I second that recommendation of the Ubuntu toolbox. Its an amazing book
for learning the CLI. Some how I ended up with a second copy, if
someone would like it let me know.
Jason Grout
[email protected]
Gary Brown wrote:
Hi Warner,
I too am an old hand at DOS, but I've found that the commands in
Linux/Unix are way more powerful. However, it took me a while to get
used to Linux as well. The best learning tool I have is Ubuntu Linux
Toolbox
<http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470082933.html> from
Wiley Publishing. It is for an older version of Ubuntu, but it still
serves me well, even with other distro's. What this book and the man
pages don't answer, I look for on the web.
At the moment, "Barnes & Noble", in South Burlington, lists this book
as "In Stock".
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Warner White <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Thursday, January 01, 2009 10:43 AM
*Subject:* Xen, kvm, Bochs
Ron--
You suggested I run VirtualBox, and I'm doing it. It's easy and
works well--except for the very clunky USB connection I finally
succeeded in making. But I need one for trying to HotSync my PDA
and so far I haven't been able to. So I'm trying Xen or other
virtualizers. I've discovered that Xen, kvm, and Bochs are all
available through Synaptic Pkg Mgr. So I've installed, only to
discover that they don't show up in Applications or System
Preferences or Administration. I take that to mean I have to start
them from command line--but I don't know how to do that. And
perhaps there are some dependecies I still need. The web sites
look very complicated--line after line of command line stuff.
I did DOS years ago and I can do simple command line stuff, but I
still have a long way to go.
Suggestions?
Warner
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