Re: [newbie] Books for Newbies?

2003-12-27 Thread Aaron
Think unix the linux cookbook rute Aaron Fig ('RL Cassidy') wrote: Hi, I've just started using Linux, Mandrake 9.2 I have 'Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye' on order from Wal-Mart.com for $22+change including SH. And I was wondering what would be a good reference/study book in addition to

Re: [newbie] Books for Newbies?

2003-12-26 Thread ronald
Op vrijdag 26 december 2003 03:04, schreef Fig ('RL Cassidy'): Does any one have any experience with these or any other good book? All opinions are welcome, I can't wait to totally get rid of M$. Thanks in advance for any/all assistance. hey Richard, have you looked at rute? (LINUX Rute

Re: [newbie] Books suggestion.

2002-07-06 Thread Filipe
Thanks Dennis M, Bill, Michael and Randy Kramer for your valuable suggestions about books and links for newbies. ( list is summarised below). Fortunatelly, we can count on this list. Best regards. Filipe Dutra [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===

Re: [newbie] Books suggestion.

2002-07-03 Thread Randy Kramer
This is a list of resources that I've found. http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LinuxResources I haven't tried all of them. Most recently, I refound the Mandrake 8.2 Reference Manual (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/doc/82/en/ref.html/foreword.html) and it looks like it's worth a read.

Re: [newbie] Books suggestion.

2002-07-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 09:22 pm, you wrote: Dear experts Could you give me a little help answering the add below ??? (It can interest others newbies) Linux home-user (not IT professional but above dummy in computer level), myself, that recently installed Mandrake 8.2 (2 cd's pack), with

Re: [newbie] Books suggestion.

2002-07-02 Thread Bill Davidson
On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 22:22:29 -0300 Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear experts Could you give me a little help answering the add below ??? (It can interest others newbies) Linux home-user (not IT professional but above dummy in computer level), myself, that recently installed

Re: [newbie] Books suggestion.

2002-07-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Wed, 03 Jul 2002 13:27, Dennis Myers wrote: On Tuesday 02 July 2002 09:22 pm, you wrote: Dear experts Could you give me a little help answering the add below ??? (It can interest others newbies) Linux home-user (not IT professional but above dummy in computer level), myself,

Re: [newbie] Books on Mandrake

2002-01-27 Thread Dan Butler
I favor www.booksonline.com . Go to their Computer and Information Science area. Dan B - Original Message - From: "Charles Muller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 5:42 AM Subject: [newbie] Books on Mandrake Dear Newbies, I am looking for a

Re: [newbie] Books?

2001-07-09 Thread Miark
Boliver, Check the Internet for Mandrake-specific books. Amazon.com and bn.com (Barnes Noble) are good places to look, and you're likely to find better prices than at your local bookstore (even local Barnes Noble stores!). Miark - Original Message - From: Boliver Allmon [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Books about Linux

2000-12-27 Thread Adrian Smith
any of the O'Reily books. specifically: Linux in a Nutshell (3rd edition look out, the bookstore i went to had 2nd 3rd edition mixed on the shelf) Running Linux both of those are good for the newbie the nutshell book will be useable for a long time as it covers all the command line commands

Re: [newbie] Books about Linux

2000-12-25 Thread Paul
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Pankaj Sethi wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, back focus wrote: I assume that you shall be adminitering it as well, for that I'll recommend Linux Adminsitration, A beginner's guide by Steve Shah It starts with the basic and explains everything without making many assumptions

Re: [newbie] Books about Linux

2000-12-25 Thread Mark Weaver
Craig, There is a ton of real good information right on the system and its written with the newbie in mind. Give it a shot and see if it's not what you're looking for. On Monday 25 December 2000 05:57, you wrote: Howdy folks. I figure that I'll be getting some gift certificates from the

Re: [newbie] Books about Linux

2000-12-24 Thread Pankaj Sethi
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, back focus wrote: I assume that you shall be adminitering it as well, for that I'll recommend Linux Adminsitration, A beginner's guide by Steve Shah It starts with the basic and explains everything without making many assumptions about the background except for one in

Re: [newbie] Books about Linux

2000-12-24 Thread Anthony
O'Reilly and associates has all kinds of great Linux related books. http://linux.oreilly.com/ back focus wrote: Could any suggest some good books to learn linux with? Regards, Anthony

Re: [newbie] Books

2000-04-19 Thread Mike Corbeil
Michael Holt wrote: On the contrary, I've used quite a few 'xxx for dummies' books, and they give you a great start on a topic in simple language (not everyone has a computer science degree). I do agree that O'Reilly books are great to. Personally, I like to go down to the local Barnes

Re: [newbie] Books

2000-04-19 Thread Michael Holt
Hey Mike, Lighten up a bit, eh? As far as having the money for books; no, I'm not rich and yes, I've also checked pretty good books out from my local library. Remember, there's usually more than just one path to any given point - what might seem the straight path to one person, may seem like

