RE: Debian review...
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 08:22:08AM -0500, Alexander Wallace wrote:
> > Hello there! I don't want to start any controversy here or anything like
> > that.... But I was reading the newbiezided help files at
> > http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/distronhf.html
> > and found out that in the reviews they make about several distros, they
> > don't have a very good one for debian, not necesarily becouse the guy
> > making the review doesn't like debian very much, but becouse he doesn't
> > know it... He in fact is requesting that someone that uses debian more
> > contributes with a better review... I'm no way close to make a good non
> > biased review about debian (which i just started using as
> itself and love)
> > but since I like it so much and think that is the best distro I thought
> > that maybe an expert here would like to make such review available again
> > at http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/distronhf.html...
> >
>
> It may be a good idea to avoid linuxnewbie.org altogether. The
> instructions
> they provide suck. They try to propagate an idea that Linux is "cool" and
> think that using so-called modern language will attract people to use it.
> I read through one of their so-called newbieized help files on installing
> portsentry. It was full of errors - but full of cool language.
> Three aspiring
> users I know came to grief and decided to postpone a full-time
> trial of Linux
> after following their instructions.
> Bill McCarty's book on Debian (still online, free) is, IMHO,
> still the best guide
> for new users.
> Marcel Gagne has recently released a book on system
> administration - he writes very
> simple and engaging columns for Linux Journal. His stuff is a bit
> rpm-oriented
> but he does offer instructions for other distributions as well.
>
> Sam
> --
> (Sam Varghese)
> http://www.gnubies.com
>
Hey i was curious where this book by Bill McCarty online. I would love to
read it.
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