Subject: Re: A good reference beginner Linux Book (Please ADVICE)
From: Brett Humphreys (bhumphre@cs.ohiou.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 24 2000 - 08:40:20 MST
I have Running Linux, and i think it is a great book. It is very helpful on
a wide variety of subjects.
-b
On Fri Nov 24, 2000 at 07:27:55AM -0800, Pablo Fernandez wrote:
> Thanks Iain,
>
> But what´s your personal opinion about "Running
> Linux"? have you read / check it?
>
> Thanks again
>
> Regards
>
> Pablo
>
>
> --- Iain Stevenson <iain@IainStevenson.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh, that life was that simple! Linux Complete isn't
> > that bad as far as it
> > goes. You will almost certainly end up with a long
> > bookshelf!
> >
> > Linux in a Nutshell isn't much more than a command
> > reference and I haven't
> > used it much - "man <topic>" is often as effective.
> >
> > You're probably well advised to adopt an incremental
> > purchasing strategy as
> > you progress with installation. I found I needed:
> >
> > - an XWindows reference - but I hesitate to
> > recommend the one I have
> > - the O'Reilly books on Bind/DNS, Samba and Sendmail
> > - a LDAP reference (but don't worry about this as a
> > beginner)
> >
> > For most other things (eg fetcmail, Apache, squid,
> > hylafax, diald) a
> > combination of the documentation shipping with them
> > and the mailing list
> > archives have been adequate.
> >
> > Iain
> >
> >
> >
> > on 24/11/00 1:10 pm, Pablo Fernandez at
> > spifflinux@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Linux users,
> > >
> > > I am wonderign which Linux Book could be the best
> > > choice for me? Since I have little experience with
> > > this new OS.
> > >
> > > I have been thinking in this options,
> > >
> > > * Running Linux
> > > * Linux in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly
> > Nutshell)
> > >
> > >
> > > I would like to hear comments and other options. I
> > > have recently bought Linux Complete from Sybex...
> > It
> > > lacks of many important information : (
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Pablo
> > >
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