Re: [newbie] Books

2000-04-19 Thread Dreja Julag
that you have the proper card, etc. (That doesn't cost anything unless you lose it.) Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 20177604 - Original Message - From: "Michael Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Books

Re: [newbie] Books

2000-04-19 Thread Michael Holt
that you have the proper card, etc. (That doesn't cost anything unless you lose it.) Drew Jackman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 20177604 - Original Message - From: "Michael Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [new

Re: [newbie] Books

2000-04-18 Thread Mike Corbeil
Dreja Julag wrote: Can anyone direct me to any good books covering all areas of Linux, including networking, maintenence, troubleshooting, history, using, etc? This would be very helpful. I already have read Linux for Dummies. Howtos can end up being very dificult to read and there are very

Re: [newbie] Books

2000-04-18 Thread Michael Holt
On the contrary, I've used quite a few 'xxx for dummies' books, and they give you a great start on a topic in simple language (not everyone has a computer science degree). I do agree that O'Reilly books are great to. Personally, I like to go down to the local Barnes Noble (or equivalent) and

Re: [newbie] Books and stuff.

2000-02-04 Thread Audrey Beck
Also, check out mandrakeuser.org and linuxnewbie.org. They both have lots of information and walkthroughs to help you. Lance Borden wrote: Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Firstly thanks to all for your help and does anyone know of any good books on linux and the KDE. The ones I've got don't

Re: [newbie] Books and stuff.

2000-02-03 Thread Lance Borden
Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Firstly thanks to all for your help and does anyone know of any good books on linux and the KDE. The ones I've got don't seem to cover much and theres no user group in my area. Secondly I can't seem to download anything (icq) from the net, or rather I can but I keep

Re: [newbie] Books.

1999-12-22 Thread Seth Gibson
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, jeff wrote: posted for fear of being laughed at.. I don't think these people will do that. I know I have made a few simple posts, and all I received was allot of help. ah. . .you must have missed that whole Subj:[newbie]Kernel thing that just transpired. . .

Re: [newbie] Books..

1999-11-23 Thread Seth Gibson
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote: I really link the Nutshell book, I still need to read Running Linux, which I will over the holidays. Dunno if yer interested in technical theory of linux, but if so, check out The Linux Kernel Book as well as The Design of the UNIX Operating System. If yer

Re: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread Jackal
Boy ... u are going to get a lot mails with differing opinions with a mail like that ... Running Linux by Matt Welsh or Matt Walsh seems to be pretty popular. On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 07:18:05AM -0800, jeff wrote: Hello. Now that I have most of my little problems under control. I guess I

Re: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Jeff: Get "Using Linux" by Bill Ball. In my opinion, tt's one of the best all-around introduction to Linux. And reasonably priced ($30) Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

RE: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread Ken Wilson
] Subject: Re: [newbie] Books Dear Jeff: Get "Using Linux" by Bill Ball. In my opinion, tt's one of the best all-around introduction to Linux. And reasonably priced ($30) Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread WH Bouterse
"Linux in a Nutshell 2nd Edition" published by O'Reilly. It has a good overview of command line examples. Also the Macmillan Linux-Mandrake distributions have several E Books Which are several thousand pages of reading. William Bouterse Juneau, Alaska

Re: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread Mark Ramsey
I like "Using Linux Fourth Edition" by Jack Tackett, Jr. and Steven Burnett Published by QUE - Original Message - From: Ken Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 6:37 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Books Have to disagree with you here. 'U

Re: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread David
Mark Ramsey wrote: I like "Using Linux Fourth Edition" by Jack Tackett, Jr. and Steven Burnett Published by QUE just my 3 cents worth, I use O'Reilly's "Running Linux 3rd edition"-- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux3/ , and also Walnut Creeks " Linux The Complete Reference "--

Re: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread David
Mark Ramsey wrote: I like "Using Linux Fourth Edition" by Jack Tackett, Jr. and Steven Burnett Published by QUE just my 3 cents worth, I use O'Reilly's "Running Linux 3rd edition"-- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux3/ , and also Walnut Creeks " Linux The Complete Reference "--

Re: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread David
Mark Ramsey wrote: I like "Using Linux Fourth Edition" by Jack Tackett, Jr. and Steven Burnett Published by QUE just my 3 cents worth, I use O'Reilly's "Running Linux 3rd edition"-- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux3/ , and also Walnut Creeks " Linux The Complete Reference "--

RE: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: Have to disagree with you here. 'Using Linux' by Bill Ball has to be one of the most incomplete books I have read. It ranks right up there with any of the Sams learn anything in 24hrs/days books. I think one would be far better off to purchase a book like

RE: [newbie] Books

1999-11-12 Thread Tom E. Poturica
Of John Aldrich Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Books On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, you wrote: Have to disagree with you here. 'Using Linux' by Bill Ball has to be one of the most incomplete books I have read. It ranks right up there with any of the