On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, K B wrote: > 1) Where should I start in learning Linux, should I start with the command prompt (bash, etc) or should I start with the GUI? (I've found I can't do everything from GUI...like mount the FAT32 and NTFS partitions RH still can't find...but it sees the hardware) What do you want linux to do for you? If you want to understand how stuff works like automounting partitions and files sytem modification, you need command line help. If you want everything to just happen without understanding how or why, GUI is a good place to start. > 2) What books should I pick up? Any older ones, or anything generic? I'm currently using RH 9.0, and probably will reinstall Mandrake 9.1 on my laptop shortly (next quarter at Brown College is Linux..Mandrake on Mac or RH on PCs) For Redhat, I highly suggest Running Redhat Linux from O'Reilly. > 3) What site(s) are best for continuing knowledge? linuxnewbies.org (whatever it is, I've been there before), etc www.tldp.org is always a good site, www.linux.org, and your local library. > 4) Any free/cheap classes/courses around the cities that anybody knows > of? I saw some sheets at the installfest...I guess I should've grabbed > 'em. Anything we can do at a beer meeting, or installfest, or else > maybe as another event? I know I could handle 5-15 here at my house, if > needed. Usually if you need help with anything, a post here and a case of beer is all you need for front door tech support service. > I know there's a bunch of us who've worked with computers for a while, > and we love Linux, or at least, as much as we know. We just need help > getting started, and there's soooo much info out there, with no clue > where to start. It's been awhile so I forget how to get started the right way on linux. I know stuff just because I broke things, re-installed dozens of times, learned lots of things that didn't work, etc. This LUG and www.tldp.org are probably my biggest resources when it comes to linux. You're at an advantage because there's a ton of good books (O'Reilly publishing most of them) about every subject in linux. -Brian _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list