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George Prowse
cokehabit at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 17:13:43 BST 2007
rich-ayres at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am a linux user (Ubuntu) of some three years standing who now feels
> that he would like to know more about what's under the bonnet. Can
> anyone recommend a book that will lead me gently through the processes
> involved at boot up explaining the function of the various folder
> contents. Although Man pages are usually quite comprehensive they
> usually assume knowledge I do not have and I frequently find myself in
> a cart before the horse situation. I have to own to being 60 next year
> and my computing experience was MS/DOS on isolated machines, so while
> the command line holds no fears, networking is a mystery. Incidently it
> would be nice to here from any linux users from around here Ashford
> area with a bit of time to devote to an old dog trying hard to learn
> new tricks
> Richard
>
>
Personally I like the "For Dummies" books when it comes to learning
something new but they may be too basic for you. Have a good look at them.
I think LFS is a good way if you want to know about internals.
George
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