jsm, I am also in the "newbie newbie" category, just trying to learn enough to install linux and run some basic programs from it. I've used shell-based programs to negotiate the Internet (pine, nn, ftp, telnet, etc.), but don't have a clear idea of how to install linux in this 350 Mhz P2 Win98 machine. Can someone recommend some really basic books? Thanks, SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, jsm wrote: > I think that " lessons " would be great for this list . After all it is a > newbie list . And I don't really understand half of what I read on this list > anyhow . Is there a " new newbie " list somewhere ? Am I really this far behind > the rest of the class ? > > jsm > > BTW...it seems like many of the books that I've seen take for granted that you > have more knowledge about Linux than I have . And I'm not new to computers ( > just Linux ) . I'm the one that everyone in my family calls when they have > problems with there Windows systems ! > > > > > > > Ripcrd6 wrote: > > > > > > >Hmmm. Glad it helped. Maybe we should do some quickie Unix-command-line > > >intro lessons online. QUESTION: should it be on this list, or would it be > > >better to start a new, separate maillist? Or should we just try a few easy > > >lessons, and see how it goes, with the option to move elsewhere later? > > > > > >What say, everyone? > > > > > > > > >best wishes, > > > > > >richard myers > > > > Oh, please do. I feel like I'm in remedial school anyway. Damn, there > > should have been basic *nix classes required for every major at my Univ. > > They just told us how to do the bare minimum in the computer lab. I guess > > they didn't want us to be dangerous. > > Brian > >
