From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mike Subject: Re: Linux for Dummies? Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:45:12 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40035BB8.7020404@kevino.org> References: <40034516.7090104@kevino.org> <40035324.50802@vcss.k12.ca.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <40035324.50802@vcss.k12.ca.us> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Dave & Kim Howe wrote: > Thanks Mike. I'll look into the Nutshell book. > > Dave > > mike wrote: > >> Dave wrote: >> >>> Is there a good book out there to get me started with Linux? >>> Something like Linux for Dummies? I'm an old DOS and Windows guy and >>> I need to learn the basics. Even all the terminology is new. I'be >>> been reading the manual that came with SuSE 9.0 and the Net and the >>> Newsgroups, but I feel like I'm trying to piece it all together in >>> the dark. >>> >>> Any suggestions would be appreciated. >>> >> I can suggest LINUX IN A NUTSHELL by O'reilly. I have the 4th edition >> and it's a great reference for me in book form. >> The online howto's are a help, also man and info pages but >> sometimes a little tough to understand for us newbies. >> Sorry about that Dave I meant to send the reply to the list. I think I click too fast :-) -- Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs