doubt a blind person would be asking for printed books on Debian.
This seems to be going offtopic but...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
Blind person could ask books for Debian if they are written with
Braille, but they might be more rare than normal books about Debian.
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I doubt a blind person would be asking for printed books on Debian.
Blind person could ask books for Debian if they are written with
Braille, but they might be more rare than normal books about Debian.
My English is broken, but perhaps the term printed isn't valid for
braille. I suspect
On Wednesday 13 June 2012 16:01:26 Karen Lewellen wrote:
For example while I found a debian for beginners e-book from the free
technology academy, In Europe I think as the license references the
European Union, the zip format seemed unusual.
There's a Linux for beginners, which makes use of
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
I doubt a blind person would be asking for printed books on Debian.
Blind person could ask books for Debian if they are written with
Braille, but they might be more rare than normal books about Debian.
My
On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 18:55 -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is quite thorough:
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
There also is a beginners guide.
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 19:29 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 08:49:15AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 18:55 -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is quite thorough:
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
There also is a beginners guide.
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 19:29 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 06:43:28PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Agreed there are many reasons for speech computing, as unique and
individual as those who so choose...I imagine even a few who just
want to work faster, since the human brain can process verbally with
greater speed than visually.
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone
reading it aloud?
Humans aren't equal.
Even healthy ears differ a little bit. My better ear is the left ear,
but to understand the contend of a spoken text, e.g. at
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone
reading it aloud?
Perhaps not if you're blind
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On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:55 +0100, keith wrote:
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone
reading it aloud?
Perhaps not if you're blind
Braille reading? Blind people have issues to type and to read
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 19:55 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:55 +0100, keith wrote:
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone
reading it aloud?
Perhaps not if you're blind
books on Debian.
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On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 19:32 +0100, keith wrote:
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 19:55 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:55 +0100, keith wrote:
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone
.
this was the best i found.
Pretty handy for me to hand as a reference. Includes installs through to
configuring required services.
Cheers,
Nathan
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:18:57 +0200
From: a...@c2i.net
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: books on debian of a beginner nature
On 06/13/2012 05:01 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi folks,
Yes I know about the Linux Documentation project, and that there are
howtos that are a part of the system itself, and on line. these are not
the sort of books I mean however.
I am thinking of external ones, I have a scanner, books with
Or, if, like me, you prefer a Free (faif) format, I converted it to
.djvu and have it at http://tonybaldwin.me/books/debian-handbook.djvu
./tony
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 05:21:27PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
I don't know this, but it seems to be ok, so I bookmarked it sometime
ago, when it was announced on this list http://debian-handbook.info/ .
And I don't have the time to search for it now, but there are two
brilliant ebooks for
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 07:22:25PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Ponyland?
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 18:02 +0100, keith wrote:
Midnight Commander (MC) is your friend for file management editing.
Are you serious?
Why not?
MC is awesome.
.mp3
For musicians MP3 crap?
Indeed.
.flac or
Hi folks,
Yes I know about the Linux Documentation project, and that there are
howtos that are a part of the system itself, and on line.these are not the
sort of books I mean however.
I am thinking of external ones, I have a scanner, books with pages
smiles.
I just searched my local
Well, one out there is the Debian Administrator's Handbook publicly
available:
http://debian-handbook.info/
That covers things at an intro level.
Regards
/Lars
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I don't know this, but it seems to be ok, so I bookmarked it sometime
ago, when it was announced on this list http://debian-handbook.info/ .
And I don't have the time to search for it now, but there are two
brilliant ebooks for bash on English. I still know who recommended those
books and will
[QUOTE]I am thinking of external ones, I have a scanner, books with
pages
smiles.
I just searched my local library for example, and found a debian bible
3
x circle 2005...too dated?
Other authors / titles I might find?[/QUOTE]
The Debian Administrators Handbook
The Debian System
How Linux Works
Ponyland?
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 18:02 +0100, keith wrote:
Midnight Commander (MC) is your friend for file management editing.
Are you serious?
.mp3
For musicians MP3 crap?
Mutt is the usual email program, or (e)pine.
