On Tuesday 08 May 2001 11:18 am, you wrote:
> > If you really want to learn Linux, buy a book like "Running Linux". Read
> > it while in front of your console, and experiment while you read.
> >
> > And you can always ask questions. ;-}
>
> Actually (Speaking from experience here) "Running Linux" is probably a
> book you DON'T want as a beginner. There are a lot of books out there on
> running GNU/Linux that are a lot less complicated than the O'Reilly books
> (those books make me feel like I already have to know something about
> the subject I'm learning. They serve much better as references than
> anything else). Not to advocate it, but this is when you wanna be
> running Red Hat - there are so many "total newbie" books for Red Hat out
> there that it's sickenning. I would actually recommend that you just go
> to the local bookstore of your choice (I recommend the Borders in south
> Tampa - their computer section is HUGE!) and grab a pile of books on
> GNU/Linux and just read a bit of each, to see which one you're most
> comfortable with. You might just end up grabbing "Linux For Dummies",
> which is a pretty OK book, in my bo... err, opinion. There's also "Sam's
> Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours" which, while I wouldn't personally
> recommend it, might be more to your linking. Truth be told, how good a
> book is depends on how much you want to know, how much you like reading
> and how much time you spend "hacking" at it. the answers to these are
> "not much", "not much", and "not much", then you might want to get one
> of the "Visual Guides" or "Teach yourself Red Hat Linux Visually"
> (They're big colorful books with lots of pictures and basic step by
> steps). If the answers are more like "a fair amount", "I'm willing to do
> it" and "I'll try to spend some time at it", then you might even want to
> consider the McGrw Hill "Complete Reference: Linux, Fourth Edition", or
> the "Norton's Guide to Linux", or pne that I found to be quite good
> published by IDG (the "Dummies" people) is "The Linux Bible", which is a
> bit dated, but most of the information is still good (save for some of
> the GUI stuff when it comes to KDE).
>
> Real, though, if you want to slush around in your system, trying to
> figure it out from a "programmer's point of view without actually having
> to be a programmer, then you really might want to try Coral Linux. It
> doesn't install much AT ALL, save for the OS, a couple of basic tools (a
> Windows Notepad and Calculator) and is so generally deplete of
> libraries that you'll find that you have no other choice but to simply
> learn stuff. And besides, you can probably upgrade Coral to Progeny,
> which is cool in it self. The install is TOTALLY painless, the box set
> comes with ins own boot floppy, and the GUI and tools look so much like
> Windows you'll be expecting blue screen. If you do wind up getting that
> distribution up, you'll probably want to take a look at the "Coral Linux OS
> Starter Kit, The Complete Guide" Which is a book put out by Coral, and
> it's actually EXTREMELY well written, EXTREMELY comprehensive and
> EXTREMELY useful.
>
> OK, I hope this helped. If not, then just go to your local book store
> and look at some books and figure out which you like best. Remember,
> most bookstores have a 14 day return policy, provided that you keep the
> book in sellable condition, keep the receipt, and don't open any
> software included, so you have a chance to try some of these at home
> yourself.
>
>
> Norb
>
Also, for most books nowdays the authors and/or publishers have published the
software on line. So check out the publishers for the examples for that
particular book.
Thank
Frank
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