Re: [newbie] Linux book in normal english
At 09:28 PM 11/3/2002 -0600, you wrote: A friend and I have been discussing linux in general and Mandrake in particular. below is part of a email that I received from him. Can anyone suggest some good reading material for this guy? Thanks all Marc Personaly I have always found that working with it while I am learning works best for me . On computers and about anything elese for that matter. But maybe that is just me I seem to learn in kinda a different way than most people. That's usually true for me to, but in this case, don't want to upset my applecart with regarding the things I use everyday... If I had a third computer to play and learn on, that'd be different. And remember learning enough to run my own is not enough, I want to be able to work on others as well. So a lot of playing and futzing is required. And I'm the kinda guy thats gotta have a gestalt. I need to build a construct in my head of how this thing works and where all the switches and buttons are just like I have with Winblows. Right now, I'm just learning the terminology. And the tutuorials I'm finding so far are all geek speek. They use one set of technical terms to explain another... it's a circle. Practical Linux, Mark G. Sobell good book tho i found parts of it useless... most of it helped me learn as your friend does. --- Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux book in normal english
At 05:58 AM 11/4/2002 +0200, you wrote: A friend and I have been discussing linux in general and Mandrake in particular. below is part of a email that I received from him. Can anyone suggest some good reading material for this guy? Thanks all Marc Downloadable books for free: http://maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html --- Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux book in normal english
On Monday 04 November 2002 04:28, Marc wrote: A friend and I have been discussing linux in general and Mandrake in particular. below is part of a email that I received from him. Can anyone suggest some good reading material for this guy? Thanks all Marc Personaly I have always found that working with it while I am learning works best for me . On computers and about anything elese for that matter. But maybe that is just me I seem to learn in kinda a different way than most people. That's usually true for me to, but in this case, don't want to upset my applecart with regarding the things I use everyday... If I had a third computer to play and learn on, that'd be different. And remember learning enough to run my own is not enough, I want to be able to work on others as well. So a lot of playing and futzing is required. And I'm the kinda guy thats gotta have a gestalt. I need to build a construct in my head of how this thing works and where all the switches and buttons are just like I have with Winblows. Right now, I'm just learning the terminology. And the tutuorials I'm finding so far are all geek speek. They use one set of technical terms to explain another... it's a circle. The way I read it (tween the lines) your friend wants a book on the gui and how it works. find something on KDE (or gnome), not linux in particular for him and he'll be happy. It'll be familiar enough methinks, to get him acquainted:o) the 'geeck' (commandline) will come in good time. Good luck, Harm. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux book in normal english
hi I found the other book. rute it is called. http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz I still think that the best starting place is think unix. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Marc Sent: ?a 04 ?aaiao 2002 5:28? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Linux book in normal english A friend and I have been discussing linux in general and Mandrake in particular. below is part of a email that I received from him. Can anyone suggest some good reading material for this guy? Thanks all Marc Personaly I have always found that working with it while I am learning works best for me . On computers and about anything elese for that matter. But maybe that is just me I seem to learn in kinda a different way than most people. That's usually true for me to, but in this case, don't want to upset my applecart with regarding the things I use everyday... If I had a third computer to play and learn on, that'd be different. And remember learning enough to run my own is not enough, I want to be able to work on others as well. So a lot of playing and futzing is required. And I'm the kinda guy thats gotta have a gestalt. I need to build a construct in my head of how this thing works and where all the switches and buttons are just like I have with Winblows. Right now, I'm just learning the terminology. And the tutuorials I'm finding so far are all geek speek. They use one set of technical terms to explain another... it's a circle. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux book in normal english
I went to this web site, and it knocked me on my ass with laughter. Go to http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book with Konqueror or Mozilla and see what IE [l]users see. This may be nothing new to most of you, but it was to me. Miark On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:53:16 +0200 Aaron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi I found the other book. rute it is called. http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz I still think that the best starting place is think unix. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Marc Sent: ?a 04 ?aaiao 2002 5:28? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Linux book in normal english A friend and I have been discussing linux in general and Mandrake in particular. below is part of a email that I received from him. Can anyone suggest some good reading material for this guy? Thanks all Marc Personaly I have always found that working with it while I am learning works best for me . On computers and about anything elese for that matter. But maybe that is just me I seem to learn in kinda a different way than most people. That's usually true for me to, but in this case, don't want to upset my applecart with regarding the things I use everyday... If I had a third computer to play and learn on, that'd be different. And remember learning enough to run my own is not enough, I want to be able to work on others as well. So a lot of playing and futzing is required. And I'm the kinda guy thats gotta have a gestalt. I need to build a construct in my head of how this thing works and where all the switches and buttons are just like I have with Winblows. Right now, I'm just learning the terminology. And the tutuorials I'm finding so far are all geek speek. They use one set of technical terms to explain another... it's a circle. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux book in normal english
On Tuesday 05 Nov 2002 5:57 am, Miark wrote: I went to this web site, and it knocked me on my ass with laughter. Go to http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book with Konqueror or Mozilla and see what IE [l]users see. This may be nothing new to most of you, but it was to me. Miark ROFLMAO! ...'bout time... -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux book in normal english
A friend and I have been discussing linux in general and Mandrake in particular. below is part of a email that I received from him. Can anyone suggest some good reading material for this guy? Thanks all Marc Personaly I have always found that working with it while I am learning works best for me . On computers and about anything elese for that matter. But maybe that is just me I seem to learn in kinda a different way than most people. That's usually true for me to, but in this case, don't want to upset my applecart with regarding the things I use everyday... If I had a third computer to play and learn on, that'd be different. And remember learning enough to run my own is not enough, I want to be able to work on others as well. So a lot of playing and futzing is required. And I'm the kinda guy thats gotta have a gestalt. I need to build a construct in my head of how this thing works and where all the switches and buttons are just like I have with Winblows. Right now, I'm just learning the terminology. And the tutuorials I'm finding so far are all geek speek. They use one set of technical terms to explain another... it's a circle. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