Usual MUA for whom? I won't recommend anything else, even while I'm
Thank you Gustin (Bcc) :)
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To: Ralf Mardorf
Subject: Re: ebooks
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:19:21 -0600
Not Debian specific at all. Anyone writing scripts is likely to already
know about these.
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 19:22 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Ponyland?
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 18:02 +0100, keith wrote:
Midnight Commander (MC) is your friend for file management editing.
Are you serious?
.mp3
For musicians MP3 crap?
Mutt is the usual email program, or (e)pine.
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:01:26 -0400 (EDT), Karen wrote in message
pine.bsf.4.64.1206131047400.36...@server1.shellworld.net:
..newbie-doc online:
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/newbiedoc/
..newbie-doc deep in the woods:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:22:25 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 18:02 +0100, keith wrote:
Midnight Commander (MC) is your friend for file management
editing.
Are you serious?
Why not? I use it on (GUI-less) servers and also when I need a file
ahem,
I think I said, but it may have been lost in the mayhem of ideas.
1. I seek a single book, one that can either be read in the standard
fashion, it has pages, or b, exists as a single file that can be read
entirely off line...think of say a word processor like wordperfect, or a
plain
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 22:27 +0100, Joe wrote:
Why not? I use it on (GUI-less) servers and also when I need a file
manager/editor working as root on my GUI workstation. Admin work rarely
needs a heavyweight editor, and it's easier to avoid mistakes if I
associate the sparse mc screen with root
will speak to what of this I can.
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, Joe wrote:
.mp3
For musicians MP3 crap?
We are aware you have serious musical needs, but most of us don't. For
background listening while working, just about any player will do. You
need to be paying close attention to music, with
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 18:43 -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Personally? I think I am allergic to poor mp3 quality! I am a professional,
and I will avoid mp3s whenever possible. they exist for moving files in
my book not as a substitution for real sound. When I file for national or
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:32:54 -0400 (EDT), Karen wrote in message
pine.bsf.4.64.1206131724530.50...@server1.shellworld.net:
ahem,
I think I said, but it may have been lost in the mayhem of ideas.
1. I seek a single book, one that can either be read in the standard
fashion, it has pages, or
Hi,
here mare some free Linux/Unix books, Debian, Vi editor, bash, etc...
http://dobosevic.com/Vijesti_i_Novosti/2009/04/besplatne-linux-i-unix-knjige/
Bye,
Goran Dobosevic
Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com
English: www.dobosevic.com/en/
Charlie Dorff wrote:
Hi,
I am new to debian and wanted
also sprach Michael M. Moore mich...@writemoore.net [2009.05.17.0010 +0200]:
Excellent book, even though it is slightly dated I am still learning
things from it.
I am expecting to begin work on a new version soon. Unfortunately,
time is a rarity and I cannot provide you with any estimates yet.
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 10:15 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Charlie Dorff wrote:
Hi,
I am new to debian and wanted to know if someone could recommend some good
documentation or books about how to use debian. Thanks. Charlie
I found The Debian System, by Martin Krafft, a good
Charlie Dorff wrote:
Hi,
I am new to debian and wanted to know if someone could recommend some good
documentation or books about how to use debian. Thanks. Charlie
It's not specific to Debian but it's a great intro to linux and if you get
through it you're read for the more advanced
Charlie Dorff wrote:
Hi,
I am new to debian and wanted to know if someone could recommend some good
documentation or books about how to use debian. Thanks. Charlie
I found The Debian System, by Martin Krafft, a good overview of the
unique aspects of Debian - the book to read AFTER
Hi,
I am new to debian and wanted to know if someone could recommend some good
documentation or books about how to use debian. Thanks.
Charlie
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Charlie Dorff cy41...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I am new to debian and wanted to know if someone could recommend some good
documentation or books about how to use debian. Thanks.
Charlie
The best documentation/support that you could find is in:
In 985593.51811...@web110307.mail.gq1.yahoo.com, Charlie Dorff wrote:
I am new to debian and wanted to know if someone could recommend some good
documentation or books about how to use debian.
