[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Distro

[Lance Simmons]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 07:47:51PM -0600, Wayne Dahl wrote:
> 
> I have not gotten answers to all of my questions from the people on
> this list, but honestly, if anyone expects one resource to answer
> every possible question (and actually finds one that does...I WANT
> access to THAT resource!), then they're barking up the wrong tree.  

I've gotten helpful answers to pretty much every question I've ever
asked on this list.  But there have also been scores (maybe hundreds) of
times when I came _this_ close to sending a question to the list, but
instead kept reading the documentation (or a reference book), and
figured out the answer for myself.  That way, when I do ask a question
(I've asked some very stupid questions on this list), I can honestly say
I've tried to answer it first myself.

I can recommend two books for someone making the transition to unix from
Windows or Mac:

1.  _Think Unix_ by John Lasser (QUE, 2000).  An introduction to
unix-based operating systems.  It won't become dated, because it focuses
on fundamentals (unix concepts, shell concepts, X window system
concepts).  Has sample problems to solve.

2. _The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use_ by Michael
Stutz (2001, No Starch Press).  Hundreds of useful "recipes" for getting
ordinary things done with your GNU/Linux system.  It's limited to free
software, and is itself published under a free license.  If you run
Debian, you can install it: "apt-get install linuxcookbook".  For some
reason I still like to have the book in hand.

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