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Re: Best Debian Reference?



On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 08:14:36AM -0500, David Krider wrote:
> I'm new to Debian, but have been using Linux full-time for 4 or 5 years. 
> What's the best reference(s) to understand the differences between 
> Debian and other distros? What I'm saying is that I don't need a primer 
> on things like file permissions and such. I need to know the "Debian" 
> way of configuring things like network interfaces. (This is just the 
> example that has set me to looking.) Sure, I can issue `ifconfig' and 
> `route' commands, but how do I make that stuff permanent so that it 
> happens at boot time? X might be a good example as well.

There's the Debian Quick reference (http://qref.sf.net/) and the
Newbiedoc thingy-ma-bob (http://newbiedoc.sf.net/), both of which are
great for getting used to how Debian works.

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