I don't how you missed it:
http://www.debian.org/doc/
and
http://www.debian.org/doc/books
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On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 02:12, dircha wrote:
Fernando Cardenas wrote:
I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian?
Thanks.
Have you checked the Debian Documentation page [1] yet?
There are very few Debian-specific books - and I know of none more
useful than what
On (28/05/04 10:15), Iain Mac Donald wrote:
On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 02:12, dircha wrote:
Fernando Cardenas wrote:
I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian?
Thanks.
Have you checked the Debian Documentation page [1] yet?
There are very few Debian-specific
on Thu, May 27, 2004 at 08:12:11PM -0500, dircha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Fernando Cardenas wrote:
I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian?
Thanks.
Have you checked the Debian Documentation page [1] yet?
There are very few Debian-specific books - and I know
On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 02:12, dircha wrote:
Fernando Cardenas wrote:
I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian?
Thanks.
Unix Power tools is always a great reference as well - 3rd edition !
Linux Server Hacks as well...
These are not Intro books but great
Hi Fernando
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 22:41, Fernando Cardenas wrote:
I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian?
[ ... ]
http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/
You'll find there a book on Debian, too. From 1999, might be dated ...
don't know ..
I have here
Unix Primer Plus
I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian?
Thanks.
Fernando Cárdenas
Universal Systems, Inc.
1356 East 3300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84106
Phone (801)484-9151
Fax (801)467-8020
www.usicomputer.com
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Fernando Cardenas wrote:
I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian?
Thanks.
Have you checked the Debian Documentation page [1] yet?
There are very few Debian-specific books - and I know of none more
useful than what is already available electronically.
Look in /usr/share
Katipo wrote:
Hello Mike,
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:52:29 -0800
Mike Fedyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have a friend who is looking for a hard copy book to debian Linux.
Can anyone point me to some good ones?
Thanks
A thread has just ended to this effect within the last couple of days.
You
Hi,
I have a friend who is looking for a hard copy book to debian Linux.
Can anyone point me to some good ones?
Thanks
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Mike Fedyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have a friend who is looking for a hard copy book to debian Linux.
Can anyone point me to some good ones?
Thanks
A thread has just ended to this effect within the last couple of days.
You will
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 11:52 pm, Mike Fedyk wrote:
I have a friend who is looking for a hard copy book to debian Linux.
Can anyone point me to some good ones?
This was discussed not too long ago:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/debian-user-200402/msg01340.html
Adam
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Hi,
I have a friend who is looking for a hard copy book to debian Linux.
Can anyone point me to some good ones?
Thanks
This was discussed in a lot of detail a couple days ago. Take a look
through the mailing list archives
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Katipo wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:11:00 -0500
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Over a year ago I tried to install Debian, but did have the
time to play with the installation. I'm thinking of giving it
another try and was wondering if there are any current
books on the installation
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:29:06 -0500
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[snip]
. . . I've never seen Linux Administration Handbook
recommended . . . .
Well, the book _is_ big, pricey, intimidating.
But in Nemeth `big' means a _lot_ of useful information. You don't
have to pay full
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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:29:06 -0500
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[snip]
. . . I've never seen Linux Administration Handbook
recommended . . . .
Well, the book _is_ big, pricey, intimidating.
But in Nemeth `big' means a _lot_ of
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Hi,
Over a year ago I tried to install Debian, but did have the
time to play with the installation. I'm thinking of giving it
another try and was wondering if there are any current
books on the installation procedure.
TIA.
Wayne
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very readable and both are a tremendous aid in setting up a new system.
You can find more recommendation from the list by looking on the news
server
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TIA.
Wayne
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Debian
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:34:08PM -0800, Gene wrote:
New to debian, more of freebsd and other OS users (except MS, although
not by choice at work), anyways, any good reading on using debian that
anybody could recommend...
O'Reilly has a book on Debian, though it's on an older version of
Howdy,
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:34:08PM -0800, Gene wrote:
New to debian, more of freebsd and other OS users (except MS, although
not by choice at work), anyways, any good reading on using debian that
anybody could recommend...
O'Reilly
New to debian, more of freebsd and other OS users (except MS, although
not by choice at work), anyways, any good reading on using debian that
anybody could recommend...
