[Gllug] Newcomer

[Christopher Hunter]

On Friday 31 Oct 2003 12:35 pm, Chris Haynes wrote:
> > I agree that they both have their place, but I'd advise against buying
> > manuals until one knows enough to make an informed decision about which
> > manuals to buy.
>
> I would really like to buy a good Linux manual. I'm new to Linux but not
> computers, so I'd be looking for a manual that would be easy to read but
> without too much hand holding - I guess a manual that would be useful for a
> long time, rather than just a couple of weeks.
>
> Any ideas?

A book that I found to be very useful (and still refer to) is Petersen's 
"Linux - the Complete Reference", published by McGraw Hill.  I believe that 
it's now up to it's fifth edition.

Hope this helps.

Chris


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