on Thu, May 27, 2004 at 08:12:11PM -0500, dircha (dircha@dircha.com) wrote: > Fernando Cardenas wrote: > >I am still new to linux, can somebody suggest me books on debian? > >Thanks. > > Have you checked the Debian Documentation page [1] yet? > > There are very few Debian-specific books - and I know of none more > useful than what is already available electronically. > > Look in /usr/share/doc/[package] for documentation on installed > packages. Some packages have a separate [package]-doc package with > additional or full documentation on [package]. These separate > documentation packages are usually listed in the "Suggests:" field for > the package they provide documentation for. > > Use the apropos command to search installed man pages. > > The manpages-dev package may be useful to you as well. > > Is there anything more specific you are looking for? > > [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/ Dittos on suggestions here. This is something of a FAQ and searching the list through Google for book suggestions should turn up general recommendations. There was a good list of basic docs mentioned a few months ago on the linux-elitists list. Again, Google for it. Basically: general GNU/Linux documentation, particularly the series from O'Reilly, Prentice Hall, New Riders, and a few other imprints, is recommended. If you must have "dead tree" documentation. There are literally tens of thousands of pages of docs on a typical installation (I posted on this a few weeks ago and an item made Debian Weekly News). For Debian, in addition to standard docs, you want to: - Understand the packaging system. That's covered in Debian Policy and the apt-get, aptitude, and dpkg documentation. - Read the installation manual. Particularly if you're having trouble installing stuff. - Read the user and administration manuals. - Read Osamu Aoki's somewhat unofficial Debian Tips page. - Skim through Rick Moen's knowledgebase articles on Debian at http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Debian/ A lot of understanding just comes through using the system. It's sort of cultural in regards. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Verio webhosting? Guaranteed downtime: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57011,00.html http://www.dowethics.com/r/environment/freedom.html
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