Re: Totial Newbie to Debian Linux
> . . . Bascially i am a total
> newbie to Linux. A friend total me about it over the internet and he
> says the Debian Linux is a good Linux to start with. Well i have not
> got any idea how to install it, or how to set about . . .
All answers so far look good to me (I'm a Red Hatter, nerving myself up
to install Debian), but as you also ask about how to _use_ Linux:
Get the little book _Learning the UNIX Operating System_ by Jerry Peek,
Grace Todino, & John Strang. 4e O'Reilly. US$10.95. You can handle 96
pages, right?
Learn vi, even if you must learn it via your WinDOSe box. Ignore the vi
vs emacs religious wars: they're less relevant than apples vs oranges
(try apples vs fruitcake). Basic vi eases small editing tasks,
but it's a pain to learn vi & configuration scripts at the same time.
(Learn emacs, too, but learn it later when you need its special powers.)
See _The Linux Cookbook_ (`Tips & Techniques for Everyday Use') by
Michael Stutz. 2001 Linux Journal Press. 396 p. US$29.95; also
available on line -- & on your Debian distibution (but that's a hen or
egg issue). . . . NB: The Cookbook is slanted toward Debian
(regrettably it slights vi) -- another reason to install Debian first.
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