[Gllug] Linux books

[Peter Childs]

2008/11/28 Chris Bell <chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk>:
> On Fri 28 Nov, Elliot Moore wrote:
>> An elderly friend of mine wishes to learn a bit more about his media
>> server (Debian Linux) he has at home.
>> I think he wants to build a new machine to replace the old one and
>> learn a but more in his new found spare time.
>> So, since he has a Debian box already, I thought Ubuntu would be a
>> good sidestep, and this looks like a reasonable book: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Ubuntu-Book-Benjamin-Mako/dp/0132435942
>>
>> Other more generic books I had in mind were: The Linux Administration
>> Handbook & Linux in a Nutshell.
>>
>> I was wondering if any GLLUGers can recommend a decent starters book
>> for linux that provides a understandable guide for install and
>> operation?
>> I'm not to bothered about the flavour, suse or fedora will do if you
>> know of a worthwhile accompanying book.
>>
>> e.
>
>   In my opinion, if he is already using Debian then continue with it. I
> suggest he installs the soon-to-be-released Lenny rather than Etch. It is
> easy to install, they share virtually the same installer. Ubuntu has been
> well publicised, but may not be as well tested.
>
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I'm thinking he may want something a bit more specialist, to what he
is actually doing with the Media Server,

I've got a Media Server that runs MythTV but unfortinally Myth I can't
get Myth to cope with my music collection and I can't really see the
screen as its only connected to a TV. So I would like a book on
getting the Myth Media Server running better (if I was getting a book
that on it that is)

So you may want to look at what its actually used for.

Peter
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