Or just hang out at Barnes & Noble a while (and take notes!). ;)
--
-Eric 'shubes'
Ariel Gold wrote:
Spent money on books? I guess if you like to have them sitting on your
shelf.
No, I buy books too. But I mostly rely on the internet, and I love the
library. The library has plenty of good books on linux, from beginner to
more advanced.
2010/9/29 James Dugger <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Thanks Steve,
You know I was thinking back on the last 3 months and added up how
much money I have spent in books on Linux and I can say that I have
spent more money than a single user license upgrade to Windows 7
from Vista.
Has it been worth it? I would say now, absolutely. However there
have been a lot of very very frustrating nights were I almost
scrapped the whole thing and reverted back to M$. But I still no
very little and have many questions.
The biggest frustration is simply not knowing what I don't know
about what I need to know to ask the right question. The internet
is filled with step by step Linux configuration procedures that are
so narrowly focused with little or zero insight into WHAT and more
important WHY you are actually changing something. There is no
context and no back drop to the configuration and therefore nothing
is really learned. It just poses more questions.
I think there needs to be a series of presentations that answer "I
Just installed Linux ... What now?" Start with general concepts for
configuration such as:
What key configuration files control network interfacing with
hardware devices and present examples of how they interact.
An overview of the more prominent file servers that can be
installed? What are there strengths and weakness, how are they
typically used? what key configuration files in Linux are needed
how does the file server interact with there config files?
What are the different methods of file permissions, and how do they
work? What are the strengths and limitations of each method. What
are the basic config files that interact with permissions. Examples
of when and were to apply and use them.
These are just a start.
Computers are designed to be tools. They are a means to an end.
Usually that end is not spending all of your valuable time
fiddling with your operating system. Unfortunately in the desktop
realm M$ and Apple are King and they set the pace for zero to
configured and usable for the average novice to basic user.
Well all get down off my soapbox now and shut up. Thanks
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