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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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