On Thursday 13 December 2001 18:28, you wrote: I have good experiences with books from either SAM's or O'Reilly's. I believe they have starting guides and the likes on linux. Perhaps he could get one of those. Also I believe there's a beginners HOWTO or getting started or something like that... Personally I just started reading HOWTO's n stuff on my slackware when I begun, which is not the easiest way but it surely was effective. Then again... I already had a lot of windows background and was already familiar with a lot of terms and just needed to see how they where implemented on linux/unix.
bwah... i'll have look at the ldp.... found these, if you read all of these you should be off to a nice start The DOS/Windows Users that switch to linux HOWTO (must read for him/her probably) http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html XFree86 HOWTO!!!! You might wanna read this :-) http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/index.html Xwindow User HOWTO http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO.html Installation howto (might prove very useful for you) http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO/index.html distro howto http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/Distributions-HOWTO/index.html NET Howto (cover networking base) http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/index.html the config howto to configure several packages to tune the system http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/Config-HOWTO/index.html regards ps there are loads of more howto's if you get through these. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [...] Here are my questions: > > 1) How do I login as the super user (root) to run the installer > > script? 2)How do I run the installer script? Thanks much. > > Umm, if your questions are as basic as this, perhaps you're not ready to > embark on such a major reconfiguration of your system as changing your > X11 version. > > I'd never heard of Libranet Linux, but I found their web site and they > claim to be easy to install and pre-configured for beginners. Before > you try to change the system too much, you need to invest a little time > and effort in learning Linux (or Unix, it's close) fundamentals, like > user accounts and permissions, how the file system is organized, the > shell and how it's used, what a process is, stuff like that. > > I've been using this stuff so many years I really don't know of any good > resources for beginners. Can someone else on the list suggest books or > web resources for beginners to get a quick start on fundamental > Linux/Unix concepts? And BTW, I'd like to find something similar for > people who are new to Windows 2K or NT. There are always lots and lots > of details, but it's hard to find concise information about fundamental > concepts that's organized for intelligent beginners. > > > -Wakan Tanka - "Great Mystery" for indigenous Americans _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
