Re: New to Linux
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Patrick Bartek <bartek047@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Thu, 4/14/11, Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek
>> wrote:
>> > --- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh<rishabh.animesh@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
> FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN GNU/LINUX (c. 1999). It was a very good introduction and step-by-step guide to installing and using Debian. I got it for free from the Debian booth at Las Vegas COMDEX 1999. This was the first year Linux had a major presence at COMDEX. Having the Linux people all in one exhibit hall greatly simplified my investigations of making the switch from the Amiga. I still have the book. However, ultimately, I chose Mandrake 7 as my first distro. Debian was not a distro for the noobie, either then or now.
>
yeah, but mandrake isn't a distro for any sane human :)
that's ok, because back then, i think i was upgrading to slackware 4
(or maybe they made the jump in versions to 7 at that time). watch a
newbie try to get x windows up on that stuff - that was fun.
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