Hi, Welcome to the open source world.
> 1) I have heard there are no viruses in linux. Is that ture ? Yes. There is no virus in linux. It has such a great filesystem and permission settings so that no human or script can do nasty things where they dont have any permission. read here. http://linux.com/news/software/applications/8261-note-to-new-linux-users-no-antivirus-needed > 2) Is there a site where I can visit daily to get some basic news and > updates about linux. There are a lot of sites available. 1. fsdaily.com 2. linuxtoday.com 3. lxer.com 4. linux.slashdot.org > 3) Kindly suggest a book which can teach me about basic as well as > advance linux shell scripting so that I can be good at this os. you can get some neat guides in tldp.org Got basics. http://www.linuxtraining.co.uk/download/new_linux_course_modules.pdf We are heppy to help you. wishes. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
