Subj : Re: Linux for a Beginner
To   : comp.os.linux
From : jmh
Date : Fri Jul 02 2004 07:36 pm

Ohmster wrote:
> Gerard Wassink <DontWant@SP_aM.nl> wrote in 
> news:tkn0e1v2h00i$.140j9l3ihd83k$.dlg@40tude.net:
> 
> 
>>That is: buy
>>yourself a good book (for example the latest edition of "Linux Unleashed"
>>by Tim Parker (ISBN of my copy is 0-672-31372-3), the third edition still
>>serves as my reference manual) and install your own.
> 
> 
> Linux Unleashed is a great book, I've been using it for years. Don't ever buy 
> one of those "Dummy" books!
> 
Another resource not to overlook--but also not neccessarily
for beginners, shows the steps but, to keep it simple,
doesn't fully explain them--is the Linux From Scratch
project. Look at both the LFS book and the BLFS, and
possibly the ALFS books--if interested in security
also look at the HLFS material (book might not be
available yet). I'm pretty sure you can get all of
them as PDF files and print what you need. Each will
provide steps on how to do things like installing
from source, patching, scripting and the like. Since
they are all step-by-step instructions intended
to teach the basics they can provide some great
material. It's just not what someone who's never
used linux or some other unix OS before want's to
start with.

jmh

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