem with Linux, ask "Do I know how this is handled in
>Windows" before you start chasing your tail. Don't accept an answer
>like "I just run CD Creator." Rather, using that example, when you
>start trying to write to your CD-writer, ask "Do I know how CDs are
>written under Windows?", "Do I know the difference between CD-RW and
>CD-R writes?", "Do I know what is going happens when I answer that
>question at the end of CD-Creator where it asks me whether I want the
>CD-R closed or not?". If you can answer yes to these kinds of
>questions under Linux, it's a simple matter of finding the analog
>tools under Linux. If you can't, you need to read some about the
>actual process. This "fifth method" helps send you down the right
>road.
>
>Cheers --- Larry
>
> >
> > Look at me, I still don't know that much even after 2 years :-)
> >
> > Dan
>
>
