Re: [newbie] Book recommendations?
On Friday 27 August 2004 16:15, Peter Davis wrote: > I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a book > on becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm supposed to > get everything I need from man pages, Google, or reading source code. > However, frankly, I don't have the patience for that anymore. I like > the orderly explanations that a good book can offer. Unfortunately, > I'm finding that my *n*x experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is > too far in the past, and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me > much. > > Thanks, > > -pd For a starting point 'urpmi rute' -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations?
On Friday 27 August 2004 06:39 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Friday 27 August 2004 23:15, Peter Davis wrote: > > I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a > > book on becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm > > supposed to get everything I need from man pages, Google, or > > reading source code. However, frankly, I don't have the patience > > for that anymore. I like the orderly explanations that a good > > book can offer. Unfortunately, I'm finding that my *n*x > > experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is too far in the past, > > and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me much. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -pd > > Running Linux by Matt Welsh et. al. - O'Reilly Books > Linux in a Nutshell by Ellen Siever et. al. - O'Reilly Books > Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer - Prentice Hall > > HTH > Kaj Haulrich. Peter: Yeah, like he said. But getting back to the command line, have you tried info? (Think man on steroids.) -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations?
> On Friday 27 August 2004 23:15, Peter Davis wrote: >> I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a >> book on becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm >> supposed to get everything I need from man pages, Google, or >> reading source code. However, frankly, I don't have the patience >> for that anymore. I like the orderly explanations that a good >> book can offer. Unfortunately, I'm finding that my *n*x >> experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is too far in the past, >> and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me much. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -pd > > Running Linux by Matt Welsh et. al. - O'Reilly Books > Linux in a Nutshell by Ellen Siever et. al. - O'Reilly Books > Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer - Prentice Hall > > HTH > Kaj Haulrich. I'm quite impressed with "Linux Administration Handbook" by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, et al. Its an excellent reference book. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations?
On Friday 27 August 2004 09:57 pm, Peter Davis wrote: > I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a book on > becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm supposed to get > everything I need from man pages, Google, or reading source code. > However, frankly, I don't have the patience for that anymore. I like > the orderly explanations that a good book can offer. Unfortunately, I'm > finding that my *n*x experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is too far > in the past, and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me much. > > Thanks, > > -pd Hello Peter, I have two they are: How Linux Works What Every Superuser Should Know By Brian Ward and Linux Power Tools By Roderick W. Smith Both I think are really good. bj Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Book recommendations?
I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a book on becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm supposed to get everything I need from man pages, Google, or reading source code. However, frankly, I don't have the patience for that anymore. I like the orderly explanations that a good book can offer. Unfortunately, I'm finding that my *n*x experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is too far in the past, and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me much. Thanks, -pd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations?
On Friday 27 August 2004 23:15, Peter Davis wrote: > I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a > book on becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm > supposed to get everything I need from man pages, Google, or > reading source code. However, frankly, I don't have the patience > for that anymore. I like the orderly explanations that a good > book can offer. Unfortunately, I'm finding that my *n*x > experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is too far in the past, > and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me much. > > Thanks, > > -pd Running Linux by Matt Welsh et. al. - O'Reilly Books Linux in a Nutshell by Ellen Siever et. al. - O'Reilly Books Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer - Prentice Hall HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Book recommendations?
I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a book on becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm supposed to get everything I need from man pages, Google, or reading source code. However, frankly, I don't have the patience for that anymore. I like the orderly explanations that a good book can offer. Unfortunately, I'm finding that my *n*x experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is too far in the past, and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me much. Thanks, -pd -- Peter Davis Funny stuff at http://www.pfdstudio.com The artwork formerly shown as prints List of resources for children's writers and illustrators at: http://www.pfdstudio.com/cwrl.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Santa just asked me what I want for Christmas. A Linux reference book, >of course. But which book? Dennis Myers has already recommended >O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell". Any other recommendations? - Linux Newbie Administrator Guide by: Stan and Peter Klimas http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/ - An Introduction to Linux Systems Administration 3rd Edition by: David Jones and Bruce Jamieson http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/85321/ or try searching at http://www.google.com/ - Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by: Paul Sheer http://rute.sourceforge.net/ - The Linux Cookbook by: Michael Stutz http://www.dsl.org/ - Securing and Optimizing Linux: Red Hat Edition Version 1.3 by: Gerhard Mourani http://www.linuxdoc.org/guides.html - Oreilly Open Book Projects http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/ HTH. Good luck! =) P.S. Can you point me to a complete URL where can I download a good book on Perl for free? Thanks in advance. __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations
also check out: "linux: the complete reference, 4th ed." by mcgraw hill. go to amazon, do a search for "linux" books and check out the users reviews... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations
Those books will help you run linux. Ive done some reading about the community. Check "The Cathedral and the Bazzare", "The Joy of Linux", Linus' Bio is great. "Hackers" by Steven Levy should come with every computer sold. rob On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:45:29 -0600 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 27 November 2001 17:07, you wrote: > > Santa just asked me what I want for Christmas. A Linux reference book, > > of course. But which book? Dennis Myers has already recommended > > O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell". Any other recommendations? > > > > Ho, ho, ho... > > Warren > Yea, one other one, O'Reilly's Running Linux, third addition. I use it > alot. Even understand some of it. Hohoho : ) > -- > Dennis M. > > msg82831/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations
On Tuesday 27 November 2001 17:07, you wrote: > Santa just asked me what I want for Christmas. A Linux reference book, > of course. But which book? Dennis Myers has already recommended > O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell". Any other recommendations? > > Ho, ho, ho... > Warren Yea, one other one, O'Reilly's Running Linux, third addition. I use it alot. Even understand some of it. Hohoho : ) -- Dennis M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations
On Tuesday 27 November 2001 05:07 pm, you wrote: > Santa just asked me what I want for Christmas. A Linux reference book, > of course. But which book? Dennis Myers has already recommended > O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell". Any other recommendations? Stuff along the lines of "Linux in a Nutshell" or references to other aspects of Linux? "Running Linux", also from O'Reilly, is also a good general reference for Linux. If you plan to do any networking the "Linux Network Administrators Guide" pretty much covers it all. Also from O'Reilly (also available for free at www.linuxdoc.org if you don't mind an electronic version). I've found, generally speaking, you can't go wrong with O'Reilly. Matt _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Book recommendations
Santa just asked me what I want for Christmas. A Linux reference book, of course. But which book? Dennis Myers has already recommended O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell". Any other recommendations? Ho, ho, ho... Warren -- http://www.srcopan.vze.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
