Subj : Re: Thinking about Linux
To   : comp.os.linux
From : TopDog
Date : Wed Jul 21 2004 08:48 am


When I first started using linux (-not to long ago...-), I started with
Mandrake 9.1, and the first thing I did after installing it, was to buy
a book. I bought the -Ultimate Guide to Mandrake Linux-  from
MandrakeSoft themselves... 

It came with FedEx 5 days later.

That was very usefull for me as a total n00b. The book was about 500
pages big, the first 250 was about the GUI, the applications that came
with and how to configure stuff through Mandrake Control Center. Most
of this I could have (and did) figured out myself.

The next 250 pages was about how linux is buildt up, filestructure,
console commands, expressions, etc. etc. This part has proven to be
VERY usefull, I still use this part of the book to look up stuff.

So I would recommend going with one of the big distro's (SuSE, Mandrake
or Fedora). All of these can be downloaded for free. Then buy a book
dedicated to that distro. If you go to a bookstore, pick a book you
find intuitive, I know there is several books covering Fedora, if you
go with Mandrake, the book I talked about is good, and not to expencive
to get, even if you don't live in France ;p


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