Lionel Lecoq wrote: > > Problem with older books is that they cover unix "pure" most of the problems have to >do with X and > the GUI and are not covered.
But that's exactly the point. The true newbie is not in a position to even recognize the difference between a problem and their own misunderstanding. A true newbie needs to understand the fundamentals before she can reliably tell if she has a problem to solve. > Lionel > --- Ted Spradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maynard Brandsma wrote: > > > > > > There is a book by Henry McGilton and Rachel Morgan that does an excellent > > > job of covering the basics. Title is "Introducing the Unix System". > > > > Yeah, I remember that one. That would be a good start, if you can find > > it. With the dramatic rise in Linux in the last few years there should > > be a few similar *new* books, though. -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
