From: Michael Scottaline <nbhs2@i-2000.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Good books for a linux newbie
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 07:44:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030302074420.58072a31.nbhs2@i-2000.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200303021741.45141.Adam@Luchjenbroers.com>
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 17:41:44 +0930
Adam Luchjenbroers <Adam@Luchjenbroers.com> insightfully noted:
>
> I have a friend who has started using Linux, and has found its stability and
>
>reliability quite impressive. His one complaint is that the OS is unfamiliar
>to him.
>
> I told him I'd post here asking about books that may be of assistance to
> him.
>He is running Mandrake 9, and just wants to use it for word-processing,
>email, music, etc (average desktop user). Games aren't a big issue, but it
>would be good to help him with them too.
>
> So, what books do you recommend?
==============================================
Running Linux by Welsh, Dalheimer, & Kaufman. It's an O'Reilly publication
and I believe it is now in its 4th edition.
Mike
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-02 12:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-02 8:11 Good books for a linux newbie Adam Luchjenbroers
2003-03-02 12:35 ` Brian P. Bilbrey
2003-03-02 12:44 ` Michael Scottaline [this message]
2003-03-03 4:04 ` Peter
2003-03-03 4:39 ` James Miller
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