This may help: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 22:57, John Hebert wrote: > Howdy, > > You may want to start with the RUTE Guide (http://rute.sf.net). As far as a > book or website that lists and defines the various acronyms, I don't know > of any. I recommend using Google: "man weirdacronym" example: "man devfs". > > There are _many_ Linux newbie oriented websites out there, just google for > "linux newbie" and see what ya find. > > Also, you may want to try installing Cygwin if you have a M$ Windows box at > home: http://www.cygwin.com. Cygwin is a port of Unix tools/apps to M$ > Windows. It includes the man pages and the info help system, which is a > good way to learn about various Unix/Linux commands and acronyms. > > Good luck! > John Hebert > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:02:33 EST, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Is there a book (or a website) somewhere that has all these acronyms? > > I'm a newbie to this stuff. > > > > It's confusing as hell when something is mentioned and some poor dummie > > like me wonders what you're talking about. > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > > >
