Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Monday 03 December 2007 03:47, Tony D'Souza wrote: >> Hi All: >> >> This mailing-list is pitched too high for me. Please >> point me to any resource for OpenSUSE 10.3 which is >> simpler to understand. (I do have elementary knowledge >> of UNIX.) I'm hoping to migrate from WinXP to OpenSUSE >> 100% once I'm confident enough. >> > > You are well ahead of me, if you already have a Unix background. > I don't think you are going to find a better forum than what's here. > Sometimes I'm snowed by what comes back, and there are some > (most) scripts that blow me away, but this is a good place to find help. > > It would help if you have a recent SuSE "Administration Guide." > I'm not sure if the latest versions come with manuals. The last one > I have is for 9.2. Unless you want to work in the "console" the various > Linux manuals that tell you how to use man pages, and so on, are > probably not going to be helpful, altho the "Linux Bible" does have some > useful stuff in it. If you are going to use SuSE, you need some kind of > info for YAST, etc., so I hope there are modern manuals. > I can just share 18-24 months experience with Linux in general, and with SuSE and now OpenSUSE. I started some years ago with the first Slackware CD's; it was so complicated that I shelved it then. In 2005 I started again, with SuSE 8.x, and it was achievable with a very heavy learning curve for a W2K and previous attempts of operating systems by Redmnd.
I have never looked back. The biggest help were these Mailing Lists. They may look foreboding at first, if you only know the MickSoft world, like it was for me who actually even got a MCP in1997. Once the OSS world and Unix type of OS's are understood, there is no alternative. A good start are the PDF books that come with the DVD (OpenSUSE). If you are prepared to buy the Novell boxed version - Novell SUSE Enterprise Desktop or SLED (same basis as OpenSUSE) - you get the printed books. For the beginner there used to be a users manual, and for the admin there was an administration manual as well. I read them, from first installation to presently working with cluster servers. The *O'Reilly *SuSE "Administration Guide" is the next step. You could also look at the Linux Bible for various distros. HTH :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
