On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 12:16:53AM +0100, markring40 at ippimail.com wrote: > Here is the best Linux book I've come across; Linux Complete (2001) > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078214036X/sr=1-3/qid=1155682946/ref=sr_1_3/104-4635137-2746309?ie=UTF8&s=books Ancient history. Skip ahead a few chapters... > Then a sys admin for a local, South Dakota ISP gave me (years ago) his > Slackware 7.0 CD's. That is the distro that I learned the most from. It > has good documentation and it's own package utility. > http://www.slackware.com/ > > By the way, the Slackware Kernel was written by a one-time student of > Moorhead State (Patrick Volkerding), where my son starts on Monday! The distribution is maintained by a group led by Patrick. Slackware uses the same (modulo misc patches) as every other Linux distribution. Nowadays Slackware became bragging rights for old timers (just as Gentoo is for new-timers) (and yes, it was my first distro too). Try something more user-friendly: try Fedora, Suse and Ubuntu in any order then stick with one for a couple of months. Don't be afraid to ask questions and don't forget to search the fine web for answers before you ask ;) If you don't find answers, it will help you ask a better question. Cheers, florin -- If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines produced but as lines spent. -- Edsger Dijkstra -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060815/b67d8131/attachment.pgp