I am just finishing up Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed.
Great book. I highly recommend it. $7 used off Amazon.
Worth every
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 09:06:09AM -0900, Andy wrote:
New to debian, more of freebsd and other OS users (except MS, although
not by choice at work), anyways, any good reading on using debian that
anybody could recommend...
I am just finishing up Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed.
Great
New to debian, more of freebsd and other OS users (except MS, although
not by choice at work), anyways, any good reading on using debian that
anybody could recommend...
TIA
gene
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not by choice at work), anyways, any good reading on using debian that
anybody could recommend...
Please look http://www.debian.org/doc
If you ask me, Install Manual
When I, an linux and unix novice, find that commands I am entering are not
yielding the results I expect how do I know if this failure is caused by a
program bug, an error in the book or man page, my error or something else?
For example on page 104 of Learning the Bash Shell O'reilly there is the
On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 01:07:44PM -0400, Thomas J. Malloy wrote:
When I, an linux and unix novice, find that commands I am entering are not
yielding the results I expect how do I know if this failure is caused by a
program bug, an error in the book or man page, my error or something else?
For
And as long as I am here, I have noticed that the escape charactor in
kermit does not work ^\. Neither does there seem to be anyway to exit
dosemu other than killing the process.
Kermit is full of bugs, and hamm does not have a current version.
Kermit is easy to download, compile and
On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 02:05:21PM -0500, Pete Harlan wrote:
Kermit is full of bugs, and hamm does not have a current version.
Kermit is easy to download, compile and install, and works well.
Ctrl-\ is the escape character, but you have to follow it with another
character to cause anything
this book. The syntax and
representations are pretty well thought out and I don't get lost in the terms.
Are there ANY books that have debian distribs with them?
Why does it seem that sometimes Debian is like the annoying brother to RH and
SW? It doesn't get a lot of outward promotion and seems
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], T-SNAKE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to buy another book to be sort of a guide, when I don't have time to
wait on a list answer or for good nighttime reading. ALL the book I saw,
though, all come with RH or Slackware distribs. Are these CDs usefull to a
debian
Almost sorta supprised that noone has mentioned the DBP (Debian Book
Project) that I had started a few months back. URL is in sig.
Mainly I started it for 2 main reasons, which are:
1) Publicity - I have seen about 12 books on linux (have 4 of them) they
cover SlackWare and RedHat, well the
David Wright wrote:
Two problem(s) with a book: (a) you're really only buying a few pages of
Debian-specific stuff which (b) is almost out-of-date before it's
published. I'd far rather have just a good annotated bibliography of all
the Debianised documentation. As I think I've said before,
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, H.C.Lai wrote:
David Wright wrote:
Two problem(s) with a book: (a) you're really only buying a few pages of
Debian-specific stuff which (b) is almost out-of-date before it's
published. I'd far rather have just a good annotated bibliography of all
the Debianised
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, H.C.Lai wrote:
My point is, having Debain's book on the shelves of bookshops raises the
visibility of Debain and may actually encourage people to choose it over
other distributions.
Very true. I had heard about linux for some time before first trying
it somewhere back
Paul Wade wrote:
I also agree. Only a few pages of hardcopy are needed. Consider the
candidate for a thick 'Complete Debian' type of book:
1) His hardware is too strange to get base and a few things installed.
2) He has no way to browse a CD.
3) He has no way to view web pages.
4) He
W Paul Mills wrote:
My start with Debian came about 6 months ago. I found dselect and
the rest of the packaging system confusing. Frustrating at that time
was man pages that said they were not up to date - read the docs.
The doc files also said they were not up to date - read the man pages.
I wonder if the Debian team has any plan of publishing a book
on how to install/use/administer a Debian system ?? I suspect
people who are new to Linux and haven't decided which distribution to
install may find the idea of a reference book very reassuring. Who
knows, this may turn out to be the
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, H.C.Lai wrote:
I know some people would say one doesn't need a book cause there
are all those guides that come with the distribution. But for people
who are new to Linux or who are reponsible for setting up and
maintaining a network of Linux boxes, a complete reference
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