[ltp] Comprehensive Linux Book to show me the ropes

[Frank Robers _ SOTL]

Hi Anthony

Wish there was such a book.

In reality I would settle for a small group of such books.

But! Alas there are just to many programs and to many different approache=
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of books or even a small library.

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store  yesterday or today will not exist tomorrow so if I referred you to=
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books you could not buy them as they are not in the book store any longer=
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know I check.

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no book store then cruze on line and pick out what you have interest in. =
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you don't read it for 6 months that is ok but buy it if you are so inclin=
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for most probable in 6 months it will not be in the bookstore.

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documentation that cones with a distribution, and working with the=20
documentation on line I prefer the documentation on line because it is fr=
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edges.

Frank

On Wednesday 19 February 2003 05:03, Anthony Gee wrote:
> I am dabbling in Linux with my new Thinkpad... and was wondering if the=
re
> are any recommendations on a book that will teach me all the ins and ou=
ts
> of Linux. I know there is a lot of information online, but a hardcopy o=
f
> something that could basically teach me all I need to know would be goo=
d to
> follow so I can have a reference to follow...  So far all I've done was
> install Red Hat 8.. one of the first things I would like to learn is ho=
w to
> install the driver for my integrated wireless (Intersil Prism 2.5) on m=
y
> T30.  Any suggestions out there?