I agree with other responses to your question. Let me also suggest picking up an old Delphi book. Delphi very nicely teaches you C++ programming power, which is the basis for Windows and Linux. But instead of the arcane syntax of C++, Delphi has its own readable syntax (Borland Object Pascal). With Kylix now available (Borland's Linux version of Delphi) the look and feel of Linux could change quickly. I really like how Borland rebuilt C++ to make it more readable. In Linux, anything a command line program can do, a GUI program can do (though maybe not practically yet). I'm guessing you want to control your computer and are looking to Linux to let you do so. You have come to the right place. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/5/01, 9:29:37 PM, "Adam Wolkoff" <adam at teamstrange.com> wrote regarding [TCLUG] learning linux-ideas?.sdm: > I'm a linux newbie. I want to learn more. I spent some time at the > bookstore looking at linux books. They were all of the "how to use KDE" > variety. I might be dumb but I'm not stupid! I don't need some book > telling me how a GUI works. > I'm looking for info on a class, book, person etc that can teach me how > linux really works--the much ballyhooed command line. > Any ideas? > Thanks! > Regards, > TeamStrange Airheads, Inc. > By: Adam S. Wolkoff > Vice President, Special Projects > adam at teamstrange.com <mailto:adam at teamstrange.com> > http://www.teamstrange.com > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list