[Gllug] Newcomer

[North London John]

On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 03:34  pm, Sean Tohill wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Chris Haynes wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> the linux cookbook. you can buy it or download it. if you download it 
> you
> can skim the contents and print the bits you want. then buy a 
> specialist
> manual later.
>

Very good advice - wish I'd had it before making too many mistakes in 
bookshops! Even if you want a hard copy, it's worth browsing around 
online to get tasters and an idea of what you want.

I suggest RUTE, more as reference material than a how-to. Available 
both as download and trad book.

URLS:
cookbook - http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/
rute - http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz

John



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