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Flushed with my success earlier today (thank-you folks) I think I'll try a bit harder to get into this Linux malarkey. So - do you have any recommendations for a good not-quite-eedjit book for introducing a moderately expert Windows user to SuSE? My background is engineering and programming rather than networks. However I have built a number of PCs and networks and am (touch wood) not too bad at the hard techy stuff. It seems to me that there's a different mindset that Windows folks needs to be learn to get around a Linux box? Any book recommendations then? Ta Steve (PS I like books cos I can read them on a train). -- --- Dr Steve Logan, engineering software t: 01764-650085 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.bigsmoke.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
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On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 04:50:37PM +0100, Steve Logan wrote: Flushed with my success earlier today (thank-you folks) I think I'll try a bit harder to get into this Linux malarkey. So - do you have any recommendations for a good not-quite-eedjit book for introducing a moderately expert Windows user to SuSE? My background is engineering and programming rather than networks. However I have built a number of PCs and networks and am (touch wood) not too bad at the hard techy stuff. It seems to me that there's a different mindset that Windows folks needs to be learn to get around a Linux box? Any book recommendations then? If you haven't bought the box-set of SuSE pro, then consider getting it. It comes with two very good manuals (100's of pages) which do a very good job of introducing Linux, SuSE and a lot of the tools. I'd hold off getting it for a little while though as SuSE 10 should be out soon-ish. It's only about 45 or 50 quid as I remember, and you get the manuals, some installation support, DVD CD Install media etc. Billy. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
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Print off the Documentation from the Open Suse site - http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Documentation On 05/09/05, Billy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 04:50:37PM +0100, Steve Logan wrote: Flushed with my success earlier today (thank-you folks) I think I'll try a bit harder to get into this Linux malarkey. So - do you have any recommendations for a good not-quite-eedjit book for introducing a moderately expert Windows user to SuSE? My background is engineering and programming rather than networks. However I have built a number of PCs and networks and am (touch wood) not too bad at the hard techy stuff. It seems to me that there's a different mindset that Windows folks needs to be learn to get around a Linux box? Any book recommendations then? If you haven't bought the box-set of SuSE pro, then consider getting it. It comes with two very good manuals (100's of pages) which do a very good job of introducing Linux, SuSE and a lot of the tools. I'd hold off getting it for a little while though as SuSE 10 should be out soon-ish. It's only about 45 or 50 quid as I remember, and you get the manuals, some installation support, DVD CD Install media etc. Billy. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- MrLithic.blogspot.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
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On Monday 05 Sep 2005 16:50, Steve Logan wrote: Flushed with my success earlier today (thank-you folks) I think I'll try a bit harder to get into this Linux malarkey. So - do you have any recommendations for a good not-quite-eedjit book for introducing a moderately expert Windows user to SuSE? My background is engineering and programming rather than networks. However I have built a number of PCs and networks and am (touch wood) not too bad at the hard techy stuff. It seems to me that there's a different mindset that Windows folks needs to be learn to get around a Linux box? Any book recommendations then? Ta Steve (PS I like books cos I can read them on a train). I can highly recommend Samba-3 By Example, by John H Terpstra ISBN 0131472216 I got mine for $45 at Powells Technical Bookstore last year, but it may be cheaper elsewhere. John H Terpstra is one of the co-founders of Samba, so he knows what he's on about :-) Kyle -- Kyle Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lodge.glasgownet.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
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On Monday 05 Sep 2005 16:50, Steve Logan wrote: So - do you have any recommendations for a good not-quite-eedjit book for introducing a moderately expert Windows user to SuSE? It seems to me that there's a different mindset that Windows folks needs to be learn to get around a Linux box? First I would endorse Billy's suggestion of purchasing SuSE 9.3 Pro - I would not wait for 10.0. There is an awful lot of documentation (including books) on the DVDs (handy for reading on trains and ferries) and the paper manuals are just what you need for ploughing in. Personally as a long time SuSE user I would consider then skipping 10.0 and buying the upgrade to 10.1. The upgrades to date have been the same as the full version with the exception of the paper User Guide, but do include the Admin Guide. Yast Online Update or FOU4S (Fast Online Update For SuSE) will keep you up to date on the security front, and can also provide the most recent KDE and Gnome versions. Unix Power Tools from O'Reilly is an enormous collection of basic practical user knowledge and an insight into the Unix way of thinking. The third edition knows about Linux and Xwindows. Very strongly recommended. -- ray ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
