On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Delbaere, Tim wrote:
>
> > Well, this Wednesday, I finally plucked up courage and installed Linux
> > onto my home PC. Nothing great for you guy's and gal's, but for a
> > total newbie to anything other than MS Windows, it was a big step.
>
> Welcome to the club :)
>
> > Biggest problem's I had were trying to get my graphics card to work
> > (Diamond Fire GL1000 Pro), and I could not get X Windows configure my
> > mouse. I had to get a new server for my graphics card, and had to
> > disable USB support in my PC Bios. All in all, quite a painless task,
> > and now I have a totally new OS to play around with.
>
> Congratulations.
>
> > Can anyone recommend some good book's for getting to grips with
> > Linux?, and are there any C.A.D. Programs that run under Linux?
>
> As far as CAD programs are concerned: there's Microstation, Arcad and some
> other free implementations. There are plenty of books available, I find it
> hard to recommend a certain one. Maybe you should start with "Linux for
> Dummies" (no pun intended) or "Running Linux". You should have a look at
> your local book store.
Usually, I find your advice very usable, unfortunately not this time.
I just borrowed Linux for Dummies at a local library, and I was apalled at
the errors and mistakes in the book. For instance in the description of
the ls command, they insist on option 1 (number one) instead of l (letter
L) for long format.
Even worse is, that they are probably not allowed to distribute the Linux
Cd accompanying the book... Yes, it sounds strange that they should not be
allowed, when all the rest of us are, but in their end user license
agreement at the end of the book, they specifically FORBID ANY COPYING and
REDISTRIBUTION of any material on the CD. And the GPL says that if you
accept the GPL, you must follow the rules therein. If you do not follow
those rules, you do not have any of the rights granted in the GPL.
The other book, Running Linux, however is useful.
Regards
Ole
>
> Bye,
> LenZ
>
>
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